Tolkien
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WBH Weekly Digest 2023-06-30: The Fantasy Canon
I'm back from a work trip, a family wedding, and a family vacation. On with the posting!
A thread about the long history of Conan as a character, and the various reasons for his complicated publishing history.
Spider-Man Has Lost His Place - Front Porch RepublicSpider-Man now devalues
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Eucatastrophe
"But the 'consolation' of fairy-tales has another aspect than the imaginative satisfaction of ancient desires. Far more important is the Consolation of the Happy Ending. Almost I would venture to assert that all complete fairy-stories must have it. At least I would say that Tragedy is the
Butter scraped across too much bread
Viggo Mortenson is older now than Ian McKellen was in this picture.
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Small Everyday Deeds
“I have found that it is the small everyday deed of ordinary folks that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.” - JRR Tolkien
Samwise
Only Baggins round these parts is body-baggins, friend…
With apologies to Travis Knight for the title.