Ring*Con: Hobbit, Game of Thrones and more
he Tolkienist is at Ring*Con right now, one of the best fantasy film and literature conventions out there. First talk of today was “33 best fantasy novels of all times”, tomorrow there will...
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Support an outstanding Tolkien fan project: 50.000 Orcs – The Muster of Rohan
o some out there it may sound like hyperbole but to me who has seen this live this statement simply has to be true: the team of 50.000 Orcs are the creators of...
Why did you call this blog “The Tolkienist”?
here are a number of obvious reasons for this. First of all, any website would do well in chosing a decent name. I could have called it http://www.damn-i-love-middle-earth-so-much-man.com but that wouldn’t be easy...
The Travelling Tolkienist: Fun stuff to do in Middle-earth
ne of the best things about being a Tolkien fan is meeting fellow Tolkien fans from all over the world anytime, anywhere. You’ll meet people from all walks of life and different cultures...
Readings and radio plays & rumours of an unpublished Tolkien speech
olkien has inspired artists from all over the world and across all media. I think that one of the best ways of portraying his many and very diverse works is to do a...
Tolkien Mailing Competition goes international
or seven years in a row the Hungarian Tolkien Society (MTT) has organised Tolkien Levelező Verseny, the Tolkien Mailing Competition. School groups from the ages of 10 to 18 were asked questions, divided...
Would you like to write a guest post for the Tolkienist? Please do.
I have been lucky in receiving some outstanding guest posts in recent months for which I am very grateful and I am very much looking forward for more material on J.R.R. Tolkien and...
How tall was J.R.R. Tolkien?
his is one of the more mundane questions about the author who brought us “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” and it is one rather easily answered. He gave an interview...
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F2M2: How two Gandalfs link up to Shogun and a CBE
elcome to the third installment of “Fun Facts on Middle-earth related Media (F2M2)” in which I would like to introduce you to the outstanding actor Sir Michael Hordern. He is next on my...
“It is time to put #Tolkien back on the menu, boys and girls” with @Klout!
UPDATE: Nov 1st, 2013. Tolkien is back as a topic on Klout. We made it! Sieh dir diesen Beitrag auf Instagram an Ein Beitrag geteilt von Marcel Aubron-Bülles (@thetolkienist) oday’s short...
More on Qenya: Parma Eldalamberon 21 to be published in September
have just received the great news that another volume of Parma Eldalamberon is forthcoming, hot on the heels of issue no. 20 which was on the Qenya alphabet. Now we are all set...
“A Journey through Mirkwood” or rather … Lithuania
hen the German Tolkien Society thought about applying for EU funding for one of its projects not many of us knew how much work it would be. The hobbitish heroes at the regulars’...