An essay on Tolkien’s earliest mythology of Middle-earth
In this extract from his acclaimed book Tolkien and the Great War: the Threshold of Middle-earth, John Garth...
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NZSO to record Desolation of Smaug soundtrack
Sir Peter Jackson’s second instalment of The Hobbit movie has become music to the ears of the New...
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Omentielva Lempea elvish haiku contest
The Fifth International Conference on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Invented Languages, Omentielva Lempea, is inviting participation in an Elvish Haiku...
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Hall of Fire chat log: Flotsam and Jetsam
A couple of weekends back in the Hall of Fire, we discussed the events of the Two Towers...
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This weekend, Hall of Fire returns to The Lord of the Rings as we continue our chapter discussions...
Continue reading Hall of Fire topic this weekend: the stewards of Middle-earth
This weekend, Hall of Fire will focus on the stewards of Middle-earth. “…the rule of no realm is...
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