Imagine being able to read your DNA as a piece of literature. Imagine
being able to read the root out of which grew many of your basic
interests as well as patterns of speech and thought and writing style.
Luckily, I do not have to imagine. I can do it.
I just started The Fellowship of the Ring, first of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
And upon starting I am amazed yet again and the simple charm and inexpressibly subtle and cunning nature of this timeless masterwork. For why not? This is the book that not only shaped me, but is the seed out of which grew the vast wonders of the Fantasy genre. From Harry Potter to the heretical A Song of Ice and Fire, to Ranger's Apprentice to Abhorsen to the Inheritance Cycle to Shannara. We owe it all to a groups of hobbits who went on the most extraordinary adventure.
A fantasy author is just another name for one who has a foot within the borders of Faerie
Hall of Fantasy
- Home
- The Spirit of Tolkien
- Types of Fantasy
- The Nine Magics
- Faerie
- I am Ian E.S. Adler
- The Bookshelf
- Hidden Gems
- Fantasy Book Tiers
- R.I.P.
- Quotes
- Song Triad
- Riddle Mastery
- Heroine Archetypes
- Champions of Light
- The Role & Proper Usage of Magic Thingamajigs
- GRRM the Anti-Tolkien
- Rumors of the Wheel
- Race in Fantasy
- Here Be Dragons
- The Power of Names
- LGBTQIA+ in Fantasy
- The History (& Golden Age) of Fantasy
- Artist vs. the Art
- Magic vs. Mental Illness
- How to make your own System of Magic
- The Final Lesson
- Golden Sun
- Contact Me?
- AI's impact on Fantasy Art & Writing
- Misc
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