25 Years Ago – German Tolkien Society founded #OTD
Today is one of the days when I tend to get a little melancholic. On August 1st, 1997, me and a bunch of friends from uni celebrated the Inaugural Convocation of the German...
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How I learned to stop worrying and love the adaptation
There are few things in life that elicit a simultaneous sense of excitement and fear quite like the announcement that one of your favourite books is about to be adapted for the screen....
Lord of the Rings: Gollum launches Sept 1 – and possibly another trilogy
German gaming studio Daedalic Entertainment has finally announced the release date for The Lord of the Rings: Gollum – September 1st, 2022. What will the fans get to see the day before the...
I lost a bet – so I will be the Girabitt in the German Tolkien Days’ Bouncy Castle
Yup. You have read that right. This year’s edition of the Tolkien Days in Germany, as organised by an amazing crew at the Lower Rhine for the German Tolkien Society, will have a...
When and where was J.R.R. Tolkien born?
J.R.R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein. Bloemfontein was then part of the Orange Free State, an independent Boer sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the...
Not a Tolkien quote: “Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.”
It is one of the most favourite quotes on the internet ever since the films came out. And it is a film quote, spoken by Galadriel (Cate Blanchett) to Frodo (Elijah Wood), no...
Tolkien and Diversity: A Seminar Report
No Tolkien Society Seminar has ever attracted as much attention as the one held digitally on the weekend of July 3rd/4th. The announcement of “Tolkien and Diversity” was met with enthusiastic expressions of...
Review: George Allen & Unwin. A Remembrancer by Rayner Unwin
Ludlow : Merlin Unwin Books, 2021.Publication date, UK: March 5th.Pages: 304.ISBN: 9781873674376 Summary: George Allen & Unwin as a publishing imprint reflected a cross-section of the intellectual achievement of the twentieth century. In...
The fortieth Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the fortieth Roving Ranger newsletter. Nota bene: This week it is a very short newsletter but enjoy nonetheless! Events Another Tolkien Lecture has been delivered, this time...
The Thirty-Eighth Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the thirty-eighth Roving Ranger newsletter. Events Bookings are now open with the J.R. Tolkien, one of two sailing ships now in the north of Germany as they cannot...
The Thirty-Seventh Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the thirty-seventh Roving Ranger newsletter. Events Last Saturday a lovely event came together via Twitter and organiser Laura Mabingi (Laura McNamee) using the hashtag #DrawSwordsTogether. A fun...
The Thirty-Sixth Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the thirty-sixth Roving Ranger newsletter. Events MythCon 51 will be all online, news on this and next year’s MythCon. Essays & Scholarship John D. Rateliff tackles the...