Tales from the Perilous Realm A Review 'And so it was that the dragon, charging down the line, suddenly saw straight in front of him his old enemy with Tailbiter in his hand.' This collection of tales and poems does not have the epic grandeur of LOTR. Nor does it have the literary merit of …
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Tolkien and the Future of Epic Fantasy
by Andrew G Lockhart ‘The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.’ [HG Wells] The movie industry occasionally trivialises and mangles great works of literature in order to bring them to the screen. We might cite, for example, various adaptations …
Carry On Dreaming
Tolkien and the Future of Epic Fantasy 'Then what are You, having no Chaos found To make a World, or any such least Ground? But your Creating Fancy, thought it fit To make your World of Nothing, but pure Wit. Your Blazing-World, beyond the Stars mounts higher, Enlightens all with a Cœlestial Fier. [William, 1st …
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