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Excavating the Inklings and Little-Known Authors: Interview with Scholar Douglas A. Anderson - Fellowship & Fairydust
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A Brace of Tolkien Posts for his 132nd Birthday (#TolkienBirthdayToast) | A Pilgrim in Narnia
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| | As J.R.R. Tolkien was born 69,425,820 minutes ago, give or take. The Tolkien Society is again raising a toast to the Professor on his birthday, 3 January 2023 (see here). After Bilbo left the Shire on his eleventy-first birthday in The Lord of the Rings, Frodo toasted his uncle on their shared birthday each year.
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Deeper Cut: The Two Masters: H. P. Lovecraft, J. R. R. Tolkien, & Racism in Fantasy - Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein
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| | Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) and John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) were contemporary denizens of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and each would become a critical influence on the development of fantasy fiction throughout the latter half of the 20th century and continuing on into the current day. Their influence on each other was,...
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Orthodox Christianity and fantasy literature | Khanya
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| | An interesting discussion seems to be developing in the Orthodox blogosphere about whether Orthodox Christians should write, or even read, fantasy literature. They are referring to the works of writers like C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien -- Christian (though not Orthodox) authors who wrote fantasy fiction. The answer of this blogger, Lily Parascheva Rowe, seems...
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Leonard Cline : Fear Not Love
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| This poem first appeared in Scribner's Magazine , for January 1926. It was reprinted in After-Walker (1930). Fear Not Love . . . Were th...