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’...
More than ten years of Indonesian fun: Meet Eorlingas!
uly 12th, 2013 was a special date for the Eorlingas, the Indonesian Tolkien Society: its tenth anniversary had to be celebrated in proper fashion and I am very happy to present you with...
Call for Papers: Tolkien @ Kalamazoo 2014
his has just come in via the interwebs. The Tolkien at Kalamazoo group has been approved for 3 paper sessions at the International Medieval Congress held at Kalamazoo, Michigan in May 2014. The...
How a hobby turns into a Hobbit in Cape Town
am very happy and very proud to have my first guest post with this, the fourth installment to my on-going series, Things J.R.R. Tolkien has never said, done, written or had anything to...
The beauty that is this new ‘Hobbit’ edition, illustrated by Jemima Catlin
or me as a long-standing Tolkien fan recent years have brought both pleasure and pain due to the film trilogies and I am very happy when there is something substantially new from the...
Come to Colorado and meet the Grey Havens Group
ne of the greatest pleasures of being a Tolkienist is the chance of meeting fellow Tolkiendili from all over the world and writing about it (the old blog version) – they can be...
Middle-earth and Modernity. Part 1: Don’t deal out death in judgment.
n recent years I have read many criticisms of Tolkien’s works, some of them more elegant and convincing than others. As with any writer of his time and age, particularly in comparison to...
F2M2: How Vampire Viktor is a run-down rock star creating coastlines also named Sam
n the second installment of my on-going series “Fun Facts on Middle-earth related Media (F2M2)” I would like to introduce you to the man who inspired me to start it – Bill Nighy....