Daily Archives: March 31, 2025

Swords Against Style

For various reasons I’ve had a couple different essays under my eyes this afternoon: “Epic Pooh” (Moorcock’s Titanic body-slam against Tolkien and other “high” fantasists) and Tolkien’s “On Fairy-Stories”. All critical writing about fantasy needs to be taken with a … Continue reading

Posted in books, comedy, language, music, sff, sword-and-sorcery, words, writing | Leave a comment