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75 reasons: Thomas Honegger
Well, 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 The Lord of...
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A commentary on “Concerning Christopher”
On 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...
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75 reasons: Paul Vigor
Walking Through Wilderland: An English archaeological landscape investigation Why read JRR Tolkien’s book The Hobbit, before watching Peter Jackson’s film? Well, speaking as an English historian and...
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Now even the Pope is a Tolkien fan?
As you may have noticed from some of my posts I am a bit of a Tolkien fan. I’ve taken an interest in his life and works and modern fantasy literature in general for 25 years now and it has always been...
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How algorithms rule our world, Klout doesn’t know Tolkien and why care you...
I have been working on developing a social media campaign in recent months to support my continuing work here at the Tolkienist. Although the number of articles is still small, the scope of what I...
View ArticleMiddle-earth and Modernity. Part 1: Don’t deal out death in judgment.
In recent years I have read many criticisms of Tolkien’s works, some of them more elegant and convincing than others. As with any writer of his time and age, particularly in comparison to the changes...
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Why did you call this blog “The Tolkienist”?
There are a number of obvious reasons to 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...
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Middle-earth Travel Guide [infographic] by CheapFlights full of mistakes
UPDATE: An updated and corrected version of this infographic is now available! The Tolkienist is a project with a long-term plan I will not bore with the details but do believe me that I have quite a...
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Poor Bert? Research finds internet trolls to show patterns of sadism
If you have read The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien you will have come across one of the early scenes in the story where Thorin & Co. and Bilbo are caught by three disgusting trolls called Tom, Bert and...
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AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER. How Discworld shaped my life:...
I must have met Rincewind for the first time in my life in 1987. I had just recently read The Lord of the Rings for the first time which had quite a few immediate consequences: I became one of the...
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Why J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis would never have been friends in the age of...
The edutainment website Wisecrack recently published a “Text Talk: Writers” piece in which famous friends J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis talk about the publication of ‘Narnia’ exchanging messages on...
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A commentary on “Concerning Christopher”
On 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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
75 reasons: Paul Vigor
Walking Through Wilderland: An English archaeological landscape investigation Why read JRR Tolkien’s book The Hobbit, before watching Peter Jackson’s film? Well, speaking as an English historian and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Now even the Pope is a Tolkien fan?
As you may have noticed from some of my posts I am a bit of a Tolkien fan. I’ve taken an interest in his life and works and modern fantasy literature in general for 25 years now and it has always been...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How algorithms rule our world, Klout doesn’t know Tolkien and why care you...
I have been working on developing a social media campaign in recent months to support my continuing work here at the Tolkienist. Although the number of articles is still small, the scope of what I...
View ArticleMiddle-earth and Modernity. Part 1: Don’t deal out death in judgment.
In recent years I have read many criticisms of Tolkien’s works, some of them more elegant and convincing than others. As with any writer of his time and age, particularly in comparison to the changes...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why did you call this blog “The Tolkienist”?
There are a number of obvious reasons to 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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Middle-earth Travel Guide [infographic] by CheapFlights full of mistakes
UPDATE: An updated and corrected version of this infographic is now available! The Tolkienist is a project with a long-term plan I will not bore with the details but do believe me that I have quite a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Poor Bert? Research finds internet trolls to show patterns of sadism
If you have read The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien you will have come across one of the early scenes in the story where Thorin & Co. and Bilbo are caught by three disgusting trolls called Tom, Bert and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER. How Discworld shaped my life:...
I must have met Rincewind for the first time in my life in 1987. I had just recently read The Lord of the Rings for the first time which had quite a few immediate consequences: I became one of the...
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