tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post2885401879413601734..comments2024-03-05T14:28:49.011-05:00Comments on Tolkien and Fantasy: Beginnings and Endings Douglas A. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-79110997698936972242017-07-02T20:42:45.366-04:002017-07-02T20:42:45.366-04:00Perhaps your teacher should've given you a cop...Perhaps your teacher should've given you a copy of The Disappearing Floor instead, with a relatively eerie cover painting.<br /><br />DNWurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-10020359204667301072017-07-02T19:57:06.354-04:002017-07-02T19:57:06.354-04:00I read occasionally but not voraciously before enc...I read occasionally but not voraciously before encountering Tolkien. I don't recall much, but there were a couple of anthologies of weird fiction and ghost stories that I really liked. One, which I still have, was Philip Van Doren Stern's GREAT GHOST STORIES (1962), a mass market selection from THE MIDNIGHT READER (1942). I also recall reading various Oz books, though I liked Baum's Douglas A. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-88864600937247172352017-07-01T15:18:02.610-04:002017-07-01T15:18:02.610-04:00This column made me wonder about what you'd re...This column made me wonder about what you'd read in the fields of fantasy, weird fiction, and sf prior to reading Tolkien -- not an exhaustive listing, but what reading characterized you before then.<br /><br />Dale NelsonWurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-8458993936260016392017-05-08T04:26:02.638-04:002017-05-08T04:26:02.638-04:00Another exceptionally useful blog for so many doin...Another exceptionally useful blog for so many doing fantasy research! Thank you for this brilliant overview. Please accept my condolences on the loss of your friend. Becky Dillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01211509673315556769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-40252562636136234142017-05-07T17:27:20.839-04:002017-05-07T17:27:20.839-04:00Thank you.Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com