Gummed-Up Works or Got Lives?

David Stockhoff · 16 Dec 2011, 01:24 · from 2011-December.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:24:44 -0500
Subject: (urth) Gummed-Up Works or Got Lives?
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On 12/15/2011 2:14 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
> * Here's a straightforward difference: Tolkien's worlds were born to
> give his made-up languages a place to be spoken. Lewis's were born to
> explain pictures he saw in his head. And Wolfe's seem to be built to
> house his characters. (Of course, all these are grotesque
> oversimplifications.)

I like this oversimplification.

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