The very first Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the very first of (hopefully many) Roving Ranger newsletters! As I am writing this the temperature is climbing in Berlin, the fan working quietly in the background....
Category: News
Tolkien MeMes #2. Exhibiting Tolkien at Berlin’s State & Central Library, Nov 2012 – February 2013
n Februar 2012 the then secretary of the German Tolkien Society (GTS) received an email from the Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (ZLB): Liebe Tolkien-Fans, ich arbeite in der Zentral– und Landesbibliothek Berlin und...
The Mountains of Titan belong to Tolkien – and planitiae and labyrinthi to Dune
he International Astronomical Union (IAU) and its Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) are responsible for selecting official names for features on solar system bodies. Luckily for Tolkien fans in 2012 his...
Revamping my Tolkien and Middle-earth Memorabilia Collection: Ravel’s Bolero and LibraryThing
fter another of many moves and the fact that the COVID-19 crisis has changed all of our lives I remembered a wonderful blog post by Tim Spalding, LibraryThing Founder and President, from March...
“(…) Something has gone crack.” Christopher Tolkien dies at the age of 95
local French newspaper broke the news today that Christopher Tolkien has passed away last night at the age of 95. Tolkien who had for many years lived in the French department Var in...
“You know nothing, Jon Sauron!”
major cast announcement by the team of Lord of the Rings on Prime has Tolkien fandom in a kerfuffle. However, no new information has become available on the actual storyline to be presented...
The first image of a black hole – does it look familiar to you?
he Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration has managed to take the first picture of a black hole in human history. Not only is this a remarkable scientific feat it is also proof that collaboration...
The Tolkien Weekend is happening in New York City – March 16th-17th, 2019!
any of you will have heard that the Morgan Library in New York City is hosting the exhibition “Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth” until May 10 this year. However, there are also two Tolkien...
J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Fall of Gondolin” to be published in August
xciting news from Tolkien publishers HarperCollins: Christopher Tolkien, son of J.R.R. Tolkien and his literary executor, surprises fans the world over with another book taken from his father’s ‘Legendarium’, this time The Fall...
BREAKING: Christopher Tolkien announces NEW ‘Lord of the Rings’ – THE RETURN OF THE RING
n an unprecedented move the son of J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien who is the executor of his father’s literary heritage, has announced today that among the many thousands of manuscript pages J.R.R. Tolkien...
A sinkhole in Oxford’s Broad Street turns into a Literary Battle
hen a sinkhole appeared on Oxford’s Broad Street one could have easily expected someone to make a quick picture to share on Instagram or an easy quip on Twitter but the faculties and...
Amazon partnering up to do “The Lord of the Rings” television series
n a press release on Monday, November 13th, 2017 Amazon has confirmed it will be teaming up with “the Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins and New Line Cinema” to produce a multi seasons...