Abigail Nussbaum continues her “Great Tolkien Reread” with The Hobbit. “Tolkien’s celebrated affinity for worldbuilding means that The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings clearly take place in the same invented world, but it’s precisely at those points that the two works overlap that the differences between […]
At Asking the Wrong Questions, Abigail Nussbaum continues the Great Tolkien Reread with “A Knife in the Dark” and “Flight to the Ford” from The Fellowship Of The Ring, Book 1. “These chapters contain some of the novel’s most memorable events, but taken as a whole they feel […]
At Asking The Wrong Questions, the always insightful Abigail Nussbaum has some thoughts on George Miller’s Furiosa (2024).”The first thing that must be said about this movie is that it should not work. It’s a prequel to one of the most mind-blowing, groundbreaking, and just plain revolutionary action […]
At Asking The Wrong Questions, Abigail Nussbaum writes about this year’s Hugo Awards voting rigamarole and what to do moving forward with World Con. “Whether it’s the Hugos or representative democracy, most of the time there isn’t a manager you can call. Most of the time, it’s just […]
At Asking The Wrong Questions, Abigail Nussbaum has some thoughts on The Marvels (2023). “The Marvels is the first movie that makes me think the MCU might actually be over. Not because it’s bad—it is, in fact, quite charming and enjoyable, solidly mid-tier Marvel, and near the top […]
Abigail Nussbaum considers WandaVision at Asking The Wrong Questions with, “America’s Sweetheart: Thoughts on WandaVision.” Emily Van Der Werff shares her thoughts at Vox with, “WandaVision’s disappointing finale and the problem with demanding ‘justice’ in fiction.” And at the LA Times Review of Books, Aaron Bady ponders, “The […]
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