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Eugene Terekhin, creative writer
Posted Fri
Is J.R.R. Tolkien considered a good writer technically speaking?
Peter Kreeft, the philosophy professor at Boston College, has some curious insights into Tolkien's writing style.
Both Tolkien and C.S. Lewis believed that when words are spo...
Wes Frank, Masters in American History from Northwestern University
Answered Sun
That is a major puzzle. The writers have some credentials and seem enthusiastic enough. They do not seem to have read any classic fantasy of any kind and certainly not Tolk...
Susanna Viljanen, works at Aalto University
Answered September 22
They stopped the flow of time.
The idea of the rings of power in the Elven lands was to stop the flow of time and prevent any entropy, decay and degeneration. The Noldor of ...
For the 6th time ...