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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 16 Dec 2010, 16:55 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: danldo at gmail.com (Dan'l Danehy-Oakes)
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:55:46 -0800
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On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 3:19 AM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:

> You know, just because someone has beliefs does not mean that the fictional
> worlds they create need to be in line with those beliefs. Fundamentally, The
> Book of the New Sun is fantasy literature. The setting and history
> Silmarillion does not align with the Bible either. I'm sure there are plenty
> of materialist atheists who write stories about elves and giants.

Actually, Tolkien went out of his way to make the cosmology of the
Silm. compatable (though only by some fast dancing) with Christianity.
The "gods" are angels, etc.

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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes

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