Ring*Con: Hobbit, Game of Thrones and more
he Tolkienist is at Ring*Con right now, one of the best fantasy film and literature conventions out there. First talk of today was “33 best fantasy novels of all times”, tomorrow there will be...
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Support an outstanding Tolkien fan project: 50.000 Orcs – The Muster of Rohan
o some out there it may sound like hyperbole but to me who has seen this live this statement simply has to be true: the team of 50.000 Orcs are the creators of the...
Why did you call this blog “The Tolkienist”?
here are a number of obvious reasons for this. First of all, any website would do well in chosing a decent name. I could have called it http://www.damn-i-love-middle-earth-so-much-man.com but that wouldn’t be easy to...
The Travelling Tolkienist: Fun stuff to do in Middle-earth
ne of the best things about being a Tolkien fan is meeting fellow Tolkien fans from all over the world anytime, anywhere. You’ll meet people from all walks of life and different cultures and...
Readings and radio plays & rumours of an unpublished Tolkien speech
olkien has inspired artists from all over the world and across all media. I think that one of the best ways of portraying his many and very diverse works is to do a radio...
“There’s an eye opener, and no mistake” – Greisinger Museum opened
eptember 7th, 2013, saw the grand opening of the Greisinger Museum in Jenins, Switzerland, displaying the biggest Middle-earth-related collection in the world. Tolkien fans gathered to get a sneak peek at what will be...
Tolkien Mailing Competition goes international
or seven years in a row the Hungarian Tolkien Society (MTT) has organised Tolkien Levelező Verseny, the Tolkien Mailing Competition. School groups from the ages of 10 to 18 were asked questions, divided into...
The Tolkienist on the way to Greisinger Museum opening in Switzerland
ust wanted to tell you that I am off this monday, not only to celebrate my birthday but also to travel through the south of Germany, meeting friends, having a look at some interesting...
Would you like to write a guest post for the Tolkienist? Please do.
I have been lucky in receiving some outstanding guest posts in recent months for which I am very grateful and I am very much looking forward for more material on J.R.R. Tolkien and his...
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 in...
