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Add to SafariWhen comparing The Lord of the Rings vs The Discworld Series, the Slant community recommends The Discworld Series for most people. In the question“What are the best sci-fi and fantasy books?” The Discworld Series is ranked 1st while The Lord of the Rings is ranked 27th. The most important reason people chose The Discworld Series is:
Terry Pratchett has a way of putting every day situations into new contexts that makes you laugh.
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Pros
Pro Some of the most memorable characters in literature
The Lord of the Rings is home to a great many memorable characters, but the names of Gandalf, Frodo, Legolas, and Aragorn are known far and above the rest.
Pro It's got an incredibly deep, detailed backstory
Lord of the Rings boasts one of the most detailed backstories of any series in the world. Supplementary books have been released that detail thousands of years of stories that all lead up to the events of The Lord of the Rings series.
Pro The books are filled with songs and poems
Tolkien was a great writer, and that wasn't limited to books. His works are filled with a host of wonderful songs, poems, and riddles for you to enjoy.
Pro Incredible storytelling
Tolkien is one of the all-time masters of story telling, and Lord of the Rings is his masterpiece. You enter the realm of Middle Earth, where men are joined by elves, dwarves, orcs, and other fantastic creatures, in a battle for the fate of the very world.
Pro J. R. R. Tolkien created 5 new languages for the whole story
One of the most amazing things about The Hobbit & The Lord Of The Rings is the different languages for different race. It is incredible to think that Tolkien created new languages for his story. A language of the Elves, a language of the Dwarves, a language of the Ents, The Black Speech, and 3 languages of men. No other fantasy writer did that.
Pro Funny like hell
Terry Pratchett has a way of putting every day situations into new contexts that makes you laugh.
Pro A complete universe
The books are (while not exactly based on each other) adding each a new facet to the imagined world of the Discworld.
Pro Consistent and well thought-out
Diskworld runs by its own rules, which sir Pratchett managed to describe and abide by. The whole thing is extremely hilarious and absurd while at the same time managing to be completely logical.
Pro Highly intertextual
There is an incredible amount of references to books/films/music/pop culture/historical events and figures/whatever else you can think of. Some of them are quite obvious, some you might get only a few years after reading the book - when you learn some small random tidbit of history or watch a particular scene in the movie. It's not only extremely enjoyable but also makes you feel proud when you suddenly connect the dots and figure out some obscure reference.
Cons
Con It may be too slow for a casual reader
The Lord of the Rings has a very slow narrative pace to begin with, and all the incredibly detailed descriptions of the environment don't help with that very much.
