davem, thanks for bringing that book to our attention. It sounds like one I definitely want to read. I very much like your use of the word mythologizing as a contrast to allegorising and your comparative description of modern wartime elements turned mythological beasts.
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth.. .'
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