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If you ever want to read a book that copies Tolkien (way more than even Dragonlance), I present to you "The Iron Tower" by Dennis McKiernan. I read it long ago. I did not actually hate the book, but I can not say I liked it either. I went and looked it up again on wikipedia, and here are some reviewer's quotes. "Yet another abject Tolkien imitation. ... Derivative and dreadful." -- Kirkus "So many of the little cultural details that brought The Lord of the Rings to life are missing here: McKiernan's songs and poems, for example, are pretty awful." -- E.S. Erkes ""The Iron Tower Trilogy is, in fact, The Lord of the Rings with the serial numbers filed off. Crudely. Anyone who possesses even a passing familiarity with Tolkien's masterwork should stand aghast at the 'similarities'" -- Black Gate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Tower