![]() In the essay, which is included in The Tolkien Reader,Tolkien argues that internal consistency is the key to maintaining that sense of wonder a reader feels when absorbed by a good book. Over achieving geeks will often point to the essay "On Fairy Stories," written by the patron saint of all geek literature JRR Tolkien, to argue that a book or movie floated or failed based upon its internal consistency. Classical 20th century notions of story argue that if a writer is able to create an internally consistent world, a reader will willingly suspend their disbelief and follow the writer through that world no matter how implausible its events might seem in our world. This is a bit if a tricky wicket for me because the answer is no, but with a couple of giant white ape sized caveats. ![]() Did you lose your suspension of disbelief anywhere in the book? Did you care? Why or why not? Then we can all traipse over to the new GeekDad communiy forums and you can tear my flimsy reasoning apart.ΔΆ. I think I know why I liked A Princess of Mars and I am going to try and answer these questions below to explain it to you and myself. So that said, why did I like the book? Well to be honest the next four questions are a bit of a cheat. ![]()
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