To: Aquinasfan
Well for the record I'm also looking forward to
The Lord of the Rings and hope the movie will inspire my son to read it (I think it will).
I'm refuse to get drawn into another debate thread. But for someone who is afraid of Harry Potter and the influence it has on kids, you're sure giving it a lot of publicity.
To: Ward Smythe; Aquinasfan
you're sure giving it a lot of publicity What Acquinas fan is doing is to promote analysis and reflection about something that is already widely known about and wildly promoted . . .
By the way, I think your son will love Lord of the Rings. I read the series to my daughter when she was pretty young. She loved it. It was good for me, too!
To: Ward Smythe
Give Aquinasfan credit here. This is an excellent article he's posted. Even if one doesn't agree with the moral argument behind it, it is excellent scholarship on fantasy literature and media -- from Tolkien to Harry Potter to
Buffy, The Vampire Slayer -- and how they treat magic.
It definitely has me thinking about the fantasy fiction I write and want to write.
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