HBO’s Game Of Thrones And Assumptions Of Racism
Like many other fans I’m looking forward to viewing more episodes in the eight and final season of the GamesContinue Reading
Tag: J. R. R. Tolkien
Exploring The Lord of the Rings
This is a post that will likely appeal to only truly obsessive fans of JRR Tolkien’s fantasy trilogy, The LordContinue Reading
William Morris And JRR Tolkien
JRR Tolkien’s admiration for the historical romances and epic poems of the late 19th century British writer and illustrator, WilliamContinue Reading
Tad Williams, An Interesting World-Builder But No JRR Tolkien
The Guardian newspaper has a somewhat effusive interview with the American fantasy writer Tad Williams, author of the popular Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series andContinue Reading
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Stories Of Beren and Lúthien
Over thirty years have passed since a weary reviewer equated the third book of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “History of Middle-earth“, a twelve volume compendium edited by hisContinue Reading
Imaginary Maps In Fantasy Fiction
Over the course of the summer the Library of Congress in the United States published a wonderful online series called “ImaginaryContinue Reading
Stephen King And George R. R. Martin In Conversation
Stephen King is one of my favourite authors and his quasi-autobiographical horror novel, “It”, is not just an outstanding example of the genreContinue Reading
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Two Irish Fantasy Writers On The 1916 Easter Rising
A quick post to recommend this short essay, “The Political Imagination: Irish Fantasy Writers and the Easter Rising“, by Rob MaslenContinue Reading
An Elvish Alphabet Is Not A Gaelic Alphabet
From a report on the position of the Scottish Gaelic language in Nova Scotia, published by the Metro News CanadaContinue Reading
Is MTV’s New Fantasy Offering Shannara Shore Or Shannara Cribs?
In the 1990s and early 2000s many critics decried the stunted practice in the movie and television industries of plagiarising the productions of rivalContinue Reading
Ralph Bakshi Interview With Salon
Salon has a short interview with the cult animator, Ralph Bakshi, who among other things produced a decidedly dark version ofContinue Reading
No, Ireland Did Not Inspire Tolkien’s Lord Of The Rings
I love Ireland. I love the Lord of the Rings and most of the other associated works in J.R.R. Tolkien’sContinue Reading
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Even A Fanboy Has His Limits
Is it just me or is there now a dearth of thoughtful and well-informed websites and blogs on the genreContinue Reading
Hobitit – The Hobbits
I thought I’d post this to An Sionnach Fionn since few people will have heard of it let alone seenContinue Reading
JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit And An Sionnach Fionn
The 2013 issue of Tolkien Studies, an academic journal dedicated to the works of the English Fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien,Continue Reading
The Lord Of The Rings And Ireland
Journalist Ciarán Dunbarr has a quick overview in Nós Mag of the alleged relationship between the English Fantasy author JRRContinue Reading
Christopher Tolkien On The Legacy Of His Father, J.R.R. Tolkien
Christopher Tolkien, the son of J.R.R., is the person who has undoubtedly done the most to explain the background and history of his father’s writing toContinue Reading
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In Praise Of An Hobad – But Why The Awful Gaelicisations?
The J.R.R. Tolkien fansite, TheOneRing.net, carries some news on the release of An Hobad, the Irish language version of Tolkien’sContinue Reading
“An Hobad” – The First Publication In Irish Of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit”
J.R.R. Tolkien’s great work of children’s fantasy literature, The Hobbit, is to be published in the Irish language for the first time. From the IrishContinue Reading
China Miéville: Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!
In this 2002 article British Fantasy author China Miéville, l’enfant terrible of the so-called New Weird generation of writers, rallies against theContinue Reading
