Eragon vs Harry? that would be interesting. lets see, as much as I like Eragon, Harry might have more of a shot than you guys think. (don't get me wrong I LOVE the eragon books them and h.p are my favorite, of course eragon sometimes bugs me and i manly read for the coolest character in the world: Murtagh)
see, Harry doesn't have a limit on his magic, he won't tire as far as using magic goes, but his flaw there is, he has to know how to do it where eragon can just put words together so eragon might be faster in that. And then there is Saphira, if Eragon had her harry would go down in a sec....well maybe not, Harry did win against the Horntail, but that dragon wasn't as smart as Saphira or as Fast. hmmm, Harry is good with a sword, but he hasn't had the training Eragon has so Eragon would kill him there. So far it looks like Eragon would win, but Harry has something that lets himw in every fight, I call it 'Dumb- Luck' and this might help him a great deal lol, I think it could be anybody's game...

or do u mean the books vs each other? in that case, right now Harry is winning cause his books have been out longer and their well known. Get a class full of ppl, everyone has heard of harry, whether they have read the books or not, and half have heard of Eragon. But i think when the movie comes out every one wil be rushing to read eragon, so again, i ts anybody's game.

and i think I got a little to into this, im going to go now, bye

I would have to say Lord of the Rings! I read the book (its was kinda hard though...lol) and the director did a great job on keeping to the story. With Harry Potter ( I read those too ) they seemed to have left SO MUCH out! I mean I really enjoyed all the HP books too! Thats why I am so worried about the new Eragon movie. I can only cross my fingers in hopes that they will stay as close to the book as possible. I know some things are impossible to put on film but I hope they can at least not leave anything important out.

except for the fact this topic is about harry potter vs. lotr

Don't be angrey peeps, but I had to go with HP because aside from Eragon, there just aren't many books where teenagers kick butt.

I am first and foremost a Harry Potter fan. It was through Harry Potter that I read LOTR, the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis and many others, as JK mentioned she was influenced by a movement called "the Inklings," in which both authors were part of, so I decided to read them all.

Back in Puerto Rico, since English is not the first language, our school reading were more into the classics such as the Grapes of Wrath, Moby Dick, The Great Gatsby, Pride and Prejudice, etc, etc, etc.
When I started teaching almost all my reading was informational or to complement for classroom puposes. My leisure reading in English were mostly romantic novels, the rest were all titles in Spanish.

If I would be forced to say which book is better, I would be in trouble. The styles are different and directed towards different audiences. Most of the LOTR craze cropped up with the movies and therefore many were inspired to read the books and there is a lot more than just the Hobbit, Fellowship, Two Towers and the Return of the King.

Tolkein develop a complete world and has many additional books of the Middle Earth and what happened in what age. The man dedicated all his life to create this mythological world to the last T. He was a genius. Pity he never got to see how his books suceeded.

JK Rowling never thought (she says so in her interviews) the Potter series would turn into the phenomenom they have. However, as an author she also has her merits, just in a different category.

Just my humble opinion.

So you kind of see it from both sides?? That's got to be difficult. Me, I wouldn't be able to do dat. To complicated, like Algerbra.

i like both but HP is awesomer

i love them both but HP is more interesting but the movies for the lord of the rings are awesome! no competition at all!

that is true eldestlover

Harry Potter, cuz I don't like LOTR. I don't know why.

I'll always love lord of the rings ...

The Harry Potter series is funnier (mostly the 6th book), but the Lord of the Rings is the epic struggle of good vs. evil throughout the world. The Harry Potter series seems to be concentrated in Britian which makes it feel smaller to me.

Well yes, but it's a completely different style, isn't it? I mean- Harry Potter is set in the real world, which is why it's just around london. LOTR is all over middle earth and where-ever.

HP is a lot easier to read
LOTR is a lot more in depth and means a lot more

Plus I like books where I can relate to where they are set, because I live near it. In HP, I know what little whinging is like because I've been there, so it's just easier to imagine. Also in the Power of 5 books, i live really near Ipswich which is where some of it is set- I've never been to anywhere in LOTR lol

LOTR is probably best overall, but HP is easier to read *and* hopefully won't leave you hanging as much as Tolkein did.

HP is for fun and not-serius-reading
LOTR is for those which seek a world full of magic, creatures (only one thing I don't fogive HP...elfs! For....couldn't they say that they are something else not elfs??) and descriptions. For those which really have time and joy to books.

ya the house elf thing isn't my favorite.. im an elf person... if i can be an elf i will be <.< even in FFXI i took one of the worst Race/Class combos to be an elvaan mage lol.

FFXI FTW

algebra isnt that complicated even for 7th graders

Some is extremely complicated, but as for the topic, found a little LOTR something...

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=18321

lotr i hate how hp is so confined 2 area but lotr they go every where
plus lotr is a lil more seires

lotr definatly they actually go places. and wat in the world how do all the 4th years fit in a room wit only like 6 or 7 beds, and i thought a lot of ppl come to hog warts from wat u see on the trains and how do humans not notice when they go in the brick pillar. and why would they be standing ur supposed to be slick. lotr on other hand explains stuff and every one has a story even in the game like how bilbo got the ring of power. they should have a story of ow harry's parents met and had him. and then how they got hary a god father.and they should how they become enemies wit voldemort. they shouldnt allways have the camera on harry they should have it on other things i mean there is not a singel part in a hp movie except when he has visions.lotr has a lot of ppl on a lot of places so u can actually know wat is happening every where not just in one spot. and its stupid if u can say avada kadivara to kill any one why doesn't some one just go up to voldemort and say it and kill him no big deal. but in lotr there is a reason for everything.and if u cant jjust go up to voldemort and do that they should show a REASON. any way lotr is much better period.


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LORD OF THE RINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

well lord of the rings is winning by 13 points

I guess it's just I like the style of lotr, because my speech is a little more intelectual than most people and reading something from Tolkiens time is much more of a challenge for me, which I like.

I'm not saying you have a bad or poor vocabulary it's just most people even with large and intelectual vocabulary don't seem to like a book written when the english language was so different.

HARRY POTTER THROUGH AND THROUGH! I was just pulling your leg!! That's for people who don't bother to look up words they are not familiar with in the dictionary. Even though I have fairly good dictionary skills, I like to use Merriam-Webster online dictionary. It gives the etymology of the words and the various pronunciations and variations of Old English.

Yeah I use the internet when I don't know a word. I go to dictionary.com.

I was just pulling your leg HaydenBlowers! I can certainly understand what you mean. I am a dictionary freak and I have a few dictionaries in different languages. That's one of the main reasons it took me so long to finish the LOTR series. When I was not familiar with a word, I stopped, looked it up and tried to fit the definition into the content of the sentence.

hp for sure

hp definetly

lotr because its midievil i like all midievil storys

i do to but lotr is just kinda borin

yeah it's pretty amazing how rereading something can clear stuff up(same with movies)

It was your fault I chose to buy those. I couldn't get round to re-reading the series, but I'm telling you, THANKS!!
I mean the poems and songs are beautiful. In the takes, the reader actually sings them; you can close your eyes and they take you into the story.
It's been very worth it it. Now I'm looking for books that explain more about Middle-Earth.

Get the Silmarilion. I've heard that it was good (I think it takes place before the hobbit)

tlotr

both are fantastic!

hp totaly

I have never read HP because, frankly, it seems childish and rather stupid.
LOTR on the other hand is aimed at ALL ages not just children, is sooo real I want to believe it, has lasted years and years and is STILL a best seller, from hat I heard LOTR has much more depth to it than HP.
Did you know Tolkien spent basically his ENTIRE LIFE writting LOTR and so I think it desrves ALOT more respect than HP.
Besides that the characters in HP have no morals unlike the characters in LOTR.
LOTR will rule 4EVER!!!!!
LOTR is the bestselling book of all time under the Bible.
I rest my case.

well I wouldn't say the characters have no morals, but it seems that the characters in lotr just have more of an inner turmoil or trouble, than they do in hp. Making them seem alot more real to me.
And alot more interesting to read about.

BUT in HP they are always lying, cheating, or doing things they are told not to.
I have read parts in it so I am not just saying this out of what I have heard.
In LOTR the ppl R loyal, true and kind.

oh, I thought you meant that Harry was someone like a bad guy.

Harry Potter...because I don't know much about the lord of the rings.

i have never read any of them lol

wow, that's weird for some reason lol. I've read all of them- you kinda have to drag yourself through the lotr ones, but they're still good books.

The LOTR will always be the greatest thing that has been my great fortune to read... HP seems more like a kids book

I like LoTR better. I actually havent read or seen any of the HP stuff. My mom has this thing against magic and wizerds and stuff like that. When she told me that I was like "HELLO! What the heck is LoTR then, hmm?" there's magic and wizards in that, too.

My mother dosen't like the 'special rules for special people' factor in the HP series. In the LOTR everyone is a hero, from the tiniest hobbit to the tallest elf

I agree LOTR is like for everybody and it doesn't single out the special people either, everyone is special.

I never liked the way they portrayed wizards and magical creatures in the HP stuff. I liked how everyone was either trying to help each other or kill each other in the lotr. Nobody hid in a secret world

Yeah it was open to everybody, like everybody know about most of each other.

I completely like LOTR more
don't misunderstand me, I like Harry Potter to but you can't beat LOTR

LOTR ofcours it more funn to read a bout middle times

LOTR it isint funn to reat about somthing thet happens on our time (my oppinium)

i definitekely prefer harry potter
but i prefer the LOTR movies to the harry potter movies

Because they skip alot of good things in the Harry Potter movies, like a couple of the best parts.

I've read both series but I've liked Harry Potter way more.

has to be harry potter. If you were to see my room you would just shake your head. but the reason why i got interested in the Inheritance is because its close to harry potter and if i would have never read harry potter and got interested in it. I would probably not be reading Eragon and Eldest.

I don't really like Harry Potter, but I love Inheritance- I just can't see how the 2 are similar

well they are not really that similar but they both deal with magic and one boy dealing with powers and difficulties, facing his future and stuff like that i didn't really mean they were like way similar srry if i made it sound like that lol.

hp

please don't spam blackdragon. And, I see what you mean Amelia. I guess the kind of... storyline? is similar.

i find that with the hp books that you can only really read them once and then they are boring. i all hp books except the 3rd one. voldermort strikes.

very repetitive

i sort of found LOTR boring but the movies were awesome

I prefer Harry Potter more. ^_^ Does anyone here join and HP RP sites?

go potter!

harry is really ANNOYING!!!!
He attacked dumbledore!!!!
He's lost his marbles
and his brain

LOTR. The books are better then the movies, but the movies are quite good too. In other parts of the forum, we talk about the changes of Eragon, LOTR got it worse.

Lord of the Rings. I just love the way tokien wrote it with such passion.

This was hard for me because I both of them, but my vote went to Harry Potter.
J.K.R is the best writer EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I re-read each Harry Potter like a billion time and seen the movies.

Ummm... Ladyofthelost? He didn't attack Dumbledore. He trashed his office because his godfather had just died and he was mad at Dumbledore because he felt it was somehow Dumbledore's fault. But it was idiotic that J.K. Rowling killed off Dumbledore. And I heard a rumor that after all Harry has been through, he and Voldemort are going to die simultaneously. (At the same time)

That's a fact because I don't think it would be fair if Harry lived if he killed Voldemort off. I think both die.

AGH! so hard to decide

Lotr > HP by far.

Lotr- Tip of perfection. Quite possibly the best books ever written. Takes place in medieval times. (+2), has fully developed characters (+3), has backup storyline "bilbo taking ring from golum... Sauron first losing..etc" (+4)

HP- Modern times (+2), Fairly developed characters (+2), Funny jokes (+1), Almost no backup story line "hp parents die" (-1).

LOTR- 9
HP- 5

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Please don't spam

He just proved that he probably hasn't seen a lotr book -.-

oh LOTR LOTR rocks my socks LOTR is way much better than HP

I just read the first HP and I found it qiute childesh, so I am still with LOTR.

Harry Potter. Because LotR books were boring. And Harry Potter has a more in-depth plot.

Actually it's she, and of course I've seen a LOTR book

I liked them both, but I like Harry Potter more. It does move kinda slow, but I haven't read lord of the rings in forever, so that kinda has something to do with it I guess.

i don't know how anyone can choose HP over LOTR! LOTR is way better!

i am not trying to start a argument, but i like LOTR better.

LOTR is ten times better than HP. first of all, it's plot is more engaging. second, the battles are bigger. third, it's older. fourth, GANDALF IS A BETTER MAGICIAN THAN HARRY POTTER! there are are probably others, but I can't think of them.

i sort of had a hard time choosing too! it's not like i sat down and said "Gees, i like LOTR way better!"