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The Ainulindalë and Valaquenta Read-Through #2: The Children of Ilúvatar
Greetings, everyone. I hope you’ve been able to dig into Tolkien’s The Silmarillion—a daunting yet rewarding origin story of Middle-earth, its happenings and inhabitants, from the cosmos to the small. I love this book, and taking it in bite...
The Ainulindalë and Valaquenta Read-Through #1: The Music
Greetings! Today is our first posting for our 4-week read-through of the first two parts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, looking at The Ainulindalë and Valaquenta. If you haven’t read, you can easily catch up—do that first, and then c...
A Defense of Reading Fantasy; and The Misperception of “Escapism”
Defending a common, yet misplaced, accusation against fantasy literature
Escapism
Announcing Our Newest Read-Through: The Ainulindalë and Valaquenta
Exploring Tolkien’s creation story and the divine beings who shaped Middle-earth
Before Middle-earth had heroes, it had a song—and it’s this song we’re going to look at, and the beings that brought it about, that shaped the beginning of To...
Would Sam Have Killed Frodo to Accomplish the Mission?
Was Sam's allegiance to Frodo more than the saving of Middle-earth? Let's debate.
I’ve always wondered what would’ve happened if Sam—in the countless moments where his anger and distrust toward Gollum—had killed Gollum before reaching the...
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My true home is somewhere in Middle-earth. Thinker, reader, pastor. Tolkien scholar. Creator of Ringfolk.
I am a Roman Catholic, an aspiring writer of both fiction and nonfiction and a graduate student at Holy Apostles College & Seminary pursuing an MA in Theology. My special topics of interest are St. Thomas Aquinas and J.R.R. Tolkien.
Underwhelming them all since 1993 | MA in Theology and Letters from New Saint Andrew’s College | Writer for TGC-AU
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