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Tolkien

A collection of 9 posts

Eleventy-six!

I can't let Saturday, January 3rd, come to a close without shouting, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, J.R.R. TOLKIEN!! He's 116 today. I think I'll read some more of The Children of Hurin tonight. Which (pulling foot from mouth) is actually pretty good. What, in

The Auralia Thread

The Kindlings Muse on Fairy Tales, L'Engle, Tolkien, Lewis, and "Auralia's Colors"

Did you miss The Kindlings Muse on Monday night? Now you can listen in! The Kindlings podcast is here! From The Kindlings Muse site: Yet to this day, some Christians see no place for fantasy literature. Tonight's subject is Fantasy & Myth: Christian Contributions & Consumption. We explore

On Books & Writing

Sad News for Tolkien Fans: The Scouring of the Tolkien Bungalow

I've been to this house, the place where J.R.R. Tolkien took refuge from his fans in the years after the meteoric rise of The Lord of the Rings to international fame. Looks like it's scheduled for destruction. If this were a Disney movie, wouldn&

On Books & Writing

Another "Children of Hurin" Review

I've heard The Lord of the Rings described as a defense of Western Civilisation before... and explained as a justification for all kinds of things, including Western shows of military force. But this review of The Children of Hurin takes a different perspective. Tolkien's popular Ring

On Books & Writing

Salon on "The Children of Hurin"

Salon.com reviews Tolkien's The Children of Hurin. It's impossible not to hear John Ronald Reuel Tolkien reproaching or consoling himself with these words. On his death in 1973, Tolkien left behind the unpublishable ruins of a vast body of legendary literature, encompassing an entire imaginary

On Books & Writing

A Singing Sun

Mark Shea, in a moment of genius, quoted Tolkien's The Silmarillion when he learned about this fantastic discovery. Wow. Now I can't wait for the album. And the tour. Who should open for the sun?

On Books & Writing

"The Children of Hurin" - J.R.R. Tolkien's "latest"

My friend and fellow Tolkien enthusiast Geoffrey DeWeese was surprised and upset when I expressed skepticism about the upcoming release of a "new" story by J.R.R. Tolkien . I confess, I was feeling really cynical about the whole affair. I've never found the immeasurable amount

On Books & Writing

Greg Wolfe on Why the Inklings Aren't Enough

In the new issue of Image, editor Greg Wolfe writes about the problem of Christian veneration of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. What concerns me, however, is not so much the tendency of many Christians to treat these two writers as saints, as dubious as that may

On Movies & Media

Ebert on Narnia: Wrong, and Right

UPDATE: Ebert has corrected his mistake! Here's the earlier post... The vigilant Mark Shea notes Ebert's big error: C. S. Lewis, who wrote the Narnia books, and J.R.R. Tolkien, who wrote the Ring trilogy, were friends who taught at Oxford at the same time,