Addiction isn't a theme in The Hobbit. When he wrote it he didn't know what Golum's ring was. In Lord of the Rings ... I guess you could look it...
His poems didn't have names, just numbers. He's very fun and pretty light, but he was also pretty skilled as a lyricist and could be pretty 'deep'...
I don't think your terminology was divisive or anything - I didn't understand what you meant because I'd never seen things put in that way before....
Ah, ok, I'm understanding what you mean now. Like there are golden ages and then declines. I think it's enough to say I myself don't hold to such...
I agree far more with your second paragraph than your first. Being honest I don't think its right or fair to say classical world was a period of...
Escapism has its place, certainly. It's an important part of entertainment - sort of like reading P.G. Wodehouse or something by Brandon...
Questions of Travel, the collection and that poem is one I like the most. Don't know why but I've always been collections minded rather than...
I have a few Robert Frost, Seamus Heaney, Dante, Catullus and Elizabeth Bishop are ones I always find myself going back to whenever I want...
I do. It's mostly because I just don't have the time these days. Work and writing not-quite professionally eats up so much of the day, haha.
Quit smoking and get fit again.
I think he was younger, yeah - can't believe I've only just recently read anything by him. Campbell and Machen are two I really need to try.
Picked up a copy of Clark Ashton Smith quite recently. Just a small Penguin paperback collection of his stories and poems. Oh wow you can see it....
Especially Stephen King. I know Lovecraft was a fan.
Has anyone read M.R. James? He's I suppose a classic, but not talked about as much as he probably deserves.
I think Dr Frankenstein is the 'villain' to be honest. I know it's the point, he couldn't take responsibility, but I even find him either arrogant...
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