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Nicholas Kotar

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J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Gene Wolfe

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Nicholas Kotar is a writer of epic fantasy inspired by Russian fairy tales, a freelance translator from Russian to English, the resident conductor of the men's choir at a Russian monastery in the middle of nowhere, and a semi-professional vocalist. His one great regret in life is that he was not born in the nineteenth century in St. Petersburg, but he is doing everything he can to remedy that error. ...more

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Nicholas Kotar Hi Vadim! That's the "chronological order" and it can be read like that, yes. But I have a hunch that some readers might appreciate The Rusted Blade b…moreHi Vadim! That's the "chronological order" and it can be read like that, yes. But I have a hunch that some readers might appreciate The Rusted Blade better if they've read the Song of the Sirin first. Both should work :)(less)
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“have so much that your hearts have become small. You can live very well with very little.”
Nicholas Kotar, The Song of the Sirin

“His point about the folklore of a country springing up from the deep history of a nation–this is something very important for all of us Americans to think about, especially since so many of our cultural elites seem to be more interested in putting down or even destroying our common culture (such as it is) rather than returning to it as a well of inspiration. Something to think about.”
Nicholas Kotar, How to Survive a Russian Fairy Tale: Or... how to avoid getting eaten, chopped into little pieces, or turned into a goat

“A human being can only become truly human if he lives for others. That way, the way of love, is by necessity the way of pain. Shared pain. Co-suffering.”
Nicholas Kotar, The Song of the Sirin

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“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”
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“His point about the folklore of a country springing up from the deep history of a nation–this is something very important for all of us Americans to think about, especially since so many of our cultural elites seem to be more interested in putting down or even destroying our common culture (such as it is) rather than returning to it as a well of inspiration. Something to think about.”
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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
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