Tag Archives: J.R.R. Tolkien
Slimmer Silmarillion
This year we’re celebrating the 40th anniversary of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion. The imposing tome is a massive collection of mythopoeic works that tell the creation myth of Middle Earth, and recount the ages that preceded the saga The Lord of the Rings. The Silmarillion is only for the hardest core hobbitphiles. It lacks the [...]
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Tagged 1977, 40th Anniversary, Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien, Middle Earth, mythopoeic, origin story, Silmarillion, The Lord of the Rings
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Lord of the Rings
In the opening of JRR TOLKIEN ’1892-1973′ – A Study Of The Maker Of Middle-earth, Tolkien’s son, Christopher, says that the attraction of Middle Earth and its stories can be found in his dad’s “…extraordinary power of compelling literary belief in an unreal world or what he called a secondary world.” You can say that [...]
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Tagged 1892, birthday, Christopher Tolkien, counterculture, Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien, January 3, Lord of the Rings, Middle Earth
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