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Chica Chubb*丸面チカ @chicachubb.bsky.social · Jul 30

帰宅が遅かったせいでTales of Shireのダウンロードが今から…
実質明日にやっとプレイ開始できるかなぁ。
ゆるりと楽しみにしておきます🎮

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · Jul 23

Over the weekend I drew these two subway maps for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and shared them. A lot of you asked about purchasing them, and now you can!

You can buy one or both (as digital files or as prints) at my brand new Etsy shop:

surprisedeelmaps.etsy.com

Subway-style map of the itinerary in The Hobbit. The main journey is show in three different lines: red (Hobbiton to Goblin Town); green (Goblin Town to the Elvenking's Halls); and blue (Elvenking's Halls to Erebor). There are multiple stops on these lines. There is a yellow line going back from Erebor to Hobbiton, making stops at Beorn's Hall, Rivendell, and the Troll's Lair. There is an orange line directly from the Iron Hills on the map's right side to Erebor, and a purple line from Gundabad directly to Erebor.

The map's title reads: "Hobbit Transit Map" and there are directions for both There and Back Again listing the lines and transfer points. Between them, in the middle of the page, is a dragon drawn to resemble the dragon on Thror's Map from The Hobbit.

A key shows the names of each colored line:
Red: Western Lands Line
Green: Mountains and Forests Line
Blue: Barrel Line
Yellow: Gandalf Express
Orange: Iron Hills Business Line
Purple: Orc and Goblin Reserve Line

Text at the bottom right reads Surprised Eel Maps, 2025

Subway style map to go with The Lord of the Rings, showing the different pathways of various parties throughout the book. The title reads: "Lord of the Rings Transit Map: One Does Not Simply Walk Ino Mordor When One Can Ride." The map takes up the middle part of the page, and there are two keys. The one on the left is titles "Standard Service Lines, and has color keys matched to the subway lines on the map. Lines are named:
"Shire-Bree Commuter Line
Old Forrest Crescent
Wildland Scenic Line
Fellowship Line
Gollum / Sméagol Line
Uruk Hai Express
Three Hunters Line
Fangorn Slow Service
Rohan to Gondor Business Line
Black Ships Ferry Service
Oliphant Direct Line
Army of the West Line
Gandalf Express

A smaller key on the right side of the map is labeled: "Limited Service Lines" and has color keys matched to the following names lines:
"Eagle Express
Paths of the Dead Line
Nazgûl Search & Resuce
Valinor Ltd."

Two notes at the bottom read:
"* Mount Doom station only accepts Rings of Power in payment. Plan accordingly.
+ Transfer voucher for ferry service at Grey Havens station is for outbound tafle only."

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mythsoc.bsky.social @mythsoc.bsky.social · Jul 24

OMS is coming up in a little over the week and the schedule is now live! there's still some time to register if you haven't already! mythsoc.org/oms/oms-04.htm

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Chica Chubb*丸面チカ @chicachubb.bsky.social · Jul 23

トールキン教授とC.S.ルイスの二人の人生を描いたジョン・ヘンドリックス氏によるグラフィックノベル”The Mythmakers”を基にした映画が製作中とのこと。公開日未定。
collider.com/jrr-tolkien-...

原作のグラフィックノベルはこちら:
amzn.asia/d/fOsoufb

New J.R.R. Tolkien Film Is Headed to The Big Screen, Featuring Narnia Creator C.S. Lewis [Exclusive]

John Hendrix’s graphic novel, The Mythmakers, is slated for an on-screen makeover. Find out more about the project here.

collider.com

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Clare Moore @clarelmoore.bsky.social · Jul 22

Tolkien was a student at Exeter and taught the majority of his career at Pembroke, but a plebeian like me cannot visit those colleges. I was able to visit Merton, which is where Tolkien finished his career as a professor at Oxford ❤️

A college quad with a green lawn surrounded by sandstone buildings.

A pamphlet on Merton College Oxford that states Tolkien taught at the college.

A sandstone building with the street name Merton Street displayed.

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Clare Moore @clarelmoore.bsky.social · Jul 22

Addison’s Walk

A pasture lies on the other side of a fence.

A sign on a gate reads “Keep the badgers off the lawns!”

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Clare Moore @clarelmoore.bsky.social · Jul 22

The Tolkien road trip continues…

A stone grave with plants growing in the center. The headstone is for Edith Mary Tolkien and John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.

Sunflowers lie in front of a grave headstone that reads: Edith Mary Tolkien, Luthien, 1889-1971, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Beren, 1892-1973.

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MGCoco | Tolkientober 🎨 @mgcoco.bsky.social · Jul 23

Bilbo Baggins, designed by @molluskshell.bsky.social! Thank you again so much! 💖

Chibi bilbo in a dapper brown outfit, holding the Red Book of Westmarch

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Christopher Gilson @cgilson75.bsky.social · Jul 15

"Parma Eldalamberon 12: Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon" is available again on demand at:

The Great British Bookshop:
www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/products/par...

and at Barnes and Noble:
www.barnesandnoble.com/s/parma%20el...

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MGCoco | Tolkientober 🎨 @mgcoco.bsky.social · Jul 7

FYI, there’s a new, non-AI generated cover for Queer Approaches to Tolkien! Just saw this announced on Robin Anne Reid’s substack and I’m happy to see this change :)

Queer Approaches to Tolkien cover with stock photography

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Anke Eissmann @khorazir.bsky.social · Jul 1

“The Great East Road”

One of seven new watercolours inspired by The Hobbit for an upcoming publication by Legendaria Ediciones.

#TolkienTrewsday
#TolkienTuesday

Watercolour showing (in the foreground) Bilbo wearing a green cloak and hood riding a pony with a road winding into the distance where wooded hills and futher behind snow-capped mountains can be seen.

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Andrew Ferguson @trotter.tolkienguide.com · Jun 30

181 of 365 - Hobbitten illustrated by Tove Jansson #Tolkien

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MGCoco | Tolkientober 🎨 @mgcoco.bsky.social · Jun 29

Aww thank you! 😊 They’re still on my redbubble! www.redbubble.com/people/mgcoc...

MGCoco Shop | Redbubble

MGCoco is an independent artist creating amazing designs for great products such as t-shirts, stickers, posters, and phone cases.

www.redbubble.com

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MGCoco | Tolkientober 🎨 @mgcoco.bsky.social · Jun 29

A Pan flag variant was requested 🩷💛🩵 #art

Annatar from Rings of Power holding up a pansexual flag that is waving behind him

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Joel Merriner @joelmerriner.bsky.social · Jun 28

Well, my book Illustrating The Lord of the Rings in the Soviet Bloc has gone to print! Stay tuned for the story of the artists that brought Tolkien to life for the people of Central and Eastern Europe. Release date 18 September 2025, published by Bloomsbury Academic
Art: Alexander Korotich (c.1985)

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · Jun 25

Some time ago I asked @mgcoco.bsky.social for a charity commission as I have been the 'Lord of the Teleri' for many decades in the German Tolkien fandom, that is, Olwe.

And I can only highly suggest you do the same - for a good cause and because it's seriously kawaiiiii! 🤩

bsky.app/profile/mgco...

Olwe Chibi done by MGCoco for the Tolkienist

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Anna Smol @annasmol.bsky.social · Jun 24

Now available for pre-order: Queer Approaches to Tolkien. mcfarlandbooks.com/product/quee...

Two paths leading towards distant mountains.

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Jeremy @tolkienguide.com · Jun 26

Thanks so much to @mgcoco.bsky.social for such an awesome new profile pic!

Isn’t this the cutest dragon you’ve ever seen?

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Chica Chubb*丸面チカ @chicachubb.bsky.social · Jun 13

おっと🧐
Crickhollowから追い出され…旅立たねばならない日がやってきてしまったようです🥺
どの鯖に引越すのが良いか考えねば🤔
1ヶ月ほどインできてないので、インして持ち物をまとめないと🚚

The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · Jun 13

Information on the closure of our 32-bit game worlds
Read more about the end of our free transfer period and the closure of our 32-bit game worlds here: www.lotro.com/news/lotro-3...

Information on the closure of our 32-bit game worlds

www.lotro.com

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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · Jun 13

Information on the closure of our 32-bit game worlds
Read more about the end of our free transfer period and the closure of our 32-bit game worlds here: www.lotro.com/news/lotro-3...

Information on the closure of our 32-bit game worlds

www.lotro.com

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Chica Chubb*丸面チカ @chicachubb.bsky.social · Jun 3

Congratulations, Shaun!

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Shaun Gunner @shaungunner.bsky.social · Jun 2

As they say, some personal news. www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/06/tolk...

Tolkien Society appoints new Chief Executive

The Tolkien Society is pleased to announce that it has appointed Shaun Gunner as the first-ever Chief Executive Officer of The Tolkien Society. The Trustees are delighted, now the Society is a charita...

www.tolkiensociety.org

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MGCoco | Tolkientober 🎨 @mgcoco.bsky.social · May 27

"The hands of the king are the hands of a healer, and so shall the rightful king be known"

Elrond and Estel/Aragorn, for the #TolkienTrewsday theme: Healing

Elrond and Estel sitting on a large rock, with trees behind them. Elrond is holding a bowl with steaming kingsfoil, while a child Estel is bandaging a brown rabbit's leg. Two small rabbits look up at their friend from the base of the rock.

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Miriam Ellis @miriamellis.bsky.social · May 26

💌Coming soon. A chance to hear Professor Tom Shippey speak on the topic of the tradition of #Tolkien -inspired art (and my book!). I'll post again when this series of videos begins to go live this week. Exciting! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Goda...

TOM SHIPPEY on TOLKIEN-Inspired Artwork and the Paintings of MIRIAM ELLIS

YouTube video by Uppsala Books

www.youtube.com

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Digital Tolkien Project @digitaltolkien.com · May 26

Tolkien Glossary now has (a) the named entity data I showed at Westmoot; (b) much more comprehensive invented language tagging (with the help of eldamo); (c) an upgrade from "alpha" to "beta" !

glossary.digitaltolkien.com

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