# Tokien withdrawal

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tokien-withdrawal/170346>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** middle-earth\
**Created:** [April 22, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tokien-withdrawal/170346 "2003-04-22T16:59:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tokien-withdrawal/170346/21 "2003-04-25T19:25:53Z")

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> As an example, Gabriel Garcia Marquez is perhaps the greatest author in a genre called “magical realism”, check his books.

Was he the fellow who wrote “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”? Very bizzare, but I agree that he’s got some real talent.

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