uite some time ago I noticed a picture of J.R.R. Tolkien in a greenhouse. The Old Man was having his pipe with him and having a look at some lovely potted plants. And...
veryone who takes an interest in Tolkien fandom in recent years will have heard of Emil Johansson’s LotrProject.com not only because some of his published work has been featured in WIRED, the Smithsonian...
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...
Please note: This offer is no longer valid!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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...