J.R.R Tolkien

It can be nerve wracking to share such personal stories, and Humberstone is learning to embrace the magic that her music’s universality holds.

“Game of Thrones” is the fantasy juggernaut of the 21st century — but more than that, it also leads the pack among fantasy narratives in its portrayal and use of religion.

The date was 1963, less than a year before Lewis’s death, and the setting was comfortably simplistic: a bookshelf, a desk, a side table set for teatime and one rigid armchair.

In those days, the world had yet to do away with the analog television set. My father brought home “The Fellowship of the Ring” in VHS, and on one rainy night, my family members gathered to view that which pop culture had then revered.