http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/writing+film PennTags Feed for /tag/writing+film PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/voyager/162 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/voyager/162 Monsters and the critics, and other essays / J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien. <p>7 essays by the author of <em>LoTR</em></p> <p>The best-known is &quot;On Fairy-Stories,&quot; a discussions of the requirements of believable fantasy. It is <em>not</em> about those &quot;Flower fairies and fluttering sprites...that [Tolkien] so disliked as a child.&quot; &quot;A Secret Vice&quot; has implications about programming and programmers. <br />The title essay (&quot;The Monsters and the Critics&quot;) sheds light on the unsatisfactory <em>Star Wars</em> prequels.</p>