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Thoughts on Tolkien @tolkienthoughts.bsky.social · 3h

I very much enjoyed this thought-provoking reflection from @annasmol.bsky.social on Norman Keeps, the barber in Tolkien's Notion Club Papers. annasmol.net/2025/09/26/r...

Rereading The Notion Club Papers: Sauron and the Barber

Rereading Tolkien’s The Notion Club Papers: Sauron and the Barber. Some thoughts on how evil makes inroads with decent people.

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Christopher Gilson @cgilson75.bsky.social · 7d

I will delve into what Tolkien meant by: “Nobody believes me when I say that my long book is an attempt to create a world in which a form of language agreeable to my personal aesthetic might seem real.”

I hope you will join me for a weekend of exploring Tolkien's worlds from many points of view.

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Christopher Gilson @cgilson75.bsky.social · 7d

I am going to bea keynote speaker at the Prancing Pony Podcast Moot 2025 this December 18-21. The theme of the moot is “Creating Historical Depth within Fantastical Worlds.”

theprancingponypodcast.com/moot/

My working title is:
“From Words to Worlds: Elvish Roots of Tolkien’s Mythology.”

The Prancing Pony Podcast Moot 2025 – The Prancing Pony Podcast

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Thoughts on Tolkien @tolkienthoughts.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to Mythlore for publishing my article, “Tolkien’s Invasion of Dragons”! You can read it here: dc.swosu.edu/cgi/viewcont...

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Thoughts on Tolkien @tolkienthoughts.bsky.social · 1d

The latest volume of Mythlore has been published, with a bunch of great Tolkien articles, including one by me. dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol...

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature | Vol 44 | No. 1

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Thoughts on Tolkien @tolkienthoughts.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for your beautiful art and reflections!

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Thoughts on Tolkien @tolkienthoughts.bsky.social · 5d

I enjoyed this recent blog post from @miriamellis.bsky.social about what the Hobbits might have observed and learned while with the Ents: www.miriamellis.com/post/fangorn...

Fangorn's Lore: The Old Lists of the Ents

People-centric stories can be so moving, but they are only one strand of all that is going on in Middle-earth. For an expanded view of diverse life, perhaps no other section in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lo...

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Thoughts on Tolkien @tolkienthoughts.bsky.social · 7d

Apparently my blog has hit 10,000 views. Thanks to everyone for reading and subscribing! There are more great blog posts coming later this year!

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Thoughts on Tolkien @tolkienthoughts.bsky.social · Feb 7

Seems like a good time for a fun thread: Tolkien Legendarium characters singing Taylor Swift songs… 1/x #TaylorSwift #Swifties

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Thoughts on Tolkien @tolkienthoughts.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks to you both for a great review! Look forward to listening to the interview soon

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Thoughts on Tolkien @tolkienthoughts.bsky.social · 8d

Also now available for 70% off from @princetonupress.bsky.social are @hanavideen.bsky.social's books Word Hord and Deor Hord

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Andrew Ferguson @trotter.tolkienguide.com · 8d

@onthetrail.tolkienguide.com and myself interviewed @richove.bsky.social about the new #Tolkien book The Bovadium Fragments. You can read our review here www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb...

The Bovadium Fragments: TolkienGuide review

=THE BOVADIUM FRAGMENTS: a review= INTRODUCTION Earlier this year it was announced by HarperCollins that they were due to publish for the first time &qu...

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Thoughts on Tolkien @tolkienthoughts.bsky.social · 8d

During the month of October @princetonupress.bsky.social has @johngarthwriter.bsky.social's excellent book "The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien" available for 70% off! If you don't have it already, this is a great opportunity.

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Andrew Ferguson @trotter.tolkienguide.com · 22d

263 of 365 - Smith of Wootton Major #Tolkien

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Andrew Ferguson @trotter.tolkienguide.com · 19d

265 of 365 - Happy belated 88th Birthday 🎉#Hobbit #Tolkien

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prancingponypod.bsky.social @prancingponypod.bsky.social · 26d

We're excited to let you know that registration for the 2025 PPP Moot is open, along with reservations for our limited block of hotel rooms.

Our hybrid Moot will be this December 18th through the 21st, held at the Hilton Garden Inn DFW Airport South.

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Andrew Ferguson @trotter.tolkienguide.com · 29d

255 of 365 - The #Hobbit private rebind #Tolkien

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · Sep 10

It gives me the greatest pleasure to publish another guest post with thetolkienist.com: My friend tea_books_london_love recently visited Oxford - with a few suggestions of mine - and this is her report.

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There (Oxford) and back (London) again - Middle-earth-tastic british adventures - thetolkienist.com

This year’s visit to England was supposed to be a very special one as it was largely spent under the stars of Middle-earth. An elf personally ensured that I planned my annual London...

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Miriam Ellis @miriamellis.bsky.social · Sep 10

I so enjoyed presenting at Cascade Moot this weekend and an attendee's question about my artistic process of painting from the outstanding words of J.R.R #Tolkien made me think this topic might make a nice blog post. A few pages from my sketchbooks: www.miriamellis.com/post/sketche...

Sketches from my artistic process of illustrating from Tolkien

Last weekend I had the wonderful experience of presenting at Signum University's Cascade Moot, and a very kind audience member asked if I could speak a little about my artistic process of illustrating...

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Thoughts on Tolkien @tolkienthoughts.bsky.social · Sep 10

Another great Roving Ranger from Marcel! Subscribe if you haven't already!

Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · Sep 9

Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent to its subscribers.

Including:

Eagle & Child (twice); Lure 2026; LotR & Beatles; Tolkien Notes 22; Atlas in good hands; Ring Quest finished; Horse, Two; Eowyn, Elven-fair; Tales of the Shire patched; LotRO (twice); LibraryThing 20& more....

The One hundred and fifty-third Roving Ranger

The Roving Ranger #153 brings you all the interesting things Tolkienian of the last week and the weeks upcoming, curated by the Tolkienist.

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Thoughts on Tolkien @tolkienthoughts.bsky.social · Sep 7

“A woman, like a sword, can be both beautiful and perilous, shining and sharp, protective and deadly.” My new post explores some of the source material potentially connected to Eowyn’s character: thoughtsontolkien.wordpress.com/2025/09/07/e...

Eowyn, Elven-fair

In The Treason of Isengard, what appears to be the first appearance of Eowyn in the drafts for The Lord of the Rings is a note from Tolkien about a new character: “Eowyn Elfsheen.” On o…

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Thoughts on Tolkien @tolkienthoughts.bsky.social · Sep 7

“A woman, like a sword, can be both beautiful and perilous, shining and sharp, protective and deadly.” My new post explores some of the source material potentially connected to Eowyn’s character: thoughtsontolkien.wordpress.com/2025/09/07/e...

Eowyn, Elven-fair

In The Treason of Isengard, what appears to be the first appearance of Eowyn in the drafts for The Lord of the Rings is a note from Tolkien about a new character: “Eowyn Elfsheen.” On o…

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Thoughts on Tolkien @tolkienthoughts.bsky.social · Sep 7

New blog post: Eowyn, Elven-fair
thoughtsontolkien.wordpress.com/2025/09/07/e...

Eowyn, Elven-fair

In The Treason of Isengard, what appears to be the first appearance of Eowyn in the drafts for The Lord of the Rings is a note from Tolkien about a new character: “Eowyn Elfsheen.” On o…

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Thoughts on Tolkien @tolkienthoughts.bsky.social · Sep 7

Scull and Hammond have also unveiled their "Addenda and Corrigenda" page for The Collected Poems. I am honored and thankful they have included my blog post on Tolkien's poem "Evening" as a point of interest.
www.hammondandscull.com/addenda/coll...

Addenda and Corrigenda to The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien

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Thoughts on Tolkien @tolkienthoughts.bsky.social · Sep 7

Tolkien scholars and editors, Christina Scull and Wayne Hammond have announced that the next printing of Tolkien's Collected Poems will include a number of corrections. wayneandchristina.wordpress.com/2025/09/04/t...

Tolkien Notes 22

The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien Since our last post, HarperCollins have sent the Collected Poems back to press, with a number of corrections we were able to make. The new printing has been co…

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