Manly war goats
My review of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Admittedly, there had been beer…
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New Hild blurb from Neal Stephenson: and author comparisons now at stand nine
I just got this grin-wide-enough-to-split-the-world blurb for Hild: You will never think of them as the Dark Ages again. Griffith’s command of the…
Read moreFreedom from money worries leads to great writing
I’ve always believed that writers do their best work when they are unhooked from the financial hamster wheel. Finally, I’ve found someone…
Read moreSome sun to go with that
I’m enjoying the conversation about Tolkien and literature we started yesterday. Here’s a bit of sunshine to go with that: early morning…
Read moreTolkien’s storytelling not up to snuff?
I amused myself yesterday by briefly getting apoplectic over a Guardian article: Tolkien was dismissed by the 1961 Nobel prize jury as…
Read moresounds like fun but aren’t we a little old for this?
In the New York Times, Michael Agger reviews Lev Grossman‘s fantasy novel, The Magicians. He sneers at it. He thinks it “sounds…
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From: Caite (caitemaire@hotmail.com) OK, let me get the obligatory…but totally sincere….praise out of the way. I first read The Blue Place some…
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