No Roving Ranger for Tolkien Tuesday, Dec 15, 2020
No Roving Ranger for Dec 15, 2020 For the Roving Ranger I have a number of sources that I regularly go through on a daily basis which after seven days provide enough material...
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Question: Was Christopher Tolkien truly willing to sell “The Silmarillion” to EA and write new stories set in Middle-earth?
Yesterday an interview was published with thegamer.com, written by Cian Maher, that supposedly drops a bomb in Tolkien fandom that beggars belief: According to executive producer Steve Gray – when EA revealed The...
On Dec 9, 2013, I met Smaug: European premiere of “The Desolation of Smaug”
Seven years ago on this day I met up with friends at the Sony Center close to the Potsdamer Square as we were on a mission: The highly publicised European premiere of The...
The Twenty-Third Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the twenty-third Roving Ranger newsletter. Events I would highly suggest to you to look up the International Tolkien Fellowship Facebook group for Tolkien-inspired events the world over....
The Twenty-Second Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the twenty-second Roving Ranger newsletter. Events Birmingham Museums are offering an Online Lecture – The Landscape of Memory: J.R.R Tolkien and Sarehole on Jan 12th, 2021. I...
The Twenty-First Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the twenty-first Roving Ranger newsletter. Events Doug A. Anderson looks back on the A Voyage to Arcturus event. The TolkienTribe on Instagram is hosting another #TolkienYule if...
The Twentieth Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the twentieth Roving Ranger newsletter. Events French Tolkienist group Tolkiendil have invited John Garth for a chat this Friday. Join their discord for a talk about his...
The Nineteenth Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the nineteenth Roving Ranger newsletter. Events Next year there will be an 8-day-tour for people interested in C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K. Rowling. And as Tom...
“Shut up and take my money, Gandalf”: Lord of the Merchandise
The Wilde Hunt through the list of current licensees of Middle-earth Enterprises ATTENTION: 100% done! Christmas shopping is just around the corner and as the global pandemic does not seem to release its...
The Eighteenth Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the eighteenth Roving Ranger newsletter. Events The International Medieval Congress will be online next year; the Tolkien sessions will be happening, of course! The World Fantasy Awards...
The Seventeenth Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the seventeenth Roving Ranger newsletter. Events Atlas V is going to launch NROL-101 and it looks oddly familiar? If you ever felt like investing serious money why...
Not a Tolkien quote: “Is there any pleasure on earth as great as the circle of Christian friends by a good fire?”
In another edition of my ongoing Things J.R.R. Tolkien has never said, done, written or had anything to do with (TThnsdwohatdw) series I present you a quote that is so glaringly obviously not...