Quote of the day
I began to live as if there were no one save God and me in the world.
Tom Shippey
Born: September 9, 1943 (age 82)
Bio: Thomas Alan Shippey is a British scholar of medievalism, of medieval literature, including that of Anglo-Saxon England, and of modern fantasy and science fiction. In particular he is widely considered one of the world's leading academic scholars on the works of J. R. R.
Known for:
- The Road to Middle-Earth (1982)
- J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century (2000)
- The Hammer and the Cross (1993)
- King and Emperor (1996)
- The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories (1992)