Pullman rips on LOTR, others - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

William Cloud Hicklin · 11-02-2007, 07:03 AM

Pullman has been doing this for years, although in earlier comments he's called Narnia both more 'serious' but also much worse- I believe he used the word 'fascist.' All because, of course, Tollers and Jack don't share Pullman's nasty little world-view.

What struck me about HDM was how fundamentally *adolescent* its thesis was- that all good would derive from sexual liberation and casting off authority. Nietzche for bratty teenagers.

Indeed there's something of the bratty teenager in Pullman's habit of slagging off the giants of his profession.

11-02-2007, 07:03 AM	#12
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,330	Pullman has been doing this for years, although in earlier comments he's called Narnia both more 'serious' but also much worse- I believe he used the word 'fascist.' All because, of course, Tollers and Jack don't share Pullman's nasty little world-view. What struck me about HDM was how fundamentally adolescent its thesis was- that all good would derive from sexual liberation and casting off authority. Nietzche for bratty teenagers. Indeed there's something of the bratty teenager in Pullman's habit of slagging off the giants of his profession. __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.

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