And while there is a LOT of fantasy out there, most of it isn't any good. People read it anyway because it's what is available. I'd say mostly that the decent action flick fits, but when the other movies are B movies, well it's going to look like the coolest #### ever. Or at least that is my opinion. I'm a fan of the series, but in no way obsessed or anything. I've read other fantasy books, and for the most part found them to be boring or llindreasdeierable (that's incomprehensible in stonelvish, but we're defining a whole new language too, so learn to read it) or possessing other various ungoodnesses.