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Names: J.R.R. Tolkien
On Tolkienâs âLetters From Father Christmasâ
In which the âLord of the Ringsâ myth-maker âliesâ to his own children.
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âThe Hobbitâ Story Group 10: A Warm Welcome
Tolkien tests his modified genreâs limits when The Hobbit’s road trip turns into political intrigue and even archetype parody.
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âThe Hobbitâ Story Group 9: Barrels Out Of Bond
Youâll see Bilbo and the Dwarves escape in the new film version, yet Tolkienâs escape is much less visible.
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E. Stephen Burnett
âThe Hobbitâ Story Group 8: Flies and Spiders
In which the Dwarvesâ company enters a fantasy forest corrupted by evil.
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E. Stephen Burnett
âThe Hobbitâ Story Group 7: Queer Lodgings
Tolkien introduces Beorn the non-âwere-bear,â a creature of vague loyalties and mixed methods.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Do We Need Books?
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Rebecca LuElla Miller
The Stories That Matter
âItâs like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. . . . Those were the stories that stayed with you.â ~ Samwise Gamgee
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Gillian Bronte Adams
Lars Walker: Beyond âWannabeâ Fantasy
This week Lars Walkerâs âThe Christian Fantasyâ column gained many readers and reactions. Naturally we asked for a sequel.
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Lars Walker
Realism And Twenty-first Century Stories
If all characters are victims of disaster, I suggest readers or viewers stop caring and start looking for the âout.â Will the character die and come back? Have a narrow escape? Have a death that only looks like death? In truth, all the arguing and betrayal and refusal becomesâpredictable and boring and unrealistic. Soon the characters seem more like caricatures because none acts with nobility or courage or hope. All display their flawed selves with so little inner struggle. And this, weâve come to believe, is realistic.
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Rebecca LuElla Miller
Seeking A Better Country Than Middle Earth
Watching Peter Jackson interpret J.R.R. Tolkien is like watching a master jazz impresario play Beethoven. The original is classic; the interpretation as a new work is equally brilliant.
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Rebecca LuElla Miller
âThe Hobbitâ Story Group 6: Out Of The Frying-Pan Into The Fire
(How) do you plan to see âThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journeyâ? Be prepared for the film to climax with an expanded version of the bookâs chapter 6, âOut of the Frying Pan Into the Fire.â
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E. Stephen Burnett
âThe Hobbitâ Story Group 5: Riddles In The Dark
âThe Hobbitâ chapter 5, âRiddles in the Dark,â marks a turning point in the careers of not only Bilbo Baggins, but J.R.R. Tolkien.
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E. Stephen Burnett
What Constitutes âDerivativeâ?
Some scholars claim J. R. R. Tolkien owed a debt of influence where he claimed none. I find this criticism to be thoroughly ironic because the great accusation against writers of high fantasy today is that their work is derivative, a mere shadow of, you guessed it, J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Rebecca LuElla Miller
âThe Hobbitâ Story Group 4: Over Hill and Under Hill
Reviewers, publishers, and readers keep making up Middle-earth myths, including the notion that it canât have âstone-giants,â as mentioned in âThe Hobbitâ chapter 4.
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E. Stephen Burnett
âThe Hobbitâ Story Group 3: A Short Rest
Do your fantasy-world Elves sing âtra-la-la-lallyâ from treetops? J.R.R. Tolkienâs do. And he entreats us to meet these unique Middle-earth residents in âThe Hobbit,â chapter 3.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Reading Is Worship 12: Desiring God As Fantasy Fans
As we come to the end(?) of this series, Iâm curious: How is your God-glorifying, worshipful, speculative-story âsingingâ voice? What fantastic fiction have you read, seen, or heard that moved you to worship the Author?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Reading Is Worship 11: Glory Spectrum Of Stories
If Godâs multihued glories shine in all of reality, how do we find such glories in stories and be moved to worship Him?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Evil And The One Ring To Rule Them All
Tolkien, as most speculative readers know, was not attempting an allegory. Nevertheless, his mythopoetic world, the result of his sub-creation, contains parallels with reality. In fact, his world throws revelatory light on what he believed about certain things in the real world. One of those things is evil.
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Rebecca LuElla Miller
The Success Of Fantasy By The Masters
According to Dr. Drout, Tolkien, and I would argue Lewis, created a bridge for contemporary readers to step into the realm of the fantastic. These writers tied their magical, mystical worlds to the world readers knew and recognized. Interestingly, they did so in vastly different ways.
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Rebecca LuElla Miller
Reading Is Worship 8: Source Of All Stories
Scripture is the source of all stories â the story of reality, the smaller âstoriesâ of us as real people, and the stories we subcreate. We must recall that truth when weâre discussing how our stories glorify God.
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E. Stephen Burnett
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