By Sean Earner January 30, 2024, marks 375 years since the death of Charles I. Piety is an all-serving, all-mastering virtue by which to inhabit both the modern and the postmodern present alike. Its homely humility…
Click here to read the introduction, and here to read the previous section. The Grand Inquisitor thinks that what matters is earthly happiness, but that Christ’s message does not bring happiness to this world. This…
Greenroof 15, 850; Thirdday I woke to the sound of Amesh’s gentle snoring. He was laying on his right side, facing me with his arm draped over me, and I lay up against his…
Click here to read part 3. Lord of the Rings (1978, directed by Ralph Bakshi) Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings is interesting, influential, but not entirely successful. Time Out included it as a qualified entry…
By Thomas J. McIntyre John Ronald Ruel (hereafter referred to as J.R.R.) Tolkien, author of the epic Lord of the Rings saga, was a devout Catholic. He passed to his eternal reward in 1973, almost four…
Greenroof 14, 850; Secondday The castle was buzzing with excitement and people hurrying to get everything finished. Last night, General Kaymen informed me that I needn’t go to training today or tomorrow. Court was…
Click here to read the introduction, and here to read the previous chapter. Each of Dostoevsky’s final five novels is long. They are long in terms of the number of pages, but not only long…
Click here to read part 2. The Hobbit (1977, Directed by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass) Created by the team who went on to produce fantasy film The Last Unicorn, and also known for…
Click here to read the introduction, and here to read the previous chapter. I first read Dostoevsky’s Demons (AKA The Possessed) in English and didn’t much like it. If I had not later learned Russian,…
Greenroof 9, 850; Sixthday I arrived at the training grounds at my normal time, and to my surprise, it wasn’t empty. General Kaymen and Amesh were standing in the middle of the courtyard talking…
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