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Divertimento: The Eagle and Child

Divertimento: The Eagle and Child

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I had occasion to watch 20 minutes of Amazon.com’s understanding of The Lord of the Rings the other night. I’ll have more to say about that atrocity and those like it at another time, but it reminded me of when fantasy literature was…well…literate. Naturally, it took me back to a small establishment in what was once a slow, quiet, and quaint town.

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