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Unfaithful Narrative and True History

By Joseph | July 6, 2005

Over the last year I have become interested in the science fiction of Gene Wolfe. Because of various posts on the Urth List concerning the reliability of Severian as the narrator of The Book of the New Sun, Volume 1 and Volume 2 I have become intrigued by this idea of the dishonest narrator.
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Return of the King Extended Edition

By Joseph | October 2, 2004

You can now order The Return of the King: Platinum Special Extended Edition from Amazon. This edition is going to be 50 minutes longer than the theatrical edition and will hopfully be a lot closer to the books, but we will have to wait and see. For more information on what is included [...]

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Celebrating Middle-Earth

By Joseph | February 4, 2004

I recently came across a new book from Inkling Books. The book is titled Celebrating Middle-Earth: The Lord of the Rings As a Defense of Western Civilization. It is a collection of essays by various authors including Peter Kreeft and Joseph Pearce. John G. West Jr. is the editor. He also wrote the first [...]

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The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth

By Joseph | January 26, 2004

Last year I purchased a copy of The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth. It is very helpful when you want to try to keep track of all the names of people and places in Tolkien’s works. This year I bought a copy of the daily calendar, A Guide To Middle-Earth 2004 Day-To-Day Calendar (you [...]

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