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Religion in fantasy fiction

  • Carrie (novel)Stephen King wrote the opening pages of Carrie in a trailer in Hermon, Maine, during 1973. He had just finished teaching English at Hampden Academy and was…
  • Dwarves in Middle-earthAulë, the Vala of earth and metals, grew impatient waiting for the Children of Ilúvatar to appear. He secretly forged seven fathers in stone chambers…
  • Gulliver's TravelsJonathan Swift began writing Gulliver's Travels in 1720, completing the manuscript by August 1725. The work emerged from a circle of writers known as the…
  • A Song of Ice and FireGeorge R. R. Martin began writing the first volume of his epic fantasy series in 1991, a project that would eventually expand from a planned trilogy into…
  • Christianity in Middle-earthJ. R. R. Tolkien was a devout Roman Catholic from boyhood, and he described The Lord of the Rings in particular as a "fundamentally religious and Catholic…
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise)Hideaki Anno stood at the helm of Gainax in 1995, steering a project that would become Neon Genesis Evangelion. The anime series began airing on TV Tokyo in…