The 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 success...
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I was 19 when I wrote up this two-page-summary of a most fascinating week of my life: “Project Fantasy” happened at my school, the Kaiserin-Theophanu-Gymnasium, amid the multi-cultural hubbub that is Cologne-Kalk. When I...
Our times are blessed with a large number of excellent authors writing fantasy and science fiction stories but it comes as no surprise that to me J.R.R. Tolkien is one of the greatest out...
Those of you who have met me in person will probably know that I have a penchant for the silliest of puns: acronyms, word play, you name it. I am particularly fond and proud...
When Bilbo finally heads off for Rivendell after his ‘Long-expected Party’ he sings this song: The Road goes ever on and on, Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road...
After 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 18th,...
I do have a love for blog post titles that really are just a bunch of silly connections, often strenuously so, and this title fits right into this category. It has been inspired by...
A 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...
A 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...
