Commentary

Tolkien's "Errors" and Their Lessons

What The Hobbit teaches us about worldbuilding, setting, and fantasy.

Oct 14, 2025 • Eric Falden

A Conversation with Hilary Layne

The mind behind The Second Story and 'The Blue Prince'

Sep 23, 2025 • Eric Falden and Hilary Layne

Does Eye of the World Hold Up?

The worst book I ever loved

Aug 26, 2025 • Eric Falden

Sailing on Shadow and Soul

A Review & Reflection on Le Guin’s “A Wizard of Earthsea”

Jun 24, 2025 • Eric Falden

What the Samyuzot Taught Me

Behind the Scenes, Questions Answered, and Some Lessons on Serialization

Jun 3, 2025 • Eric Falden

The Failure of Frodo Baggins

and the mercies that rescued him.

Mar 25, 2025 • Eric Falden

Best of the Forge: 2024

My most popular, most fun, and most important pieces from 2024

Dec 17, 2024 • Eric Falden

Heroism, Hubris, and Húrin’s Kin

Review and Analysis "The Children of Húrin", by J.R.R. Tolkien

Jun 15, 2024 • Eric Falden

The Story Behind the Stories

Takeaways and lessons learned from GWC’24

May 8, 2024 • Eric Falden

Théoden’s Journey Out of Despair

Hope is a choice, and other lessons from the King of Rohan

Apr 5, 2024 • Eric Falden

“Dune 2” Made Me Like Dune Less.

And I’m trying to figure out why.

Mar 12, 2024 • Eric Falden

You Should Read Tigana

& you should be mad that no one told you about Guy Gavriel Kay

Feb 23, 2024 • Eric Falden

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