Chapter 572 Created a Language? !

"This Fellowship of the Ring is so cool!"

"Let's go! Let's go!"

"This book by Lao Zei is so interesting, the plot is as attractive as ever."

...

Readers said excitedly.

Watching the Fellowship of the Ring escape danger again and again, readers felt the joy of adventure.

When readers saw the title of the last chapter of the first part "The Lord of the Rings 1: The Return of the Ring", they were also stunned.

Because the title of this chapter is called [The Fellowship Falls Apart].

If you want to talk about abuse, it is definitely not too sad, because readers know that all this is the influence of the ring. According to the development of the plot, in the second and third parts, the expedition will definitely regroup and fight against Sauron.

British best-selling author Irene turned page after page, her face gradually solemn. In the plot, the power of the ring's temptation made Frodo alienated from his friends and relatives, and also made Frodo himself fall deeper and deeper.

It was not until I finished reading the last chapter and closed the book that Irene breathed a sigh of relief.

If Irene were asked to describe her feelings about this book, it would be "epic" and "magnificent"!

The Middle-earth world described by the old thief has rich social and cultural connotations, vast forests and valleys, legends of elves and humans, and the battle between good and evil. It seems to be a different world, but it can correspond to itself.

In fact, in his previous life, Tolkien said this:

"Middle-earth is the world we live in, not in a different era, but in a different stage of imagination."

"Readers of every era, regardless of their native language, whether they have read fantasy or not, can connect its story with the era they live in through their existing experiences, and thus find their own meaning."

This is also the reason why the epic fantasy work "The Lord of the Rings" can last for a long time.

"Great!"

"This work is simply great!"

"I love the details in "Lord of the Rings", such as fireworks, language differences, weapon functions, geography and climate conditions!"

"Too real, such a wonderful world!"

"For readers of this book, elves, dwarves and orcs are not just appearances. These races live on the continent and have their own history, culture and customs!"

As soon as she finished reading the first part of "Lord of the Rings", Irene walked out of the study and found that the author who had finished reading it in advance was already discussing excitedly in the study, and had a high evaluation of the book "Lord of the Rings".

"Irene! You've finished reading it!"

"I've finished reading it. What a pure book!"

"The old thief abandoned the storytelling that he is usually good at and chose to create in this way. I didn't expect it at all!"

...

After an afternoon of the release of the first part of "Lord of the Rings", the first batch of reading notes from all over the world can be said to have arrived one after another!

Interestingly, in the world of Kyushu, the reputation of "Lord of the Rings" showed a very interesting differentiation.

Readers from the West almost all gave positive reviews and enjoyed the story of "The Lord of the Rings".

But readers from the East, especially those in Xiazhou, did not get Lao Zei's book for the first time.

"Hiss... Why can't I get this book? Did I have too high expectations?"

"+1, it's not scientific to say it's a reading habit. I read Harry Potter with great interest."

"Because compared to the strong story, Lao Zei's book is about creating a complete Middle-earth world."

"It's mainly because Xiazhou's online literature is too developed. This kind of adventure story is really nothing new to Xiazhou readers, but it's more immersive for Western readers. You can see from the reviews of Western readers that there are huge cultural differences."

"I don't quite understand this book..."

"I think it's very exciting. I read it very slowly, but I feel that there are really many details in the book."

The Internet in Xiazhou is full of different evaluations of the book "The Lord of the Rings".

Lao Zei, who has always been controversial among readers, has actually caused controversy over this book!

However, this controversy is more like a controversy about subjective book aesthetics, not about the quality of the book. Just by reading the words in the book "Lord of the Rings", feeling the fascinating Middle-earth world, and feeling the details and history of each race, it is impossible to say that Lao Zei did not treat this novel with his heart.

Why did this "Lord of the Rings" present such a writing style? In fact, on the night of the release date, Liu You, a veteran author of Xiazhou, posted a blog saying:

"Lao Zei is transforming!"

When the word "transformation" came out, many readers suddenly realized something.

Mainly because Lao Zei's previous novels were almost all best-sellers, and his sensitivity to the plot and the market was tested. However, this book does not focus on the plot at all, and even presents a highway-style writing at the beginning of the story, telling readers the starting point and the ending, which is obviously deliberate.

Liu You's long analysis makes a lot of sense.

Best-sellers cater to people's tastes and market needs at the time. Whether they can become classics remains to be tested by time.

But classic works are the essence of human thought and art that have been accumulated over a long period of time, and have eternal universal value.

"Old thief is going to create a classic work that he likes, which will influence the fantasy literature and even fantasy movies, fantasy animations, and fantasy games of later generations!"

……

When Lin Qiu saw this analysis of the book that was the most searched book, the corner of Lin Qiu's mouth couldn't help but twitch.

I have to say that the existence of the identity of the old thief will cause many readers to over-interpret...

For example, the love scene in "The Three-Body Problem", Lin Qiu, to be honest, is really average...

But as soon as Come to This World is released, the whole world will not think that Lao Zai’s writing is not good, because Lao Zai’s writing skills are here, and his level of writing about love is even more proficient. They will only think that Lao Zai did it deliberately. , there must be a reason for writing it this way.

This is the same as those questions in the college entrance examination and high school entrance examination where many original article authors cannot write their own articles. If you ask "Why are the curtains blue here?", then the exam answers can be given to you, but the author can only smile bitterly:

"But the curtains are just blue, how can they have so many meanings..."

Again, Lin Qiu has always been a bystander in the discussion of the old thieves and will not be complacent.

But there is one sentence that is a little bit wrong.

"Although netizens' psychological analysis of the old thief is completely wrong, there is one sentence that is quite right."

"The old thief's vest is indeed undergoing a transformation."

Lin Qiu murmured.

The works I have published before are almost all classic best-sellers that have been verified by time. These classic novels with strong storytelling have basically been released. However, the library of novels in previous lives is mostly about that kind of classic world. masterpiece.

For example, "War and Peace", "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", "Childhood", "Wuthering Heights", "David Copperfield", "The Red and the Black", "Les Miserables", "Anna Karenina" ”, “John Christophe”, “Gone with the Wind”, etc.

Lin Qiu himself plans to release the "Verne Science Fiction Classic Five" after the release of "The Lord of the Rings":

"Captain Grant's Sons and Daughters", "Around the World in Eighty Days", "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "The Mysterious Island" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth"!

From this point of view, there is nothing wrong in saying that "The Lord of the Rings" is a transformational work by an old thief, so it is said that it is a success.

…

In fact, what Liu You said was not wrong at all.

This "Lord of the Rings" does have literary value that the previous "Harry Potter" did not have.

For ordinary readers, their understanding and pursuit of literature is basically based on whether the story is interesting and exciting. There is nothing wrong with this subjective aesthetic in itself.

But you can never evaluate the literary value of a novel by whether it is interesting, just like evaluating the artistic value of a painting by how it looks like.

Many literary works, for some readers who pursue interesting plots, do not find them exciting after reading them, because what the book pursues is not what the readers expect.

Whether it is Picasso or Van Gogh, many of their works of art are actually difficult for ordinary people to appreciate, but their great skills and artistic value cannot be erased. This is the reason.

Thinking from this perspective, the transformation of the old thief is almost inevitable.

Because the old thief has reached the pinnacle in the field of best-sellers, from the perspective of "entertainment", readers would definitely prefer to see some more "entertaining" books and interesting stories, but the old thief has not really set foot in the field. The pinnacle of the Kyushu novel world.

Because even if you stand on the top of a best-selling book, if you look up, there is another mountain in front of you, called orthodox literature!

…

As the discussion about the first part of "The Lord of the Rings" becomes more and more intense, the discussion about the transformation of the old thief becomes more and more intense. He has won the "Jiuzhou Highest Literary Award". Zhu Xiahua, the leading author in Xiazhou, participated in a literary event event, in the interview, Zhu Xiahua talked about the controversy faced by the old thief this time.

Zhu Xiahua in front of the camera said happily, "I have read "The Lord of the Rings", it is a very good novel,"

"I personally admire him as an author very much. From "Alive" and "Xu Sanguan Sells Blood", I feel that this author has a pursuit of literature."

"As for whether I can write Kyushu's orthodox literature well, I can't guarantee that. Orthodox literature is very different from the best-selling field. I will always look forward to his new works."

Zhu Xiahua's answer was watertight, but the audience started to discuss it heatedly again.

Even in the previous life, fantasy novels were considered unacceptable by orthodox literature, just like classical music and pop music in the music industry.

Speaking of which, the audience for pop music is more than twice as many as classical music.

But the music masters who can truly be remembered by history, even if they have not been dusted for hundreds of years, will last forever. Even if they don't understand music, they will always mention Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin. This is the same as the world of novels.

Orthodox literature tends to be more idealistic in style, reflecting on society and national culture while also having a unique personal writing style.

The philosophy of life, society, and existence is the ultimate mystery that orthodox literature explores. Compared with orthodox literature, fantasy novels have their own themes and can have depth, but they are not in the appreciation direction of orthodox literature.

…

On the Xiazhou novel forum, the discussion about "The Lord of the Rings" has never stopped.

Lin Qiu would read it during his spare time while filming "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The main reason was that Lin Qiu had great confidence in the "Lord of the Rings" series. After all, this book was different from other fantasy books. This book had won the No. 1 award that year. Nominated for the Bell Prize for Literature, although he did not win, the importance is evident.

In a voting event held by Amazon, it was rated as "the most important book in two thousand years", which is enough to prove the recognition of readers.

"Finally found it."

Lin Qiu was flipping through her phone and suddenly saw a post, and immediately smiled.

The masterpiece of this post is called [Surprise! I discovered that the Elvish language in "Lord of the Rings" was not made up by old thieves! ! 】

Clicking on this post, I found that there were already many replies, and the content of the post was exactly the analysis of the Elvish language by a blogger with a master's degree in language!

The content of the analysis is exactly what the old thief showed in the Elvish language in the novel!

1L: "Damn it! Isn't it?"

2L: "Is this Elvish language true? Is it not made up?"

3L: "Huh? The old thief created a language for this novel?!"

4L: "Are you kidding me..."

This post became popular on the novel forum in just one hour, and was later posted on Book software and social media in various states, triggering widespread heated discussions and discussion!

Coupled with online guidance, more and more professionals and people are joining in the study of the language of the novels in "The Lord of the Rings"! !

This thing itself sounds incredible!

In his previous life, Tolkien was a language expert. He even said that if it weren't for the sake of taking care of readers, he would have written this book entirely in Elvish. However, the Elvish language in the novel has been extensively studied and proven to be a logically complete system. Language system, and in the end there was even a translation website for Elvish!

The world is also going through this process.

As more and more professionals participate, the Elvish words and thought patterns are completely and clearly displayed in front of everyone!

anar (sun)!

elen (star)!

isil (moon)!

osot (city)!

Translated, this is a language completely different from modern languages!

…

"Holy crap! The Elvish language actually has complete pronunciation, root words, writing rules and grammar..."

"It's too outrageous, the old thief is too outrageous..."

"Is the old thief human? Isn't it an alien who traveled through time to show off?"

"Have you read too many time-travel novels upstairs? Wenquxing came to the world with a system, right? Hahahahaha!"

"Made, isn't the old thief really an AI? I strongly demand that the old thief's identity be strictly investigated!"

"Now the government does not support revealing the identity of the old thief, and the confidentiality work is so good, it can't be done!"

Immediately, not only Xiazhou, but also the entire Jiuzhou social media went viral. They were surprised that the old thief had accomplished such a thing.

If you can create a language, what else can't you do that old thief? !

...(End of chapter)