This week we discussed “Children” from the “On Fairy Stories” by Tolkien.  He pushes back against the coupling of fairy-stories and children, making the point that, “If fairy-story as a kind is worth reading at all it is worthy to be written for and read by adults.”
We talk about:

Suspension of Disbelief vs Literary Belief
How fairy-stories are not to be relegated to nurseries
How children ruin everything (even fairy-stories) if we leave it alone with them
The “covert sniggering” that happens when adults write stories FOR children
Is the Hobbit too “silly” for Middle-earth

Then in our members-only episode (https://theonering.com/members) we:

Did Tolkien approve or enjoy tragedies?
Discuss our interview with Nick Groom last week, and why we weren’t more confrontational.
We did, in fact, react with quiet disbelief at some of Professor Groom’s answers to our Confessions from the Comfy Chair!

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Tales from the Perilous Realm (has “On Fairy Stories” essay)
Make Tolkien Great Again – Tengwar Hat
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The Silmarillion
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The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
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