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Rich Horton's avatar

Does "On Fairy Stories" work along with (or instead of?) Tolkien's foreword? (There are times I think "Tree and Leaf" ("On Fairy Stories" plus "Leaf by Niggle") is the best thing Tolkien ever wrote.)

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Maddie Dobrowski's avatar

Absolutely!

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Sarah May Grunwald's avatar

Yesssss to LOTR

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michaelmcdowall@aol.com's avatar

Hello. I am not sure if I am subscribed or just able to view posts right now. Can you advise. Thank you

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Maddie Dobrowski's avatar

Hi, sorry I missed this comment! Yes, in order to register for the book club you have to not only subscribe, but also make a $5 monthly pledge to Love of Literature. To do this (according to instructions I am finding online), go to my page and underneath the "subscribe" button there should be another option to "pledge your support." Click on this and follow the prompts. Just make sure to pledge a *monthly* amount, not annual, since the paid feature will be turned off after the book club and I don't want you to be stuck paying an annual amount.

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Jack Bentz SJ's avatar

oh my Lord, that picture. I loved those editions so much that when I read my originals to pieces I had to find those, yes those, the ones with pages printed to close to the spine for easy reading, on line to read again.

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Maddie Dobrowski's avatar

Same! They are undoubtedly the best editions. I can’t get rid of them, even though they’re falling apart now.

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Sarah May Grunwald's avatar

@Simon Haisell

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Simon Haisell's avatar

Awesome, thanks Sarah. Give me a shout @Maddie Dobrowski if you want me to add yours to the directory.

https://footnotesandtangents.substack.com/p/substack-book-group-directory

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Sarah May Grunwald's avatar

Always trying to get Tolkien on these reading lists!!

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Maddie Dobrowski's avatar

Thanks! Just sent you a message.

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Grace's avatar

I’m hoping I’ve registered?

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Yugveer Sidhu's avatar

Hey Maddie love your work I just finished writing a really short novel about how a person brought light to someone’s life unknowingly

I think you will love it let me know if you like to read it and I can share you the pdf

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