Monday, May 9, 2016

Twentieth Century Fantasy In A Nutshell

As I'm preparing to leave for Kalamazoo (which starts in just three more days), here's a thought I wanted to share. I realized today that my view of twentieth century fantasy can be summed up in a just seven words:

Dunsany is Elvis.

Tolkien is The Beatles.


--JDR
current reading: THE ASSAULTS OF CHAOS by S. T. Joshi

4 comments:

  1. Nice analogy! And, perhaps, the first time ever that Elvis and Dunsany appeared in a sentence together (let alone being compared to one another)?

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  2. In that case, I shudder to think who the Rolling Stones would be.

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  3. In that case, I shudder to think who the Rolling Stones must be.

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  4. Thanks, Ed.

    Hi David. I'd say that in this analogy the place of the Rolling Stones cd be compared to Michael Moorcock.

    --John R.

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