Lord of the Rings
From The Dungeon: The Fellowship Goes to The Zoo Pt. 2
In which I continue to offer commentary on my old fanfiction. I have copied and pasted the text below and (even though it is physically painful) have refrained from correcting grammar or spelling erro...
Tolkien and Me: How The Lord of the Rings Changed My Life
Fantasy is a natural human activity. It certainly does not destroy or even insult Reason; and it does not either blunt the appetite for, nor obscure the perception of, scientific verity. On the contra...
Tolkien Didn’t Write the Desolation of Smaug
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhvh7XNbn_k?showinfo=0] If Tolkien wrote blockbusters… he did not write the Desolation of Smaug. Struggling to make the movie 2 1/2 hours long, endearing...
Day 10: Book That Changed You Life
When I was a kid, my mom read to me a lot. From picture books to chapter books, my first exposure to reading was definitely through her. I don’t remember exactly when I got hooked on reading for mysel...