It couldn’t have been more timely. Only months after 9/11, when America craved something self affirming, LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS (LOTR:FOTR) burst onto the silver screen. Christmas would have been strange ...

On July 1st, 1999 I had retired from the Hammonton, New Jersey Public School District as a middle school English teacher after thirty-four years of service. I knew there would be an eight hour daily time-void in my life, so I decided to fill it by making my avocation (writing) my vocation. The task of becoming a successful Internet author was much more formidable than I had originally anticipated. ...

When I was a young man I composed a song that bore the exact title of this article. In it, I lamented the fact that everything was so much more expensive than in the old days. Gone were the buffalo nickel candy bars, the cheap ...

If you peruse the SF section of a modern library, you might be surprised by what you’ll find, especially if you are not accustomed to a personal search through the haystack, but rely mostly on digital inquisition. I admit it shook me ...

I think it is time we put this matter to rest by revealing the fruits of my own confusing research. There is nothing to add concerning Druidic levels of consternation, be they Bard, Ovate or Wizardry. After all, ...