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#AtoZ Challenge: E Is For Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Eowyn

Today’s entry in my A to Z Challenge, the theme of which is SF and Fantasy, authors and worlds, is - E is for The Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction. I will also be writing a little about a character I like a lot, Eowyn from Tolkien’s masterwork The Lord Of The Rings. 

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction was first produced late in the 1970s, winning a Hugo Award for best non-fiction book in 1980. The editors were Peter Nicholls, John Clute and others. The second edition cane out in 1993 - I have a copy of that lurking somewhere on my overflowing shelves. 

Finally, by the time the 21st century rolled around, they decided that it might be better to do it digitally and there was first a CD ROM, then the web version, which started in 2011. It has won some more awards, and now it is easier to update it. It also has entries under authors, artists, awards, comics, communities and such, and cover art. 

I regret to say I’m not in there anywhere, nor is anyone I know personally, but it’s a highly useful resource and it’s free! Check out the web site here! http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/category/all

E is for Eowyn! In case you haven’t yet read Tolkien’s work, Eowyn is one of the few women in The Lord Of The Rings. Tolkien, bless him, was one of those men who hung out with the boys, although in his case it was to talk about books. He adored his wife, Edith, but that didn’t stop him from going out till about 2.00 a.m every night. Thinking about it, there were absolutely no women at all in The Hobbit(Book, not film, which slotted in Galadriel and an elf maiden Tolkien never created), and only a few in LOTR. However, when he did create a woman, she was usually special, whether she was 100 year old Lobelia Sackville Baggins, who was not popular until she bravely stood up to the baddies in the Scouring of the Shire(if you’ve only seen the films, forget it - they skipped that part of the novel), Galadriel the Lady of Lothlorien, who resisted the offer of the Ring, Arwen, her granddaughter - Aragorn’s Lady, or... Eowyn.

 Eowyn is the niece of the King of Rohan, a sort of Saxon kingdom, except Saxons were not really into horses for battle, whereas the Riders of Rohan were crazy about them. Eowyn is brave, strong and competent. She is perfectly capable of running the kingdom while her brother and uncle are off at war, except, after a lot of time being competent and in charge of the kingdom, she doesn’t want to. She has developed a crush on Aragorn, Ranger and King of Gondor, and wants to show what she can do as a fighter - something else she can do brilliantly. She disguises herself as a boy and joins the army, smuggling along the Hobbit Merry, who has also been told he will be left behind, and between them the two of them destroy the Witch King of Angmar, head of the scary black riders, who is overconfident because he’s been told he can’t be killed by any man. Well, he isn’t, is he? He’s killed by a woman, with the help of a Hobbit. 

And after near death, she gets a man who appreciates her for what she is, Faramir, whose father, the Steward of Gondor, has nearly killed him . Faramir can fight brilliantly, but is, by preference, a nerd who would rather be reading his history books than going into battle. And he is the alter-ego of the author, so... we can kind of guess who is Tolkien’s favourite female character. 

Mine too! And I liked the fact that the only people she really has to hide from in the army are her family. It was made pretty clear that the other soldiers know exactly who she is and are happy to oblige. 

A pity they left out most of her romance with Faramir in the movies; even the extended version only shows a couple of brief scenes.

Still - a wonderful woman, film or book! 

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