The Tolkienist’s Library: Update
have added some titles to my library list at LibraryThing. When I started this I did not quite realise I might end up adding hundreds of titles but there you are 🙂 So...
Author: Marcel R. Bülles
Henry Gee for free in the UK: Download ‘The Science of Middle-earth’ – on February, 6th only
Please note: This offer is no longer valid! nly today will you be able to download Henry Gee’s revised version for ‘The Science of Middle-earth’ at Amazon.co.uk for free. If you happen to...
Middle-earth Tea & Coffee Mug Special: Fond memories in ceramics
his one has been on my mind for quite some time but particularly since participating in the Return of the Ring in Loughborough, England, last summer. Whenever you participate in a great event,...
Review: ‘The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth’ by Kabam
have been a gamer as long as I can remember. The first (and to this very day probably the best gaming computer ever) was the C64 – alongside an old Atari 2600. Ah,...
A commentary on “Concerning Christopher”
n January 7th, 2013, TheOneRing.Net author JPB published an essay titled Concerning Christopher – An Essay on Tolkien’s Son’s Decision to Not Allow Further Cinematic Licensing of His Work. I was amazed at the...
Join the Tolkien Birthday Toast for 2013
Tolkien was born January, 3rd, 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Tolkien fans from all over the world gather today to raise a glass to the man who brought us all together – “The...
75 reasons: Thomas Honegger
ell, I would actually recommend to listen to a good recording, such as the unabridged reading by Rob Inglis who takes you through Tolkien’s tale within eleven hours (– the same goes for...
Today a not so serious post. A picturesque comment on modern day’s Thorin Oakenshield.
hile watching The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey I could not help but think of two other modern film and tv series characters of influence and importance – and their beards. Although I appreciate...
Why “The Hobbit” is more than just the sum of its parts. A film review – spoiler alert.
his is a three-part article on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey or rather: a collection of random first impressions. The first part is a more general comment on the film as a literary...
75 reasons: Michael Drout
The Heroic World and the Bourgeois World Each Have Something to Offer n important structural dynamic in The Hobbit is the interaction of the bourgeois world with the heroic.[1] Bilbo, with his pocket...
75 reasons: Dimitra Fimi
hy should one read The Hobbit before watching the film? Because, judging by the trailers and interviews, the Hobbit film adaptation will be presented as a coherent ‘prequel’ to The Lord of the...
75 reasons: Douglas A. Anderson
n my view, when a work exists in a form that has been popular enough to precipitate a film being made of it, I’ve usually tried to experience the original before the adaptation....