I chose this on a whim as it was so far out of my usual orbit. No recollections of the old sod or stickball, and barely any for altar boys ...

  Atlases of Middle-Earth, guides and art, tributes and monographs, films and “cosplay” proliferate. What John Garth adds to the ever-pro...

I excerpt part of a letter I sent my friend in Ireland. It expresses my state of mind. I edited and revised a bit, but for the record,...