The Hall of Fire

Before the rise of written law where customs were passed orally. Thes Germanic northern societies were libertarian of a sort with almost powerless kings. Unlike the later middle ages absolutist kings [also of Númenor and Gondor] the feudal lord was below the law, he was under it and restricted by i...

Perfect. Thanks for the great post. It looks like I scrambled a few letters together. Specifically, I was looking for letter 77, thank you for providing it. I searched the index but could not find anything to point me where I wanted to go, you have. I'm glad I could help! :) You beat me to it, Eldy...

The only references to Gaul and the Holy Roman Empire that I'm seeing (with a ctrl-f search; neither are listed in the index of my print edition) are in Letters 77 and 294, respectively. What kind of mass manias the Soviets can produce remains for peace and prosperity and the removal of war-hypnoti...

I have a vague memory of Tolkien stating he would prefer a Gaul-like monarchy or perhaps HRE. He also stated he disliked pagan Rome. Does this ring a bell to anyone?

All of the above.

Voronwë the Faithful wrote: ↑Tue Apr 19, 2022 2:57 pm TolkienJRR, you may want to check out this old thread.

The Humanity Of Sam

Wow, I was not expecting that, incredible.

Voronwë the Faithful wrote: ↑Tue Apr 19, 2022 2:57 pm TolkienJRR, you may want to check out this old thread.

The Humanity Of Sam

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Robert Frost, I believe. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was gras...

Why does this saying ring a Tolkien bell in my head? Is this from Tolkien?

I wanted to know if posters had a favorite example or quote that portrays the humility of this beloved hobbit.

What’s your book about? Well, that is the issue; it is about many things. I am breaking it into two because the first half is about "themes" in Tolkien's works. Such as environmental and political "themes." But I have many other subjects related to "lore." So I talk ab...

If by "magazine" you are referring to journals that publish papers about Tolkien, some that I am aware of are Tolkien Studies , MythLore , The Journal of Tolkien Research , VII: Journal of the Marion E. Wade Center , and Mallorn: The Journal of the Tolkien Society . I have had papers publ...

I recently discovered that my upcoming book is larger than I thought it would be. I am looking to reduce its size. I have lore and movie-related sections that I would like to submit to a Tolkien-related website, or perhaps a magazine even. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thank you sssooooooooooo much .

Does anyone know the source for this quote? I took it down as I read it but not the source. I think it is the Sil but not 100% sure.

I think this is the quote that you are thinking of, which is also talked about in Carpenter's biography. SA back-wash from the Convention was a visit from an American film-agent (one of the adjudicating panel) who drove out all the way in a taxi from London to see me last week, filling 76 S[andfiel...

Doug Anderson asked me to review the new book Adapting Tolkien: Proceedings of The Tolkien Society Seminar 2020 , edited by Will Sherwood for the Journal of Tolkien Research, and I thought folks might find it of interest. https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol14/iss1/4/ Great summar...

I'm not much on military matters, but I would have to say that the answer is Gondor. Arnor didn't last very long as an intact kingdom, quickly disintegrating into smaller, competing realms. And it was Gondor that sent aid to King Araphant of the North-Kingdom, to the wonder of both Men and Elves: ‘...

My 11-year-old so has read The Hobbit and has recently started FOTR and the questions are rolling in. He loves the military aspects of Middle-earth He asked me who was stronger militarily at their peak, Gondor or Arnor, and I could not give him an answer because I don't know. Did Tolkien give us the...