Three good things: Friday
Jul. 15th, 2016 06:57 amThree more good things:
- I am on a bit of a Discworld kick, and I am greatly enjoying my re-reads (Wyrd Sisters, Going Postal, Fifth Elephant, and now The Truth)
- Chris Woakes took 4-45 yesterday
- I am reminded that the Lay of Aotrou and Itroun will soon be published. This means that I can add a fourth copy to my collection :-)
- I am on a bit of a Discworld kick, and I am greatly enjoying my re-reads (Wyrd Sisters, Going Postal, Fifth Elephant, and now The Truth)
- Chris Woakes took 4-45 yesterday
- I am reminded that the Lay of Aotrou and Itroun will soon be published. This means that I can add a fourth copy to my collection :-)
A lucky find
Oct. 10th, 2015 01:08 pmWe found a copy of Humphrey Carpenter's "JRR Tolkien: A Biography" in an Oxfam bookshop this morning ... with a postcard from Carpenter to one of the Inklings, Robert Havard!
( Photos behind the cut )
Papers from Michael Flowers on Tolkien in East Yorkshire; from Murray Smith on South African influences on The Hobbit; and now Dimitra Fimi on Childhood in Tolkien's Legendarium. All very good, as would be expected from these speakers.
Two small books bought (ed Ian Collier, and by John Garth); and a good dinner, served slowly, in college last night.
Most importantly, friends (and one family member) met and talked to, although I hope to spend more time doing this over the next twenty-four hours.
Two small books bought (ed Ian Collier, and by John Garth); and a good dinner, served slowly, in college last night.
Most importantly, friends (and one family member) met and talked to, although I hope to spend more time doing this over the next twenty-four hours.
Fragments on Elvish Reincarnation
Feb. 1st, 2015 12:02 pmTolkien's "Fragments on Elvish Reincarnation": a review (now completed!)
( Publication details )
( Contents )
( Fragments on Elvish Reincarnation )
( I. A. The Converse of Manwe and Eru )
( I. B. The Converse of Manwe with Eru concerning the death of the Elves and how it might be redressed; with the comments of the Eldar added )
( I. C. Beginning of a revised & expanded version of 'The Converse' )
( II. Re-incarnation of Elves: The Numenorean Catastrophe & End of 'Physical' Arda )
( III. Some notes on 'rebirth', reincarnation by restoraion, among Elves. With a note on the Dwarves. )
Tolkien books for sale
Aug. 29th, 2014 06:02 pmI need to make more shelf space, so I will reluctantly have to get rid of these. I won't get round to putting them on eBay for a while - before I do, I'll put a summary list here, and consider all reasonable offers -
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Tolkien article in the Telegrapgh
Nov. 30th, 2012 11:03 am(Some of you might want to take your blood pressure pills before reading)
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100192299/send-these-horrid-hobbits-back-to-the-shire/
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100192299/send-these-horrid-hobbits-back-to-the-shire/
The 12 Worst Ways New Yorkers Prepared For The Last Hurricane
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-worst-ways-new-yorkers-prepared-for-the-last-h
eBay antique dealer faked signatures of public figures - and found guilty
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-20087821
New illustrated "Hobbit" coming
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hobbit-J-R-Tolkien/dp/0007497911/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1350399032&sr=1-1
Exhibit Celebrates the 75th Anniversary of Tolkien’s “The Hobbit”
http://www.theclause.org/2012/10/exhibit-celebrates-the-75th-anniversary-of-tolkiens-the-hobbit/
Tolkien fan Prince Charles to meet Peter Jackson in The Hobbit film studios on New Zealand visit
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/9626524/Tolkien-fan-Prince-Charles-to-meet-Peter-Jackson-in-The-Hobbit-film-studios-on-New-Zealand-visit.html
JRR Tolkien letter reveals poor sales of The Hobbit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19965058
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-worst-ways-new-yorkers-prepared-for-the-last-h
eBay antique dealer faked signatures of public figures - and found guilty
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-20087821
New illustrated "Hobbit" coming
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hobbit-J-R-Tolkien/dp/0007497911/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1350399032&sr=1-1
Exhibit Celebrates the 75th Anniversary of Tolkien’s “The Hobbit”
http://www.theclause.org/2012/10/exhibit-celebrates-the-75th-anniversary-of-tolkiens-the-hobbit/
Tolkien fan Prince Charles to meet Peter Jackson in The Hobbit film studios on New Zealand visit
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/9626524/Tolkien-fan-Prince-Charles-to-meet-Peter-Jackson-in-The-Hobbit-film-studios-on-New-Zealand-visit.html
JRR Tolkien letter reveals poor sales of The Hobbit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19965058
Some Tolkien links for you
Oct. 14th, 2012 11:03 am"And so here, once again, is my annual plea for a proper biography to replace the original volume written by Humphrey Carpenter as long ago as 1977 ... A N Wilson, among half-a-dozen suitable candidates, would do a splendid job and should be signed up forthwith."
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/tories-please-note-money-isnt-everything-8210311.html
"Tolkien fans at Frankfurt Book Fair"
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/photos/7814617/Tolkien-fans-at-Frankfurt-Book-Fair
"An antiques dealer has gone on trial accused of selling books on eBay signed with fake autographs of public figures including Winston Churchill, Robert Louis Stevenson and Pablo Picasso ... Police also found the forged signatures of JRR Tolkien, Oliver Cromwell, Elizabeth I and Marie Antoinette at Mr Formhal's home, the court was told."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-19888984
"Tolkien fan paints her fantasies"
http://www.simcoe.com/news/article/1517533--tolkien-fan-paints-her-fantasies
"'No decision is taken lightly. It's unbelievably painful at times trying to find the core essence of Tolkien...,' he said."
http://www.rappler.com/entertainment/14173-the-challenge-of-making-book-based-films
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/tories-please-note-money-isnt-everything-8210311.html
"Tolkien fans at Frankfurt Book Fair"
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/photos/7814617/Tolkien-fans-at-Frankfurt-Book-Fair
"An antiques dealer has gone on trial accused of selling books on eBay signed with fake autographs of public figures including Winston Churchill, Robert Louis Stevenson and Pablo Picasso ... Police also found the forged signatures of JRR Tolkien, Oliver Cromwell, Elizabeth I and Marie Antoinette at Mr Formhal's home, the court was told."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-19888984
"Tolkien fan paints her fantasies"
http://www.simcoe.com/news/article/1517533--tolkien-fan-paints-her-fantasies
"'No decision is taken lightly. It's unbelievably painful at times trying to find the core essence of Tolkien...,' he said."
http://www.rappler.com/entertainment/14173-the-challenge-of-making-book-based-films
Bold means I've definitely been there, italics means I think I might have been there a long time ago.
1. Sarehole Mill
2. Perrott's Folly
3. Edgbaston Waterworks
4. New Zealand
5. The Lauterbrunnen Valley, Switzerland
6. Tolkien's Home in Oxford (20 Northmoor Road)
7. Merton College
8. Exeter College
9. Addison's Walk
10. Tolkien's Tree University Botanical Gardens
11. The Eagle and Child
12. The Bodleian Library
13. Oxonmoot
14. Tolkien's resting place
15. The Somme
http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/1053-fifteen-places-tolkien-fans-should-visit-before-they-die.php
1. Sarehole Mill
2. Perrott's Folly
3. Edgbaston Waterworks
4. New Zealand
5. The Lauterbrunnen Valley, Switzerland
6. Tolkien's Home in Oxford (20 Northmoor Road)
7. Merton College
8. Exeter College
9. Addison's Walk
10. Tolkien's Tree University Botanical Gardens
11. The Eagle and Child
12. The Bodleian Library
13. Oxonmoot
14. Tolkien's resting place
15. The Somme
http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/1053-fifteen-places-tolkien-fans-should-visit-before-they-die.php
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Annual 2013
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Visual Companion
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Official Movie Guide
The Movie Storybook
The World of Hobbits
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Chronicles - Art & Design
I have lost the will to live.
http://www.examiner.com/article/full-range-of-hobbit-film-tie-books-revealed
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Visual Companion
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Official Movie Guide
The Movie Storybook
The World of Hobbits
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Chronicles - Art & Design
I have lost the will to live.
http://www.examiner.com/article/full-range-of-hobbit-film-tie-books-revealed
Tolkien links
Mar. 17th, 2012 03:26 pm"Tolkien stayed many times in our house on visits to Ireland. These visits started in the 1950s. He came to Ireland for a couple of weeks each year acting as an external examiner of English in UCD."
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/letters/2012/0317/1224313474042.html
"Denmark is hosting a Tolkien event, a reading from The Hobbit no less, approved by royalty."
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2012/03/07/54118-a-royal-tolkien-reading-in-denmark/
"European Union funds cross-border co-operation between Tolkien societies."
http://www.tolkiengesellschaft.de/en/6852/europaische-union-fordert-grenzuberschreitende-zusammenarbeit-von-tolkiengesellschaften/
"Letter to a Friend: Coleridge Through Newman to Tolkien?"
http://www.hogwartsprofessor.com/letter-to-a-friend-coleridge-through-newman-to-tolkien/
"[Priscilla] had many wonderful insights into her father and his relationship with CS Lewis. She has vivid memories of CS Lewis coming to her home to visit her father on a frequent basis when she was a child."
http://southernorderspage.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/c-s-lewis-and-j-r-r-tolkien.html
"An interview with Tolkien´s Icelandic au-pair"
http://svanurg.blog.is/blog/svanurg/entry/1065767/
"An Interview with JRR Tolkien from Oxford June 1961"
http://larsgustafssonblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/interview-with-r-r-tolkien-from-oxford.html
"40 Years Ago, Checkpoint was not afraid to report the Tolkien Society AGM in full statistical detail."
http://news.ansible.co.uk/a296.html
http://checkpoint.ansible.co.uk/cp016.html#04
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/letters/2012/0317/1224313474042.html
"Denmark is hosting a Tolkien event, a reading from The Hobbit no less, approved by royalty."
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2012/03/07/54118-a-royal-tolkien-reading-in-denmark/
"European Union funds cross-border co-operation between Tolkien societies."
http://www.tolkiengesellschaft.de/en/6852/europaische-union-fordert-grenzuberschreitende-zusammenarbeit-von-tolkiengesellschaften/
"Letter to a Friend: Coleridge Through Newman to Tolkien?"
http://www.hogwartsprofessor.com/letter-to-a-friend-coleridge-through-newman-to-tolkien/
"[Priscilla] had many wonderful insights into her father and his relationship with CS Lewis. She has vivid memories of CS Lewis coming to her home to visit her father on a frequent basis when she was a child."
http://southernorderspage.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/c-s-lewis-and-j-r-r-tolkien.html
"An interview with Tolkien´s Icelandic au-pair"
http://svanurg.blog.is/blog/svanurg/entry/1065767/
"An Interview with JRR Tolkien from Oxford June 1961"
http://larsgustafssonblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/interview-with-r-r-tolkien-from-oxford.html
"40 Years Ago, Checkpoint was not afraid to report the Tolkien Society AGM in full statistical detail."
http://news.ansible.co.uk/a296.html
http://checkpoint.ansible.co.uk/cp016.html#04
When did the following come out.
1. The Bakshi "Lord of the Rings" film
2. The Rankin / Bass "Return of the King" film
3. The Rankin / Bass "Hobbit" film
4. The Peter Jackson "Fellowship of the Ring" film
5. The Brian Sibley "Lord of the Rings" radio adaptation
6. The first BBC "Lord of the Rings" radio adaptation
7. The BBC "Hobbit" radio adaptation
8. US National Public Radio "Lord of the Rings" adaptation
9. The WBAI "Lord of the Rings" adaptation
10. The Finnish live action television series "Hobtit"
11. Explain why
12. Show your workings
1. The Bakshi "Lord of the Rings" film
2. The Rankin / Bass "Return of the King" film
3. The Rankin / Bass "Hobbit" film
4. The Peter Jackson "Fellowship of the Ring" film
5. The Brian Sibley "Lord of the Rings" radio adaptation
6. The first BBC "Lord of the Rings" radio adaptation
7. The BBC "Hobbit" radio adaptation
8. US National Public Radio "Lord of the Rings" adaptation
9. The WBAI "Lord of the Rings" adaptation
10. The Finnish live action television series "Hobtit"
11. Explain why
12. Show your workings
Let's have some links
Jan. 8th, 2012 05:31 pmFantasy Armour and Lady Bits
http://madartlab.com/2011/12/14/fantasy-armor-and-lady-bits/
Women Fighters in Reasonable Armo(u)r
http://womenfighters.tumblr.com/
A letter from Tom Shippey
http://www.swallowsndaggers.net/forum/viewthread/5253/
A podcast with Tom Shippey
http://menetspecials.mevio.com/?action=embed-flash
Oldest and Fatherless: The Terrible Secret of Tom Bombadil
http://km-515.livejournal.com/1042.html
Newman and Tolkien: a conference in New York on 20 February
http://www.newmanfriendsinternational.org/newman/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/invitation-20-february-2012-newman-lecture.pdf
The Hobbit: blatant Anti-Christian bigotry and Atheist propaganda
http://christiansforamoralamerica.blogspot.com/2011/12/boycott-announcement-hobbit-movie.html
http://madartlab.com/2011/12/14/fantasy-armor-and-lady-bits/
Women Fighters in Reasonable Armo(u)r
http://womenfighters.tumblr.com/
A letter from Tom Shippey
http://www.swallowsndaggers.net/forum/viewthread/5253/
A podcast with Tom Shippey
http://menetspecials.mevio.com/?action=embed-flash
Oldest and Fatherless: The Terrible Secret of Tom Bombadil
http://km-515.livejournal.com/1042.html
Newman and Tolkien: a conference in New York on 20 February
http://www.newmanfriendsinternational.org/newman/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/invitation-20-february-2012-newman-lecture.pdf
The Hobbit: blatant Anti-Christian bigotry and Atheist propaganda
http://christiansforamoralamerica.blogspot.com/2011/12/boycott-announcement-hobbit-movie.html
Tolkien ... of a sort
Dec. 20th, 2011 07:10 pm"To many westerners the deceased reminded them of a JRR Tolkien fictional 'Elf King' with a taste for expensive cognac."
http://www.examiner.com/progressive-in-new-orleans/is-north-korea-more-dangerous-since-the-death-of-kim-jong-il
"I have just finished David Downing's excellent Looking for the King. Described as 'an Inklings novel' the book is set in England in the 1940s. An American scholar named Tom McCord is on the trail of King Arthur and, along with a pretty sidekick with psychic gifts, winds up in Oxford where he meets CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien, Charles Williams and the other Inklings who give them hints and help them on their quest."
http://gkupsidedown.blogspot.com/2011/12/looking-for-king.html
http://www.examiner.com/progressive-in-new-orleans/is-north-korea-more-dangerous-since-the-death-of-kim-jong-il
"I have just finished David Downing's excellent Looking for the King. Described as 'an Inklings novel' the book is set in England in the 1940s. An American scholar named Tom McCord is on the trail of King Arthur and, along with a pretty sidekick with psychic gifts, winds up in Oxford where he meets CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien, Charles Williams and the other Inklings who give them hints and help them on their quest."
http://gkupsidedown.blogspot.com/2011/12/looking-for-king.html
Shock Hobbit film news
Oct. 18th, 2011 08:21 pm"Evangeline Lilly’s The Hobbit character is unauthentic"
"Lost actress Evangeline Lilly has revealed how her character in the Peter Jackson movie The Hobbit is not an authentic character from the J.R.R. Tolkien books. Evangeline also admitted that the character is very well written and that she hopes fans do not turn against her."
http://www.fansshare.com/news/evangeline-lilly-s-the-hobbit-character-is-unauthentic/
No, really? Who'd have thunk it!
"Lost actress Evangeline Lilly has revealed how her character in the Peter Jackson movie The Hobbit is not an authentic character from the J.R.R. Tolkien books. Evangeline also admitted that the character is very well written and that she hopes fans do not turn against her."
http://www.fansshare.com/news/evangeline-lilly-s-the-hobbit-character-is-unauthentic/
No, really? Who'd have thunk it!