The Lord of the Rings has remained popular since the 1960s, and became a hugely successful film trilogy. Tolkien’s themes of fellowship, sacrifice and the importance of the natural world are traceable to his experiences in the First World War, as well as to a love of folklore and of myth. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in South Africa and educated at King Edward 1V School, Birmingham, and Oxford. His mother, who inspired a love of fairytales and Roman Catholicism, died when he was 12. The Times Names 50 greatest postwar writers: Tolkien Comes in 6th
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Mark Stewart writes: I’m writing about the University of Washington’s Tolkien lecture series that starts in a couple weeks. It was mentioned previously on theonering, but the full site with registration for all five evenings is now available. We’re trying to get the word out to Tolkien fans in the Seattle area. The speaker, Professor Robin Stacey, is a Tolkien scholar and wonderful lecturer. Details about each night of the series are available here. Other cool news is that we’ll probably be offering a podcast/streaming audio versions of the talks at some point after the series is over. Details will go up on the site.
Henry Gee writes: Here is a sneak preview of what’ll be in Issue 45 of Mallorn, the Journal of the Tolkien Society, currently in advanced edit mode and due out in Spring. Mallorn is distributed free and exclusively to members of the Tolkien Society, so join up now! You know it makes sense. Continue reading “New Issue of ‘Mallorn’ Sneak Peek”
TheOneRing.net raises its glass to today to join fans the world over in toasting the master of Middle-earth, J.R.R. Tolkien, who was born January 3rd 1892.
If you’d like to join in the worldwide toast, The Tolkien Society has its annual event organized where fans can sign up to toast by hoisting the liquid beverage of your choice to “The Professor”.
The Misty Mountains Smial Tolkien Society group is gathering Thursday evening, January 3rd, for our annual Tolkien Toast. We’ll be meeting at The Celtic Tavern, 1801 Blake St. in downtown Dever at 6:30 p.m. As always, we’ll be reading our favorite Tolkien passages and drawing for prizes. We also sing “Happy Birthday” in elvish, and toast “The Professor!” both in English and in Mandarin Chinese to honor our ‘sister smial,’ Tol Eressea, in Taiwan. $3.00 per adult (over 18) will help pay for the room. Food and drink can be ordered from the menu. Children are welcome! See you there!
2007 has been quite an exciting year for Tolkien fans! There’s been an abundance of news and events from across the globe including openings of musicals, new book releases and new movies in the pipeline: something to satisfy just about any geeky preference! As a thank-you for following all the developments of the year with us, we thought we’d put together a retrospective of the top Tolkien stories of 2007 in one convenient list. The list below is in chronological order.
Here’s to a 2008 that’s just as exciting! Stay tuned! Continue reading “Top Tolkien Stories of 2007”