You can't understand science fiction without understanding Tolkien.
As it's The Old Tolk's birthday, let's think about why that is.
(I was going to post this yesterday but was completely unconscious in bed with Covid. Doing a little better today)
The thesis that science fiction is myth really begins with JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis, and a third Inkling, Owen …
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