Tolkien, Potter, and Pulps

Photograph by Stefan Hoenerloh

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Adam Roberts on the global success of Tolkien:

One reason Tolkien���s imaginary realm has proved so successful is precisely its structural non-specificity. What I mean is: Tolkien treats material that has deep roots in, and deep appeal to, various cultural traditions; but he does so in a way���as fictionalised worldbuilding rather than denominated myth���that drains away much of the poisonous nationalist, racist and belligerent associatio...