Am working on a Christianity vs. Fantasy essay.  "On Fairy Stories" is going to be a major player.  Any other suggestions?

Yesterday in the study I'm attending at church, we were on the subject of spiritual warfare, and as it turns out, two of the ladies in the group believe that fantasy books/tv/movies are evil and unsuitable for children ( Read more... )

I started reading On Fairy Stories again, and I don't know why it never occurred to me before that the concept of "alien" and "elf" overlap.  The way Tolkien talks about Faerie and its inhabitants is not unlike some portrayals of aliens; the species removed from our own, with its own morality and interests, possessing powers we don't have and don't ( Read more... )

Had a bit of an adventure today.  Drove out to our company's Disaster Recovery Site, which is pretty much a spare building with tables, chairs, phones, and computer servers, and which is where we would have to report if, say, a tornado took out our building.  On the way back I decided to take another highway entirely (the DR site is in a town about ( Read more... )

Y'know, sitting in my room on my bed with a fuzzy blanket, a cup of tea, The Hobbit, and a good CD is a splendid way to get my creativity going.  And is also very calming.  Though I can't seem to finish the tea before it goes cold.

But I was thinking about the mundane and the fantastic.  ( And how they live side-by-side. )

Read this article about Philip Pullman today. ( Yet another person misconstrues Lewis completely. )

A snippit from this interview with Chris Eccleston, discussing his role in The Dark is Rising and fantasy in general:

The 43-year-old from Salford, Lancashire, added: "I'd never heard of the books, but as a child I was one of those who was hugely passionate about The Lord of the Rings.

"I understand the passion people feel for these books, but I ( Read more... )

Amy and Telepindil are getting all excited about the Halloween party. I volunteered to make cookies for some unknown reason. In any case, we're hoping for a good show. I'm wondering what we're going to do the whole time. It'd be fun to watch Nightmare Before Christmas, but I don't know what else. Then again, I'm not very good with parties and probably ( Read more... )

I have not been so taken with a fictional universe in quite a long time, but I'm totally gorging on Stargate at the moment. It really hasn't been this bad since I first got hooked on Harry Potter. I just want to keep watching episodes and stuff. I'd dip my toe into fanfiction, except I don't know any good sites or have heard much in the way of ( Read more... )

Hotmail is driving me up the wall. Today I basically had to trick it into letting me log in. (Don't ask.) I don't know if it's just my computer or what (it comes up just fine on the school computers), but I'm tired of it. After seven years, I think I may actually switch to another email provider. amberdulen, you wouldn't still have a gmail invite around ( Read more... )