Analysing the role of The Necromancer in The Hobbit
We know that The Necromancer has a big role to play in The Desolation of Smaug. But just...
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David Salo on Black Speech, orc dialects and the mind...
In this piece on his blog Midgardsmal, linguist David Salo writes about how he derived various Orkish dialects...
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Tolkien’s unfinished epic: The Fall of Arthur
Yours truly has been ever-so-slowly getting through the newest Tolkien book The Fall of Arthur for the last...
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Deciphering the plot of The Desolation of Smaug
How will The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug unfold. It’s the big question. How do all the threads...
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How many fought at the Battle of the Five Armies?
At the beginning of this month, the TORn messageboard Reading Room (home on our boards to all things...
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Ten ways TORn serves Tolkien and Lord of the Rings...
Beginning last Saturday and running through to September 4, TheOneRing.net is hosting a Pledge Drive (see the banner...
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