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The names of our dragons

The first piece of very-popular epic fantasy fiction I read was J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth saga, which, among many things, reminded me how much the American and British writers of ‘high fantasy’ owed the ancient mythologies of the people of … Continue reading

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Lord of the Rings Day

March 25 is Lord of the Rings Day. Why do I remember the date? Continue reading

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