Hacker News with Generative AI: Fantasy Literature

Why Celebrimbor Fell but Boromir Conquered: The Moral Universe of Tolkien (acoup.blog)
This week (and probably next) I want to talk a bit more Tolkien, but in a somewhat different vein from normal. Rather than discussing the historicity of Tolkien’s world or adaptations of it, I want to take a moment to discuss some of the themes of Tolkien’s work, which express themselves in the metaphysical architecture of Arda itself.

Fantasy Literature, Tolkien, Morality, Mythology

29 points by JumpCrisscross 7 days ago | 0 comments

The Wisconsin cartographer who mapped Tolkien's fantasy world (wpr.org)
If you’ve ever wanted to explore the world of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings,” the best place to start might be Oshkosh.

Fantasy Literature, Maps, Geography, Wisconsin

233 points by bookofjoe 15 days ago | 48 comments

Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien's Middle-Earth (nytimes.com)
In 1977, Karen Wynn Fonstad made a long shot cold call to J.R.R. Tolkien’s American publisher with the hope of landing a dream assignment: to create an exhaustive atlas of Middle-earth, the setting of the author’s widely popular “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”

Fantasy Literature, Maps, Biography, J.R.R. Tolkien

27 points by indigoabstract 100 days ago | 4 comments

Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien's Middle-Earth (nytimes.com)
In 1977, Karen Wynn Fonstad made a long shot cold call to J.R.R. Tolkien’s American publisher with the hope of landing a dream assignment: to create an exhaustive atlas of Middle-earth, the setting of the author’s widely popular “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”