Tolkien once gave a lecture on fairy stories and talked about primary and secondary worlds.
And I wrote about it, together with some questions on architecture.
https://asupala.me/2026/03/22/entry-22-on-fairy-stories/
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Prompt 50 - a book of interconnected short stories - June 29, 2025 - This is a book of historical fantasy short stories. All of the stories are about fairies, but not the nice ones. These fairies are dark, ugly, conniving, murderous creatures. I bet they were fun to write.
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What's your favourite fae? We asked our speakers this burning question. And for Khaya Maseko, it's the Tokoloshe, a "very naughty but industrious and skilled" South African creature.
Join us as we talk about the fae on 6 April. Tix via www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-the-occult-the-fae-tickets-853585686767
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It’s Tooth Fairy Day, a day dedicated to the strange inhuman entity that pays you for your mouth bones.
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Here is the last of the set of 11 Sadler's Lectures podcast episodes on J.R.R. Tolkien's On Fairy Stories, ending fittingly with his reflections on "eucatastrophe" in literary works!
https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/tolkein-on-fairy-stories-eucatastrophe-evangelium-and-joy
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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century English author, linguist, and literary critic J.R.R. Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stories It focuses specifically on his discussion, at the very end
Here's the second to last in the series of Sadler's Lectures podcast episodes as we wrap up the series on J.R.R. Tolkien's On Fairy Stories. This one looks at what human desires motivate the sort of escape stories provide
https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/tolkein-on-fairy-stories-escapes-and-desires
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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century English author, linguist, and literary critic J.R.R. Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stories It focuses specifically on his discussion of the motivati
In his essay On Fairy Stories, J.R.R. Tolkien weighs in on which of the arts work best for fantasy and fairy stories. Here's a Sadler's Lectures podcast episode discussing his argument
https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/tolkein-on-fairy-stories-fantasy-and-the-arts
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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century English author, linguist, and literary critic J.R.R. Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stories It focuses specifically on Tolkien's conception of fantasy
In his essay "On Fairy Stories," J.R.R. Tolkien notes three "faces" of fairy stories: the Mystical, the Magical, the Mirror. Here's a Sadler's Lectures podcast episode exploring Tolkien's discussion of each
https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/tolkein-on-fairy-stories-three-faces-of-fairy-stories
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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century English author, linguist, and literary critic J.R.R. Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stories It focuses specifically on the passage where he distinguis
One of the common claims J.R.R. Tolkien critically assesses in "On Fairy Stories" is that those narratives are essentially for children. Here's a Sadler's Lectures podcast episode looking at his analysis
https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/tolkein-on-fairy-stories-are-fairy-stories-for-children
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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century English author, linguist, and literary critic J.R.R. Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stories It focuses specifically on his discussion of whether or no
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