Brandon Sanderson - "On Fantasy" | Tolkien Lecture 2026

[Erestor Arcamen]

"On Fantasy" - The 2026 J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature, delivered by Brandon Sanderson on May 19 at Oxford Town Hall.

The annual J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature seeks to promote the study of fantasy literature by making access to its lectures available to audiences from around the world.

 

[Server Room Gremlin]

This was very interesting, thank you for sharing. Brandon's response to the last question in the video was something I had noticed and thought about myself when I was younger. Fantasy allows you to deal with real-world problems, as it allows you to think about, resolve or process things in your mind without all the extra baggage that is attached to the real-life problems (which might cause you to 'miss the forest for the trees').