Alas, not me

All literature enchants and delights us, recovers us from the 10,000 things that distract us. The unenchanted life is not worth living.

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23 August 2025

Tolkien: The Monsters and the Fascists

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  War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor...
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15 August 2025

C. S. Lewis's Tortured Planet.

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I discovered just the other day that C. S. Lewis abridged That Hideous Strength for publication as a mass market paperback in the United St...
11 August 2025

"The Art of Mercy in Middle-earth: Paintings Inspired by Tolkien's Legen...

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07 August 2025

The Sad Tale Behind Tolkien's Famous 1938 Letter to a German Publisher

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It is well known that in 1938 a German Publisher, Rütten & Loening, contacted Tolkien about publishing a German translation of The Hobbi...
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10 June 2025

Dreamflowers and Lotus-eaters.

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Upon meeting Merry and Pippin, Treebeard exchanges names with them. As he does so, he teaches them about the connection between the name of ...
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