“I turn to horror stories not to train myself to survive the world but to make sense of it. The world is horrible sometimes. Terrible things happen for no explicable reason, and the rules that run society can be unfair and cruel and horrid.”
https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/07/08/i-turn-to-horror-stories-not-to-train-myself-to-survive-the-world-but-to-make-sense-of-it-the-world-is-horrible-sometimes-terrible-things-happen-for-no-explicable-reason-and-the-rules-that-run-so/
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J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard and the Birth of Modern Fantasy
https://library.hrmtc.com/2024/07/05/j-r-r-tolkien-robert-e-howard-and-the-birth-of-modern-fantasy/
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“Fascism attempts to organize the newly created proletarian masses without affecting the property structure which the masses strive to eliminate. Fascism sees its salvation in giving these masses not their right, but instead a chance to express themselves.”