Poul Anderson's THE BROKEN SWORD came out the year before LOTR. One was a dark, adult, grim account of supernatural warfare. The other started with a birthday party for Hobbits. In a fair world, Anderson would be spoken of in the same breath as Tolkien.
Poul Anderson's THE BROKEN SWORD came out the year before LOTR. One was a dark, adult, grim account of supernatural warfare. The other started with a birthday party for Hobbits. In a fair world, Anderson would be spoken of in the same breath as Tolkien.