In his essay “On Fairy-Stories,” J.R.R. Tolkien discusses “a special skill, a kind of elvish craft” that is necessary to make a Fantasy world believable. He later calls this craft “Enchantment.” If you look up…
Early one morning, approximately 12:15, shortly after completing a viewing of The Two Towers, I realized how much I loved Faramir, and how generally awesome and admirable he is. So dutifully, later that morning, I…
The tradition has become firmly entrenched in my family to the point where it wouldn’t be Christmas Eve without it. Every year, after we return from evening Mass, we all cuddle up in…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year to curl up with a good book. Among all the seasonal books one can find in a library, Christmas books are by far the most numerous. I…
It all started one Christmas as I rummaged through the CD racks at the library, in search of seasonal music different than the usual run-of-the-mill jingles blared constantly on the radio from November onward. I…
I admit my love and awe for the totally-superior-to-humans Middle-earth Elves (especially ones in the center of action) puts me in a position to be hoodwinked every now and again. And it’s just…
Divergent, released in 2011, is the first book in a YA dystopian/science-fiction trilogy by author Veronica Roth. The novel follows sixteen-year-old Beatrice “Tris” Prior, in a world where the population has been sorted into five…
Many people are familiar with the haunting mystery/horror story that is French writer Gaston Leroux’s Phantom of the Opera. They know of the ill-fated obsession that Erik, a brilliant yet malformed musician, held…
Teenage author and apologist, Catherine Stewart took the time to tell us at I&F a little bit about her recently published book How To Become A Heroic Catholic (2014). Here she explains her inspiration for…
When a dragon’s claws whisk young Prince Cuthbert of Kippernium away from the castle, an unlikely hero arrives at the dragon’s den to rescue the kingdom’s heir: feisty, precocious, and unforgettably red-haired twelve-year-old Jane Turnkey.…
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