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Modernism, Liberalism & Tolkien
Modern liberalism likes to think that all our problems are epistemological: we are afflicted by never knowing with sufficient clarity what we ought to do. Our fictions tend to reflect that assumption. Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Gopnik, Alan Jacobs, fantasy, J. R. R. Tolkien, liberalism, modernism, New Yorker, Young Adult Fantasy
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Book Trailer: Toward the Gleam
Interesting trailer for Toward the Gleam by T.M. Doran. Clearly going for the Tolkien and CS Lewis fans. Looks interesting nonetheless … Continue reading
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Tagged book trailers, C.S. Lewis, Fantasy Fiction, Fiction, J. R. R. Tolkien, video
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The Narnia Code by Michael Ward
In the end, I think The Narnia Code is a well intentioned attempt to take a detailed academic literary thesis and bring it down to a popular level. For a variety of reasons I am not sure I am best able to judge its success. But it is an interesting subject and will be of great interest to Lewis and Narnia fans. Continue reading
Looking for the King by David Downing
While the unique structure, and the underlying mystery, had the potential for an entertaining story I found the combination fell flat. There was no sense of danger, no suspense or surprises, just conversation and a plodding plot. Those with a strong interest in Lewis, Tolkien or the Inklings might enjoy the book just for those aspects but it wasn’t enough for me. Continue reading
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Tagged C.S. Lewis, David Downing, Fiction, Inklings, J. R. R. Tolkien, King Arthur, mystery, relics
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The Children of Odin – The Book of Northern Myths
As regular readers of this blog will know, I have developed a keen interest in myths and fairy tales. Natural I suppose with my history background as myths are the past handed down in storytelling form; not in the modern … Continue reading
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Tagged Fiction, J. R. R. Tolkien, Literature, Neil Gaiman, Norse mythology, Padraic Colum, young adult fiction
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