Happy Lord of the Rings Day
War is on all our minds these days. There is a war happening in Ukraine and something barely resembling a war (because it’s a genocide) in Gaza. Governments have been fond of casting our collective re…
Lord of the Rings
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Lord of the Rings Day
Happy Lord of the Rings Day. :) About a week ago, I began rereading book 7 of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. This followed my realisation earlier this year that I had somehow lost the ability…
Lord of the Rings Day
War is on our minds, and in Tolkien's Middle-Earth saga, there were many of them.…
Lord of the Rings Day
Here's wishing you a Happy Lord of the Rings Day! (Previous editions: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014.) On this day in the book, Frodo, Sam and Smeagol (with help from Gandalf, Aragon, Gimli, L…
Lord of the Rings Day
A happy Lord of the Rings Day to you! (Previous editions: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014) Every year I pen a commemorative piece about Lord of the Rings, and share something about the books and films t…
Happy Lord of the Rings Day!
The Malazan Book of the Fallen fantasy series exhibited a rabid yet desirable iconoclasm, through which its author Steven Erikson elucidated every trope of epic fantasy and then shit on it. I came out…
Happy Lord of the Rings Day
On this day, let's read a chapter or two from the trilogy and remember what an enlightening experience reading the books was.…
Lord of the Rings Day
March 25 is Lord of the Rings Day. Why do I remember the date?…
On bad films and their purpose
The reason there are these movies that are adapted from books and don't do well at the box office is that there are many people who haven't read those books. Even though it's reasonable th…