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The Language of the Night: How ‘Lord of the Rings’ is Not a Very Good Book and Yet, is a Great One J.R.R. Tolkien invented Modern Epic Fantasy, and a thousand writers have followed in his massive footsteps. The Lord of the Rings was an asteroid that hurtled from space to earth, changed the climate of fiction, and gave birth to dinosaurs. George... by Brecht 258 comments on Mon Nov 06, 2017 at 05:23 PM PST with 99 Recommends
The Language of the Night: Getting Started Hi, everyone. This is our first meeting of Fantasy Readers United. I’m your humble team leader, and I shall wield the Gavel of Authority until someone comes along and boots me off my peculiarly ... by DrLori 120 comments on Mon Jun 06, 2016 at 05:00 PM PDT with 55 Recommends
The Language of the Night: Mr. Martin vs Prof. Tolkien It really didn’t need to happen. But it did, and the fallout is both interesting and instructive. x ... by DrLori 164 comments on Mon Aug 28, 2017 at 05:01 PM PDT with 46 Recommends
A Song of Ice and Fire: New Mini-Series Announcement Everywhere I look this week I see references to A Dance With Dragons , the new (... by Floja Roja 284 comments on Mon Jul 25, 2011 at 08:00 AM PDT with 45 Recommends
A Tale of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones-The Setting Welcome to the second diary in the series , A Song of ... by Floja Roja 157 comments on Mon Aug 01, 2011 at 08:00 AM PDT with 40 Recommends
A Song of Ice and Fire: Book versus Show As a longtime fan of the Song of Ice and Fire series, I was delighted when I heard HBO would be turning it into a show, one book per season. While even now I have my doubts that the show will go as ... by Floja Roja 65 comments on Mon Sep 05, 2011 at 08:00 AM PDT with 33 Recommends
A Song of Ice and Fire: Misogyny A common charge leveled against the fantasy genre, particularly “High fantasy”, is one of misogyny. There are readers who believe that merely setting a story in a milieu reflective of Medieval ... by Floja Roja 162 comments on Mon Aug 22, 2011 at 08:00 AM PDT with 32 Recommends
A Song of Ice and Fire: The Women Writers setting their novels in history have two choices for interesting women characters. They can write misplaced 21st century feminists who marry for love, own their own property, defy their ... by RLMiller 168 comments on Mon Aug 08, 2011 at 08:00 AM PDT with 32 Recommends
A Song of Ice and Fire: The Starks A Song of Ice and Fire is a new limited diary series to discuss the books by George R. R. Martin. It appears every Monday morning, 8 Pacific, 9 Mountain, 10 Central, and 11 Eastern. Mostly ... by Floja Roja 253 comments on Mon Aug 15, 2011 at 08:00 AM PDT with 29 Recommends
A Song of Ice and Fire: Dragons and Dick Cheney No one in the real world wakes up every morning and vows to do evil. People want to do good, and if asked they’ll justify their actions as doing good. We may think of Dick Cheney as an embodiment ... by RLMiller 75 comments on Mon Aug 29, 2011 at 08:00 AM PDT with 27 Recommends
The Language of the Night: At last, GRRM, ASOIAF, GOT and Too Many Acronyms, Part 1 Since Game of Thrones is in its final season and general interest will likely not ever go higher than it currently runs, it’s with some trepidation on my part that tonight we start talking ... by DrLori 24 comments on Mon Apr 22, 2019 at 05:00 PM PDT with 21 Recommends
Chaos is a ladder. But do YOU think GRRM, ASoIaF and GOT are woke? We’re midway through the penultimate season. GRRM is late with Winds of Winter (though he did meet with his publishers and suggest it might be out 2018/2019). While we wait, let’s discuss whether Game of Thrones is woke. That isn’t a fair... by subir 18 comments on Tue Aug 08, 2017 at 09:11 AM PDT with 8 Recommends

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