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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 In less than three weeks a previously unpublished book by J. R. R. Tolkien will go on sale.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?!…
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