The Thirtieth Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the thirtieth Roving Ranger newsletter. Events David Bratman has a look back at the last Tolkien Society Seminar. John D. Rateliff notes a few words on his...
Author: Marcel R. Bülles
The Twenty-Ninth Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the twenty-ninth Roving Ranger newsletter. Events I would highly suggest to you to look up the International Tolkien Fellowship Facebook group for Tolkien-inspired events the world over....
The Twenty-Eighth Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the twenty-eighth Roving Ranger newsletter. Events This weekend the sixth Urbana Theological Seminar’s Tolkien Conference is happening, this year online, and you can register for free. I...
The Twenty-Seventh Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the twenty-seventh Roving Ranger newsletter. Events The Tolkien Society has opened nominations on their awards. Quite another kettle of fish but the Hugos also accept nominations now....
Tolkien MeMes #5. My first ever talk at Oxonmoot in 2001..
In preparation for my move to Jena I am going through a lot of old papers, some of which have suffered from mould in cellars my landlords did not quite take care of....
The Twenty-Sixth Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the twenty-sixth Roving Ranger newsletter. Events Another Tolkien Society Tolkien Seminar is coming up and the speakers have been announced. This month’s Character Design Challenge topic, no....
The Twenty-Fifth Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the twenty-fifth Roving Ranger newsletter. Events The Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic has a new talk coming up: D&D and Fantasy Fiction: Giants in the Oerth....
Tolkien Birthday Toast 2021 Special Edition Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the Tolkien Birthday Toast 2021 Special Edition Roving Ranger newsletter. The Tolkien Birthday Toast – Happening Today! Each year on 3 January, the Tolkien Society encourages Tolkien...
The Twenty-Fourth Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the twenty-fourth Roving Ranger newsletter. PLEASE NOTE: The next Roving Ranger will be sent out on January 3rd, 2021! 🎄 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to...
No Roving Ranger for Tolkien Tuesday, Dec 15, 2020
No Roving Ranger for Dec 15, 2020 For the Roving Ranger I have a number of sources that I regularly go through on a daily basis which after seven days provide enough material...
Question: Was Christopher Tolkien truly willing to sell “The Silmarillion” to EA and write new stories set in Middle-earth?
Yesterday an interview was published with thegamer.com, written by Cian Maher, that supposedly drops a bomb in Tolkien fandom that beggars belief: According to executive producer Steve Gray – when EA revealed The...
On Dec 9, 2013, I met Smaug: European premiere of “The Desolation of Smaug”
Seven years ago on this day I met up with friends at the Sony Center close to the Potsdamer Square as we were on a mission: The highly publicised European premiere of The...