Hello,
I’m fairly new to reading books, obviously I’ve read books before, but it was only recently that I’ve ever had the desire to buy them.
Lord of the rings is probably the only book I’ve ever considered my favorite book (disc world as well now that I think about it). Whether you consider it the best fantasy or not, I’d say it’s still considered a classic epic in the fantasy genre.
Where Dune comes into this is that i consider Dune to be the sci-fi version of Lord of the Rings, not in terms of story, but in terms of its reception. Maybe it’s only recent reception due to the movie, I’m not sure, but the movie is definitely being considered the first modern day classic since the Lord of the Rings movies, at least in terms of adaptations. (Not saying there aren’t any good ones since then, but to me it feels like it).
You could view this as more of a discussion, but I’m gonna take it as suggestions as well, as I really like any kind of genre so long as the story is good (or gives the same feeling as reading the two mentioned books.
What would you consider is another genre’s version of these two? So if LOTR is Fantasy, and Dune is Sci-fi, what would you say, for example, would be Horrors version, or any other genre?
by Oseyl