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J.S. Barnes
Books and Arts
Bored of the rings: ‘wokery’ takes on Tolkien
The chief sin of Amazon’s
The Rings of Power
is that it is often simply dull
By J.S. Barnes
Books
Christopher Priest was a grievously underrated novelist
His career represented a sequence of missed opportunities for the world beyond his chosen genre to recognize his skill and quiet profundity
By J.S. Barnes