In the introduction to Lord of The Rings Tolkein notes that he intended the work to be pure fantasy. The books not are not to be read as (strictly) allegorical. Also there is never any mention of The Silmarillion in any of these types of articles. Curious.
GuinansEyebrows · 4h ago
People who write these kinds of articles tend to be unfamiliar with the legendarium past The Hobbit and LOTR (and generally speaking, just the movie adaptations of each).
sohkamyung · 3h ago
The line at the bottom of the article sounds a bit weird:
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Gerry Canavan is chair of the English department at Marquette University and the author of Octavia E. Butler.
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Gerry Canavan is the author of the book, "Octavia E. Butler (Modern Masters of Science Fiction)", not the author of the author. :-)
readthenotes1 · 3h ago
"Since the founding of the tiny corner of academia known as science fiction studies in the 1970s, there has been a sense that science fiction is of the left, while fantasy is of the right. "
John Campbell safely dead, maybe they thought that a reasonable conclusion?
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Gerry Canavan is chair of the English department at Marquette University and the author of Octavia E. Butler.
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Gerry Canavan is the author of the book, "Octavia E. Butler (Modern Masters of Science Fiction)", not the author of the author. :-)
John Campbell safely dead, maybe they thought that a reasonable conclusion?