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"New" Tolkien Book and Other Summer Reading

Tolkien fans rejoice! In less than three weeks a previously unpublished book by J. R. R. Tolkien will go on sale. The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun is "Tolkien’s extensive retelling in English narrative verse of the epic N…
Heroes: Part 2

Part II: Heroes from history and fiction The other day, while reading throughThe Lord of the Rings for the who-knows-how-manyth time I realized that one of my favorite fictional heroes very closely resembles one of my f…
"I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once." -- C. S. Lewis

My main Christmas present from Karen this year was a beautiful 50th anniversary edition of "The Lord of the Rings." With such a beautiful book on hand I have abandoned the two other novels I was reading and begun rerea…
Found: Good Fantasy Author

Back in this post from about a year ago I blogged (aka complained) about trying to find a decent fantasy author. Having grown up reading J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, I wanted one who was fairly original (didn't blat…
The Ultimate Silmarillion (and other summer reading)

One thing that I've been enjoying about summer vacation is reading whatever I want to read instead of textbooks assigned by professors. One of the books I decided to re-read was J. R. R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion. In ca…
Lord of the Rings Quiz for True Fans

If you've read my blog much or know me you know that I am a huge Tolkien fan (geek). I have discovered that most "How well do you know The Lord of the Rings?" trivia quizzes on the internet are based on the movies (with …
Where have all the heroes gone?

I am currently reading Rise to Rebellion: A Novel of the American Revolution by Jeff Shaara. So far (I'm about 120 pages in) it is an excellent book. (Though I doubt that an English person would appreciate his portrayal …
Wanted: Good Fantasy Author

I grew up reading J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. I've read the Lord of the Rings trilogy (LOTR) and The Chronicles of Narnia series probably a dozen times each and most of their lesser known fiction at least once. SI…
Anniversary and Aragorn

As of last Friday, I've been married to my beautiful wife, Karen, for five wonderful years! She's a great wife and a wonderful mommy to our girls. Since this was our "wooden anniversary" (who comes up with these things?!…