The Archives: Mythopoeia

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Ever since I heard that The Dark Is Rising was going to be made into a movie, I was of course pins and needles with excitement. Then a few …

 

Lately I’ve mentioned a few times my mild dissatisfaction with the magic in Harry Potter. I don’t mean that I believe Harry to be the devil, or J.K. Rowling …

 

Today’s post will be a triptych, like those old three-part paintings (in case you were wondering what “triptych” means and if it does indeed have anything to do with “cryptic”). …

 

This morning I came across a great post by Michael Drout, called Children of Húrin or, Tolkien: The Scholars and the Critics. It’s a brilliant response to …

 

This morning I read the first two chapters of Orson Scott Card’s Enchantment and rather like it so far. It’s got the right fairy tale feel to it, with …