Comments on: She is one of the handful of books that Tolkien explicitly acknowledges as an influence https://www.isegoria.net/2022/05/she-is-one-of-the-handful-of-books-that-tolkien-explicitly-acknowledges-as-an-influence/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 28 May 2026 14:07:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: York https://www.isegoria.net/2022/05/she-is-one-of-the-handful-of-books-that-tolkien-explicitly-acknowledges-as-an-influence/comment-page-1/#comment-3548061 York Mon, 23 May 2022 19:52:16 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=48976#comment-3548061 So the Great and Lauded Oxford Don transcribed pot boiler fiction? The Great One’s feet must surely have had Amahaggerian clay. Really loving the idea that Tolkien was reading the academic equivalent of penny dreadfuls and making them his own. Haggard never got the recognition from the Academy for his own works, yet Tolkien padded out his stories and became an intellectual darling, and deservedly so. Just waiting for the ultimate and darkest of secrets…That Tolkien had a subscription to Weird Tales and secretly met with Lovecraft. When that arcane knowledge is released from its crypt Cthulhu will Rise Again!

]]> By: Jim https://www.isegoria.net/2022/05/she-is-one-of-the-handful-of-books-that-tolkien-explicitly-acknowledges-as-an-influence/comment-page-1/#comment-3548037 Jim Mon, 23 May 2022 16:36:24 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=48976#comment-3548037 For a moment, I thought that Tolkien had been meaningfully literarily influenced by a woman.

Then, of course, I snapped back to reality.

]]> By: Faze https://www.isegoria.net/2022/05/she-is-one-of-the-handful-of-books-that-tolkien-explicitly-acknowledges-as-an-influence/comment-page-1/#comment-3547948 Faze Mon, 23 May 2022 01:13:06 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=48976#comment-3547948 “She” and “King Solomon’s Mines” are crazy good, fast-moving narratives – bloody and violent as hell – and blunt about race in the way of their time. Haggard could really tell a tale.

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