On September 2, 1973, J. R. R. Tolkien died in Bournemouth (a seaside town on the southern coast of England) at the age of eighty-one. The New York Times remembered him the next day as a “linguist, scholar and author of The Lord of the Rings,” a man who cast “a spell over tens of thousands of AmericansContinueContinue reading “J. R. R. Tolkien Remembered: When the Last Ship Departed the Grey Havens”
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Book Review: “The Sicilian” by Mario Puzo
Don’t you love how our minds work? How one thing leads to another? It happened recently. A couple of months ago, I started a Francis Ford Coppola kick. I re-watched Apocalypse Now, with Marlon Brando brooding in the jungle and all. That led me back to The Godfather, another well-known performance of his. That, ofContinueContinue reading “Book Review: “The Sicilian” by Mario Puzo”
Spiritual Power in the Works of J. R. R. Tolkien…And Beyond
This is a fantastic exploration by an insightful blogger! J. R. R. Tolkien’s fictional world was much more subtle than the sword & sorcery, high fantasy stuff we get too often from movies and books. Tolkien didn’t write allegory and his stories operate on many levels and his deep Christian faith is infused in themContinueContinue reading “Spiritual Power in the Works of J. R. R. Tolkien…And Beyond”
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