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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30 October 2021

When it stopped being fun

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A couple of months ago a long-time friend and colleague of mine at work were talking, and we agreed that it was no longer fun to work there ...
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15 October 2021

Sméagol-Gollum and the Legacy of Pity, part 2

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In my last  post I pointed out that the author of 'The Tale of Years' 'sees the moment of final transition from Sméagol-Gollum ...
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15 September 2021

Sméagol-Gollum and the legacy of Pity.

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It was some years ago that I first noted differences in the use of the names Sméagol and Gollum. Gandalf only calls him Sméagol when he is t...
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Fear, Desire, and 'The Ring is mine.'

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  The Ring plays on fear as much as desire. To be sure Boromir and Denethor desire to save Gondor, but both share a desperate fear that they...
12 September 2021

'Perhaps', 'Not yet', and 'almost' -- Rereading The Lord of the Rings Fifty Years On

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Nowadays I hear people say they are waiting for their Hogwarts letter, which usually is already quite overdue since their eleventh birthday ...
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