I don't envy the book publicist who's trying to pull blurbs from the "Books of the Year" list in the latest edition of the Times Literary Supplement. There are plenty of raves among the 47 writers and critics listed there -- one of them, in fact, is my favorite Tolkien critic, Tom Shippey, on Nancy … Continue reading How do you blurb this?
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Etc.: Tolkien’s names, Pullman’s grimly good
WHAT'S IN A NAME: Just some trivia for the end of the weekend about J.R.R. Tolkien's interest in the late, great storyteller Snorri Sturluson. Nancy Marie Brown's new book on the Viking chronicler (featured in a previous post at Call of the Siren) who gave us stories of Odin, Thor & Company also recalled her … Continue reading Etc.: Tolkien’s names, Pullman’s grimly good
The 13th century’s Stieg Larsson: new in bookstores
My geography is a bit off -- Stieg Larsson, the late author of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," was from Sweden; the early epic chronicler Snorri Sturluson, who wrote in the 13th century, hailed from Iceland. Still, I think the comparison works. Both authors have created enormous public curiosity about the way people live … Continue reading The 13th century’s Stieg Larsson: new in bookstores
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