Tag Archives: Lord of the Rings

Happy Lord of the Rings Day

Posted on March 25, 2024 by VM

War is on all our minds these days. There is a war happening in Ukraine and something barely resembling a war (because it’s a genocide) in Gaza. Governments have been fond of casting our collective responses – such as they … Continue reading →

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Lord of the Rings Day

Posted on March 25, 2023 by VM

Happy Lord of the Rings Day. 🙂 About a week ago, I began rereading book 7 of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. This followed my realisation earlier this year that I had somehow lost the ability to read … Continue reading →

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Lord of the Rings Day

Posted on March 25, 2022 by VM

War is on our minds, and in Tolkien’s Middle-Earth saga, there were many of them. Continue reading →

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Lord of the Rings Day

Posted on March 25, 2021 by VM

Here’s wishing you a Happy Lord of the Rings Day! (Previous editions: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014.) On this day in the book, Frodo, Sam and Smeagol (with help from Gandalf, Aragon, Gimli, Legolas, Faramir, Eowyn, Theoden, Eomer, Treebeard and … Continue reading →

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Lord of the Rings Day

Posted on March 25, 2020 by VM

A happy Lord of the Rings Day to you! (Previous editions: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014) Every year I pen a commemorative piece about Lord of the Rings, and share something about the books and films that I think about … Continue reading →

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Happy Lord of the Rings Day!

Posted on March 25, 2018 by VM

The Malazan Book of the Fallen fantasy series exhibited a rabid yet desirable iconoclasm, through which its author Steven Erikson elucidated every trope of epic fantasy and then shit on it. I came out of reading the series feeling like … Continue reading →

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Happy Lord of the Rings Day

Posted on March 25, 2017 by VM

On this day, let’s read a chapter or two from the trilogy and remember what an enlightening experience reading the books was. Continue reading →

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Lord of the Rings Day

Posted on March 25, 2014 by VM

March 25 is Lord of the Rings Day. Why do I remember the date? Continue reading →

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On bad films and their purpose

Posted on June 15, 2013 by VM

The reason there are these movies that are adapted from books and don’t do well at the box office is that there are many people who haven’t read those books. Even though it’s reasonable that production houses see movies as … Continue reading →

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