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> Well, it was one of the most well known fantasy novels, but I'm not sure I would consider it mainstream as the genre itself was (and is) fairly niche. In the
by KineticLensman 4y ago
> Well, it was one of the most well known fantasy novels, but I'm not sure I would consider it mainstream as the genre itself was (and is) fairly niche.
In the UK at least, a 2003 BBC poll with almost three quarters of a million votes [0] put LoTR first, as the nation's best loved novel
> The Silmarillion is still very niche today, even among fans of LotR.
Agree.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Read
- sigstoat 4y ago> In the UK at least, a 2003 BBC poll with almost three quarters of a million votes [0] put LoTR first that would be after two years of the movie trilogy being in theaters, and coincident with the release of the third movie? i think the release of the films marks a rather critical point in how the books were viewed.
- KineticLensman 4y ago> i think the release of the films marks a rather critical point in how the books were viewed. Two years before the films (same source) in a 1999 poll of Amazon.com customers, The Lord of the Rings was judged to be their favourite "book of the millennium".
- gpderetta 4y agoInteresting! The British do like Fantasy! Harry Potter would probably be even higher today, and I would have expected Pratchett to be higher.