Completely agree. Tolkien for one established many of the basic parameters of modern fantasy novels. Incidentally, the US Ballantine edition of TLoTR had massi

Completely agree. Tolkien for one established many of the basic parameters of modern fantasy novels. Incidentally, the US Ballantine edition of TLoTR had massive publicity from Tolkien himself, in response to an earlier unauthorised publication in the US by Ace Books, for which Tolkien didn't receive any royalties. Tolkien was uncharacteristically active in helping to suppress the unauthorised edition, leading to a major grass-roots campaign and useful publicity in US universities and the wider counter-culture.