An Incomplete List At Best
Wizard Entertainment has a list of the "ultimate fictional weapons", including Glamdring (Lord of the Rings), Mjolnir (Thor's hammer), railguns (The Eraser) and He-Man's Power Sword, among others.
Stunningly missing, however, is Neal Stephenson's Reason. I hope Wizard are ashamed at their oversight and that they correct it with all due haste.
Posted in Books, Comic Books, Observations
Making Lord Of The Rings Accessible To All Literary Palates
I recently stumbled across a wonderful thread on the Straight Dope message board posing the following question: What if Lord of the Rings Had Been Written By Someone Else?
Some quick examples, starting with an adaptation that would make Theodor Geisel proud:
"Gandalf, Gandalf! Take the ring!
I am too small to carry this thing!"
"I can not, will [...]
