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From Tolkienites to Warcraft warriors: an interview with Ethan Gilsdorf

"If you want to wear a purple robe and paint your face blue because you're a Fairy from the Land of Nod, look out."
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Sigurd and Gudrún is classic Tolkien, but not business as usual

This is the enduring quality of Eddaic poetry: economy of expression, in a haunting alliterative rhythm that memorably evokes each episode in terse, controlled strokes.
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