REVIEW: Shadow Ticket – Thomas Pynchon (Penguin Press; 2025)
With Shadow Ticket, Thomas Pynchon throws his readers into a chaotic, puddle-jumping detective story that is quite a bit more than a simple missing person’s case.
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The Death of the Letter
In order to combat the alienation of modern life, we would do well to rediscover the importance of written correspondence: letters.
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Artificial Society II
With AI becoming increasingly prevalent in service industries, tech heads consider art and creativity as one of its next frontiers. Not good!
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Art, Tolkien, and Consumer Media Part III: Art as Sub-Creation and Communication
In this conclusion, we look at Tolkien’s thoughts on art and the place his work occupies in the social landscape, and in particular, the importance of cultivating appropriate interpretive modes.
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Art, Tolkien, and Consumer Media Part II: Interpreting The Lord of the Rings
Part Two: A look at how Tolkien’s use of setting, violence and power severely contrasts with Jackson’s depiction of them in the films.
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Art, Tolkien, and Consumer Media, Part I: Defining Fantasy
Part One: how Tolkien defines fantasy, its relationship to escapism, and how this contrasts with popular definitions of the terms.
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The Geek Menace to The Lord of the Rings
Tolkien’s work has long been the subject of fandom, but this has been a net negative for his literature’s reception and interpretation.
Read MoreANALYSIS: The Last Jedi, Failure, and How Not to Write a Story (Part 1 of 5)
There are plenty of things wrong with Star Wars: The Last Jedi. If you haven’t seen it yet, I highly
Read MoreWe Don’t Want Your Kind of Books Here
An open letter was recently published on a site dedicated to news and links for children’s literature. It’s author was
Read MoreYes, Popular Culture Really Has Gotten Worse
In case you think you’re imagining things, we here at QNUW are ready to validate the fears you didn’t know
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