Signal Boost: Pre-Tolkien Fantasy Challenge

Alexandru Constantin, over at Barbarian Book Club, has issued the Pre-Tolkien Fantasy Challenge.

Here’s how it works:

  • Identify 3 Fantasy stories written before Lord of the Rings was published. 3 stories written before 1954.
  • Review all three on your blog, focusing on pre-Tolkien differences of similarities, and making sure you let us know where we can find them for ourselves.
  • Share the challenge.

I don’t know about you, but I’m in.

I’ve written plenty of posts on C. L. Moore, Robert E. Howard, and Henry Kuttner, more than I can list here.  Check the sidebar for their names.  I didn’t focus on how the works of those authors compared with Tolkien, though.  I’ll do that in future posts.

7 thoughts on “Signal Boost: Pre-Tolkien Fantasy Challenge

  1. Alexandru

    Thank you for the signal boost, I’m gonna try to keep as many of the posts together and reblog.

    I made a banner for it btw if you want to grab it for the posts.

    Reply
    1. Keith West Post author

      In my mind I see Blackadder wringing his hands and evilly cackling, “I have a cunning plan.”

      Reply

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