TheOneRing.net Wants to Hear from Line Party Organizers
At the end of April TheOneRing.net put out a call for people who had organized line parties for Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” movies to get in touch with them. It’s time to start thinking...
View ArticleNew Home for Tolkien Studies on the Web Blog
You may notice a few changes to Tolkien Studies on the Web, not the least of which is that this blog is now hosted on its own sub-domain. The old B2Evolution blog software had outlived its usefulness...
View ArticleWelcome Middle-earth Unplugged to Online Tolkien Research
These are not “scholarly” articles so your grandma doesn’t have to get out her shotgun, but a new series of articles being published under the aegis of Middle-earth Unplugged promises to give Tolkien...
View ArticleTolkien Geek: A Reader’s Journey Through Middle-earth
In November of 2003 noted Tolkien scholar Michael Drout stepped out from behind the iron curtain of academic snobbery and encouraged people who lack academic credentials but are nonetheless passionate...
View ArticleThe Much Bemusing Bloggery of Online Tolkien Scholarli
Every now and then I find myself searching with great frustration for the blogs of people who, in my opinion, have something credible and interesting to say about J.R.R. Tolkien, Middle-earth, or some...
View ArticleCalling All Tolkien Scholars! All Hands On Deck!
In case you have been sleeping under a rock this evening, and you’re just now getting around to checking your Tolkien, science fiction and fantasy, or Xenite.Org network blogs, we just launched a new...
View ArticleTolkien and Racism Revisited – Again
Three new episodes of Middle-earth Talk Radio were released today, bringing the episode list up-to-date at Middle-earth Talk Radio. I could say many interesting things about these episodes but I wanted...
View ArticleOn the Interviews with the Scholars Series
This week I have published the latest and (for now) last in my series of interviews with Tolkien scholars at the Xenite.Org Middle-earth Website. I invite you to read An Interview with John Garth....
View ArticleHawke Robinson’s Middle-earth Network Goes Silent
It has been no secret that Middle-earth Talk Radio has struggled to continue its progressive series of Tolkien-inspired talk shows. Hawke Robinson wanted to achieve so much with the show that he was...
View ArticleEnglish Teacher Takes Students Through Middle-earth
Many teachers now love to read Tolkien to their classes, or include him in reading assignments. And while I am sure there must be many blogs where these teachers share their classroom experiences I...
View ArticleHwaet? Learn Old English Online and Enjoy Tolkien More!
Online Old English courses may enjoy a new surge of interest from fans of J.R.R. Tolkien as they delve into the depth of the language through his latest book, Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary. Of...
View ArticleXenite.Org Launches New Science Fiction & Fantasy Movies Portal
It has been many years since Xenite.Org updated its science fiction and fantasy movies portal. But now we have and you can browse many hours’ worth of videos while catching up on who’s who in some of...
View ArticleFan Film: “Tolkien’s Road”, My Review
Every now and then you come across something remarkable on the Internet, well worth sharing. “Tolkien’s Road” is just such a thing. We’ll call it a Silmaril in the rough for it is not perfect but it is...
View ArticleWatch Middle-earth Talk Episode 51 from Tolkien Moot XI
Tolkien Moot is the name my friend Hawke Robinson chose when he rebranded the MERPcon gaming convention a few years back. Because of trademark issues Hawke has always kept the conference free, small,...
View ArticleWatch Middle-earth Talk Episode 52 from Tolkien Moot XII
Middle-earth Talk has now become an annual video chat between me and Hawke Robinson, who chairs the Spokane, WA Ea Tolkien Society smial, a chapter of the Tolkien Society. I was able to join them for...
View ArticleTheOneRing.net Wants to Hear from Line Party Organizers
At the end of April TheOneRing.net put out a call for people who had organized line parties for Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” movies to get in touch with them. It’s time to start thinking...
View ArticleNew Home for Tolkien Studies on the Web Blog
You may notice a few changes to Tolkien Studies on the Web, not the least of which is that this blog is now hosted on its own sub-domain. The old B2Evolution blog software had outlived its usefulness...
View ArticleWelcome Middle-earth Unplugged to Online Tolkien Research
These are not “scholarly” articles so your grandma doesn’t have to get out her shotgun, but a new series of articles being published under the aegis of Middle-earth Unplugged promises to give Tolkien...
View ArticleTolkien Geek: A Reader’s Journey Through Middle-earth
In November of 2003 noted Tolkien scholar Michael Drout stepped out from behind the iron curtain of academic snobbery and encouraged people who lack academic credentials but are nonetheless passionate...
View ArticleThe Much Bemusing Bloggery of Online Tolkien Scholarli
Every now and then I find myself searching with great frustration for the blogs of people who, in my opinion, have something credible and interesting to say about J.R.R. Tolkien, Middle-earth, or some...
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