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Credit: Aronja-Art Today I want to talk about how magic works in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy and associated legendarium, as well as how systems of morality and values function in his world--as the two are fundamentally linked in a way that cannot really be discussed separately. This isn't an original topic to...
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J.R.R. Tolkien was a notoriously difficult writer to get to print. ThatThe Hobbit found its way to store shelves was something of a publishing miracle, and it took Tolkien 15 years to write part two, "the new Hobbit," which we know of asThe Lord of the Rings. With shelves full of Middle Earth material and...
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This week, I want to keep unloading my Tolkien-related thoughts, turning from last week's character study to a look at the way 'magic' and spiritual power work in Tolkien's legendarium and in particular to how contests between fundamentally magical beings in Middle-earth are decided. This is a topic that I think even the best adaptations...
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It's that time of the month again, time for "Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month". So what is "Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month"? It's a round-up of speculative fiction by indie and small ...
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