Category Archives: J.R.R. Tolkien
“A book that will break your heart” by C.S. Lewis
“Not content to create his own story, he creates, with an almost insolent prodigality, the whole world in which it is to move, with its own theology, myths, geography, history, palaeography, languages, and orders of beings– a world full of … Continue reading
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“Blessed are the legend-makers” by J.R.R. Tolkien
“Blessed are the legend-makers with their rhyme of things not found within recorded time. It is not they that have forgot the Night, or bid us flee to organized delight, in lotus-isles of economic bliss forswearing souls to gain a … Continue reading
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“The splendour, the lust, the glory of such treasure” by J.R.R. Tolkien
“The glow of Smaug! There he lay, a vast red-golden dragon, fast asleep; a thrumming came from his jaws and nostrils, and wisps of smoke, but his fires were low in slumber. Beneath him, under all his limbs and his … Continue reading
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