With That …
posted by Mike O'Shea
I must hit the road, at the end of a thoroughly enjoyable stay here as a guest blogger. Many thanks to Dan, Dave, and the rest of the CO regulars for the opportunity. I’ve also enjoyed the commentary and feedback from CO’s numerous readers.
There were a number of other topics I hoped to have time to blog about — e.g.:
* How textualist are Roberts and Alito?
* How might a non-incorporated Second Amendment work?
As well as:
* Dave Hoffman’s views on The Silmarillion
* If Loveless is a tour of the solar flares, what is Marquee Moon?
But it was not to be. Take care, all.
July 16, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Posted in: Administrative Announcements
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Dave Hoffman - July 16, 2007 at 10:37 pm
Mike,
It was a great visit. Maybe we can have you back some time, because I am interested to know what I think about the Silmarillion, and the rest of the Lost Tales corpus more generally.
Mike O'Shea - July 16, 2007 at 11:23 pm
The Silmarillion is important, a huge imaginative accomplishment, etc., but I didn’t manage to finish the whole thing until last month.
And I was going to ask you to read John Dolan’s review of the Jackson films:
http://www.exile.ru/2004-April-22/kino_korner.html
and compare his perspective to those of the “hard fantasy” authors you talked about. Dolan says the most valuable thing about Tolkien’s imaginative world is precisely what’s sublime — “high, difficult, and anti-real” — about it.
Dolan, incidentally, is brilliant and nuts. Cf. his article “The Case for Nuclear Winter.”
But enough.
Mike O'Shea - July 16, 2007 at 11:23 pm
The Silmarillion is important, a huge imaginative accomplishment, etc., but I didn’t manage to finish the whole thing until last month.
And I was going to ask you to read John Dolan’s review of the Jackson films:
http://www.exile.ru/2004-April-22/kino_korner.html
and compare his perspective to those of the “hard fantasy” authors you talked about. Dolan says the most valuable thing about Tolkien’s imaginative world is precisely what’s sublime — “high, difficult, and anti-real” — about it.
Dolan, incidentally, is brilliant and nuts. Cf. his article “The Case for Nuclear Winter.”
But enough.
Daniel J. Solove - July 16, 2007 at 11:55 pm
Mike — Thanks for a terrific visit!
Frank - July 17, 2007 at 10:45 am
We’ll miss you! Fantastic stint.
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