{"id":107811,"date":"2020-04-15T10:40:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T15:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=107811"},"modified":"2020-04-15T10:40:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T15:40:55","slug":"tom-shippey-is-out-at-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2020\/04\/15\/107811-tom-shippey-is-out-at-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Shippey is out at Amazon?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Photo by: Gage Skidmore<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

#FidelityToTolkien now in flux?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Renown Tolkien scholar and author Tom Shippey is off the Lord of the Rings project, according to twitch broadcaster Tolkien Professor, confirming our early reports from March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a recent live stream from the Tolkien Professor<\/a> – who we suggest watching & subscribing – Cory Olsen stumbles for words as he responds to a chat question about the status of his colleague Tom Shippey on Amazon’s LOTR series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olsen runs Signum University<\/a>, the preeminent Tolkien scholar event series that travels the world bringing thoughtful, intelligent dialog to the world & works of J.R.R. Tolkien. His weekly LOTR streams have a dedicated audience that counts Stephen Colbert as an avid fan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I have spoken to Shippey… is he still involved? I don’t believe so.”<\/p>Cory Olsen, the Tolkien Professor<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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