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In a fist fight?

Oh definitely Tolkien

Tolkien! Spent many days/months reading and re-reading the LotR as a teenager. Loved the Hobbit and even had a bash at the Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales. Lewis is great but can't challenge Tolkien's ability to create full, detailed worlds in such scholarly brilliance

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I got through the Silmarillion, and a decent part of unfinished tales; both a hell of a read - in a good, and a bad way... (take the 'lay of luthien', I think it's called - SO LONG!)

~whereas I couldn't get past the first chapter of the first Narnia book out of sheer desire to murder every character! (Alice in wonderland was good though)

I did manage to read all of the Narnia books, but I have only read them once each. I see what you mean by wanting to kill all of the characters though.

Tolkien. Definatly