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• TORn’s Holiday Gift Guide 2019
  December 8th, 12:50pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Kelvarhin

• TOR.n at Alamo Drafthouse Lord of the Rings Feast 2020!
  December 6th, 4:08am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by deej

• Collecting The Precious – Star Ace Toys Defo Real Nazgul Preview/Review
  December 4th, 3:00pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by elessar

• Collecting The Precious – Vanderstelt Studio At The Ford of Bruinen
  December 4th, 1:18am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by elessar

• 2019.11 - PANTHEON: Minotaur
  December 2nd, 8:11am UTC at Portfolio

• Bilbo Baggins’ pipe up for auction by Julien’s Auctions
  December 2nd, 6:16am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Altaira

• Amazon Middle-earth series director arrives in Auckland
  December 2nd, 5:44am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Altaira

• The Great Hall of Poets
  November 30th, 12:44pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Kelvarhin

• 2019.11 - PANTHEON: The Hunter
  November 29th, 8:02am UTC at Portfolio

• Today in Middle-earth, November 23
  November 23rd, 6:00am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by grammaboodawg

• Could Melkor Ever Become as Powerful as Ilúvatar?
  November 21st, 1:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• 2019.11 - PANTHEON: Underground
  November 17th, 10:36pm UTC at Portfolio

• Collecting The Precious – Vanderstelt Studio Gandalf Mini Epic Art Print On Sale
  November 17th, 5:59am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by elessar

• 2019.11 - Pantheon: ??????????
  November 16th, 7:31am UTC at Portfolio

• Are you a Tolkien fan? Are you sure?
  November 9th, 11:36pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by grammaboodawg

• Where Did These Obscure Middle-earth Facts Come From?
  November 7th, 1:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• The Great Hall of Poets
  November 5th, 8:05am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Kelvarhin

• Collecting The Precious – Vanderstelt Studio Gandalf the Grey Mini Epic Art Print Preview
  November 5th, 3:56am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by elessar

• Why is Dain Mentioned On Thror’s Map?
  November 4th, 1:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Did Gondor Ever Practice Slavery?
  October 31st, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• What Do We Know about the Stewards of Gondor and King Eärnur?
  October 24th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• 2019.10 - WITCHES' MOON: Flying Tonight
  October 23rd, 4:47pm UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.10 - WITCHES' MOON: Witch
  October 23rd, 4:47pm UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.10 - WITCHES' MOON: Pumpkin heads
  October 22nd, 7:04am UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.10 - WITCHES' MOON: Little Witch
  October 21st, 4:42pm UTC at Portfolio

• Who Were the Seven Kings Saruman Mentioned?
  October 21st, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• 2019.10 - WITCHES' MOON: Scarecrow
  October 21st, 7:09am UTC at Portfolio

• Why I Wrote "An Exile from Atlantis"
  October 14th, 3:12pm UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• If Melkor Returns in the Future, Will He be As Powerful As He Was Before?
  October 7th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• 2019.09 - SUIT UP: Tired
  October 4th, 8:53am UTC at Portfolio

• Are All Tolkien Elves Fair-skinned?
  August 21st, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Why I Wrote "Kabbalah for Evangelical Christians"
  August 19th, 11:33am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Could Frodo Ever Have Had Elvish Ancestors in Early Story Development?
  August 1st, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Which Lord of the Rings Characters Will Appear in Amazon Prime’s TV Show?
  July 29th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• How Does the Psychology of Tolkien’s Elves Compare to Typical Humans?
  July 15th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Short Questions and Answers Vol. 6
  July 8th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Every Villain Needs a Hero
  July 7th, 2:49pm UTC at Scriptorius Rex by Unknown

• The Star Shine, The Blood Rains
  June 29th, 3:36am UTC at Scriptorius Rex by Unknown

• What Was Barad-dûr Like on the Inside?
  June 27th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Was Galadriel Married to Celebrimbor?
  June 20th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Some News and Rumors about Amazon’s LoTROnPrime Project
  June 18th, 3:19am UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• This is Happening
  March 1st, 1:41pm UTC at Scriptorius Rex by Unknown

• Why I Wrote "Blue Moon of Cthulhu"
  March 20th, 8:43am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Why I Wrote "Parables Before Jesus"
  January 26th, 9:12am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Why I Wrote "Stand At The Crossroads"
  January 19th, 8:32am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Lectures on Tolkien and Rowling
  December 18th, 4:16am UTC at Tolkien Studies Blog by Michael Martinez

• Why I Wrote "A Song Of The One"
  June 14th, 7:55am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Why I Wrote "The Last Days Of The Kingdom Of Judah"
  June 6th, 7:05am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Why I Wrote "Between Two Fires"
  May 31st, 1:14pm UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Little-known Lewis letters
  May 28th, 1:21pm UTC at Lingwë - Musings of a Fish by Jason Fisher

• Why I Wrote "The Drowning Land: An Atlantean Alphabet"
  May 10th, 8:01am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Why I Wrote "Mars Hill: Paul V. The Philosophers"
  April 10th, 8:30am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Why I Wrote "Hopewell Dreamquest"
  March 30th, 8:26am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Why I Wrote "Assassin Of Acheron And Other Stories"
  March 9th, 7:10am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Why I Wrote "Madness Of The Glyphs"
  March 2nd, 7:58am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Why I Wrote "Happiness In The Psalms"
  January 20th, 10:02am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Watch Middle-earth Talk Episode 52 from Tolkien Moot XII
  July 28th, 5:03am UTC at Tolkien Studies Blog by Michael Martinez

• Decennial conference
  March 24th, 12:37pm UTC at Lingwë - Musings of a Fish by Jason Fisher

• Tolkien Studies Volume 12
  December 29th, 11:55am UTC at Lingwë - Musings of a Fish by Jason Fisher

• A new review of my book — from a surprising reviewer!
  November 4th, 7:16pm UTC at Lingwë - Musings of a Fish by Jason Fisher

• Scattered leaves
  October 21st, 4:53pm UTC at Lingwë - Musings of a Fish by Jason Fisher

• Art: Celegorm & Huan
  October 1st, 7:44am UTC at The Silmarillion by Alassë

• Art: Nienna & Irmo
  September 9th, 3:56am UTC at The Silmarillion by Alassë

• A standalone edition of The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun — in Serbian!
  August 31st, 6:49pm UTC at Lingwë - Musings of a Fish by Jason Fisher

• Art: Morwen & Túrin
  August 31st, 1:37am UTC at The Silmarillion by Alassë

• Horcruxes: analogues and sources
  August 20th, 12:15pm UTC at Lingwë - Musings of a Fish by Jason Fisher

• Tolkien Calendar 2016: Illustrated by Tove Jansson
  July 28th, 12:00am UTC at Tolkien Library News

• The Amateur Lord of the Rings
  July 27th, 12:00am UTC at Tolkien Library News

• Watch Middle-earth Talk Episode 51 from Tolkien Moot XI
  July 22nd, 6:15am UTC at Tolkien Studies Blog by Michael Martinez

• J.R.R. Tolkien a writer of note
  July 17th, 12:00am UTC at Tolkien Library News

• Why Tolkien's books are so popular Among the Students
  July 17th, 12:00am UTC at Tolkien Library News

• The world first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien,The Story of Kullervo
  July 16th, 12:00am UTC at Tolkien Library News

• The Hobbit in tengwar!
  June 25th, 9:42pm UTC at The Silmarillion by Sirielle Ontalómë

• Rare The History of Middle Earth, all 3 Limited Deluxe Editions in Publishers Slipcase
  June 11th, 12:00am UTC at Tolkien Library News

• Tolkien and L.W. Forster
  June 10th, 6:29pm UTC at Lingwë - Musings of a Fish by Jason Fisher

Tolkien Blogs

The following blogs are aggregated into the recent posts on this site:

• Musings and Considerations

• Speculative Faith

• storago.com

• Scriptorius Rex

• Portfolio

• Weekly Silmarillion Excerpts

• Lingwë - Musings of a Fish

• Michael Martinez

• Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog

• Aiya Iluvatar

• The Silmarillion

• www.theonering.com

• Ted Nasmith

• lordofthekingdom.com

• Diary of a Tolkien Fiend

• the-hobbit-movie.com

• Kanteker's Craft

• Tolkien Geek

• tolkiendil.openstyles.net

• Tolkien Library News

• MiddleEarthBlog

• TheOneRing.Net News

• Tolkien Studies Blog

• Alfred D. Byrd's Blog

• Lord of the Rings and Narnia

• The Stars of Elbereth

• LOTR Librarian

• Lord Fingolfin's Silmarillion

• morgoth

• Tolkien Corner

• The Hobbit

• The Hobbit Blog

• www.thehobbitblog.com

• Jacob Oliver Levine

• Zebby Feeds

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Tolkien in the News

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• Got a Face Like a Leather Handbag? Missing Teeth? You Could Be an Extra on ‘Lord of the Rings’
  Posted at The Wall Street Journal

• You Can Stay In An Airbnb Shaped Like A ‘Hobbit Hole’ For $100 A Night
  Posted at Simplemost

• Will Poulter Exits ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Amazon Series
  Posted at Deadline

• Lord Of The Rings: The Main Characters, Ranked By Intelligence
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Lord Of The Rings: The 10 Most Terrifying Scenes, Ranked
  Posted at Screen Rant

• From Middle Earth to Middletown Springs: The story behind a Vermont hobbit home on Airbnb
  Posted at Burlington Free Press

• ‘The Lord Of The Rings’: Ema Horvath Joins Cast Of Amazon Series
  Posted at Deadline

• Lord of the Rings: Why Peter Jackson Added Elves To Helm's Deep
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Tolkien as Chaucer?
  Posted at Oxonian Review

• On the division of Middle Earth
  Posted at Cheney Free Press

• Exclusive: Main Characters for Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ Revealed?
  Posted at Observer

• Amazon Middle-earth series director arrives in Auckland
  Posted at TheOneRing.net

• J.R.R. Tolkien Fans Take Note: The Author’s Oxford Home Is for Sale
  Posted at Mansion Global

• 'Lord of the Rings': All the Details (So Far) About Amazon's TV Series
  Posted at Hollywood Reporter

• Amazon Bets Big on Middle-Earth, Renews Lord of the Rings Series Before It Even Premieres
  Posted at Vanity Fair

• Star Wars Vs. Lord Of The Rings: 10 Best Movies, According To IMDb
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Why Did Will Poulter Quit Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings' Prequel?
  Posted at Distractify

• You can now rent a hobbit hole Airbnb in Ireland
  Posted at Metro.co.uk

• Lord of the Rings is Actually 6 Books, Not 3 | Screen Rant
  Posted at Screen Rant

• 'Lord of the Rings' TV Series Cast Adds Ema Horvath as an Orc or an Elf or Something, Who Knows
  Posted at /FILM

• Chosen One of the Day: Singing dwarves in the Hobbit
  Posted at SYFY WIRE

• Watch the trailer for Stephen Colbert's elaborate mock Lord of the Rings prequel
  Posted at The Week

• TOR.n at Alamo Drafthouse Lord of the Rings Feast 2020!
  Posted at TheOneRing.net

• The ‘Lord of the Rings’ warriors were based on these real-life soldiers
  Posted at Aleteia EN

• Bits & Bytes: Fall Festival of Shakespeare; Tolkien literary workshop; tobacco treatment open house |
  Posted at theberkshireedge.com

• 5 Things In Amazon's Lord Of The Rings We Can't Wait For (& 5 We Don't Want To See)
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Turkey Turned Into ‘Middle-Earth’ Under Erdogan, Opposition Says
  Posted at Bloomberg

• Lord of the Rings Gets a Fell Beast from Iron Studios
  Posted at Bleeding Cool News

• Property of the Week: J.R.R. Tolkien's £4.6m Oxfordshire home
  Posted at Private Equity News

• CARPE LIBRUM: Celebrating fatherhood and the holidays with Tolkien's Father Christmas – ILM's Alternative Weekly Voice
  Posted at encore Online

• You can stay in a 'Hobbit Hole' Airbnb in Ireland for just $100 a night
  Posted at Business Insider

• The "Hobbit" at 15
  Posted at Scientific American

• Netflix's January Additions: "Bojack Horseman," "Lord of The Rings," & More
  Posted at HotNewHipHop

• Lord of the rings: Cable car bell champ spreads good cheer
  Posted at San Francisco Chronicle

• Middle Earth: the fight to save the Amazon's soul - video
  Posted at The Guardian

• Classic movies in L.A. this week: 'LOTR,' 'Santa Sangre' and more
  Posted at Los Angeles Times

• Laurentian University aims to become 'Oxford of the north'
  Posted at CBC.ca

• ‘Black Panther’ & ‘Hobbit’ Actor Martin Freeman Inks With CAA
  Posted at Deadline

• INTERVIEW: New Encyclopedia explores Tolkien's Middle-earth
  Posted at HollywoodSoapbox.com

• The Interview: John Bowers | News Center
  Posted at UNLV NewsCenter

• This Hobbit-inspired Airbnb was voted the 'best place in Ireland to get away from it all'
  Posted at Irish Post

• Wander About
  Posted at The New York Times

• The Hobbits of 'The Lord of the Rings' Headed to FAN EXPO Canada
  Posted at Nerds and Beyond

• 'Middle-earth reunion': Four hobbits coming to Calgary Expo 2020
  Posted at Calgary Herald

• Bilbo Baggins' pipe up for auction by Julien's Auctions
  Posted at TheOneRing.net

• Cisco slips on a Tolkien ring: One chip design to rule them all, one design to find them. One design to bring them all...
  Posted at The Register

• The Listings of the Week: A Villa in Prague, J.R.R. Tolkien’s Oxford House, and More
  Posted at Mansion Global

• Lord Of The Rings fans can fetch a piece of film history as Bilbo Baggins' pipe goes up for auction
  Posted at Daily Mail

• Cleveland Orchestra presents Lord of the Rings at Blossom
  Posted at News 5 Cleveland

• Netflix's January releases include Kill Bill, Dragonheart, Lord of The Rings, and more
  Posted at GEEKSPIN

• Best board games in 2019: Mansions of Madness, Lord of the Rings and more
  Posted at CNET

• Opinion: The Lord of the Rings should totally count as a Christmas movie | News
  Posted at Daily Hive

• Lord of the Rings wizard Gandalf has amoeba named in his honor
  Posted at Wellston Journal

• Decade in review: The highs, lows and hobbits of New Zealand business
  Posted at The Spinoff

• On the Record: Who wrote ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’?
  Posted at Bristol Herald Courier

• Locals angry as 'hobbit houses' in Plymouth park are 'destroyed' by council
  Posted at Plymouth Live

• Lord of the Rings, Free Willy, and 100+ Other Exciting Titles Hitting Netflix in the New Year
  Posted at POPSUGAR

• 10 Best Games Based On Books, According To Metacritic | Game Rant
  Posted at GameRant

• Superman's cape, Bilbo's pipe up for grabs in auction
  Posted at Gulf Times

• Superman's cape and Bilbo's pipe up for grabs in Hollywood auction
  Posted at Japan Today

• Passengers driving to different stations to get Greater Anglia trains | Latest Norfolk and Suffolk Business News
  Posted at Eastern Daily Press

• KHAN: Tolerance And Compassion Are Inherently Religious Values, Not Progressive Ones
  Posted at The Daily Wire

• Lord of the rings our Games bid’s secret weapon
  Posted at Courier Mail

• The 10 Worst New Fantasy Characters Of The Decade, Ranked
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Fast evolution explains the tiny stature of extinct 'Hobbit' from Flores Island
  Posted at The Conversation US

• 'The Lord of the Rings': Everything You Need to Know About Amazon's Big Money Adaptation
  Posted at IndieWire

• Whakaari/White Island is one of the most-used film locations in New Zealand
  Posted at Stuff.co.nz

• Netflix's January 2020 list: New seasons of 'Grace and Frankie,' 'Sabrina'
  Posted at USA TODAY

• ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ review roundup: A 'modestly funny' sequel that borrows from 'Mad Max' and 'The Lord
  Posted at MEAWW

• House where J.R.R. Tolkien wrote 'Lord of the Rings' is on sale for nearly $6 million—look inside
  Posted at CNBC

• New Zealand to be Middle-earth again in Amazon's The Lord of the Rings series
  Posted at Reuters

• Why Peter Jackson failed so hard with The Lovely Bones
  Posted at SYFY WIRE

• 'Lord of the Rings' Timeline Explained: Middle-earth from 'The Silmarillion' to 'The Hobbit' & Beyond
  Posted at Collider.com

• Lord of the Rings Author J.R.R. Tolkien's $6 Million Home for Sale in England — See Inside!
  Posted at PEOPLE.com

• The best Christmas films that aren't really about Christmas
  Posted at Epigram

• 'Lord of the Rings' Series at Amazon Casts Will Poulter in Lead Role
  Posted at Hollywood Reporter

• Amazon's new Lord of the Rings 'cannot use much of Tolkien's plot'
  Posted at The Guardian

• How J.R.R. Tolkien's life helped inspire The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
  Posted at Entertainment Weekly News

• ‘Tolkien’ shows a down-to-earth creator of Middle-earth
  Posted at The Boston Globe

• ‘Lord of the Rings’ author J.R.R. Tolkien’s Oxford, England, home is for sale
  Posted at TODAY

• Inside 'The Lord of the Rings' author J.R.R. Tolkien's former Oxford home
  Posted at CNBC

• GRIFF RHYS JONES says why he's rooting for the Mail's tree campaign
  Posted at Daily Mail

• ‘The Lord Of The Rings’: Joseph Mawle To Star In Amazon Series
  Posted at Deadline

• 'One Home to Rule Them All': JRR Tolkien's Home Sells At $5.8M
  Posted at Grit Daily

• Lord of the Rings Amazon prequel series: Everything you need to know
  Posted at CNET

• Lord of The Rings Author JRR Tolkien's England Home Is for Sale
  Posted at HouseBeautiful.com

• Middle Earth – elevated
  Posted at UCI News

• Tolkien: Biopic of author JRR Tolkien rings false
  Posted at World Socialist Web Site

• 'Tolkien' looks at early years of 'Lord of the Rings' writer
  Posted at Reuters

• Manuscripts and art from Marquette's JRR Tolkien collection on loan for national exhibit in France
  Posted at Milwaukee Independent

• Teenage Tolkien's early glimpses of Middle Earth
  Posted at BBC News

• Hobbit Day: The main four Hobbit actors of The Lord of the Rings bow to no one
  Posted at SYFY WIRE

• Are you a Tolkien fan? Are you sure? | JRR Tolkien Books and Movies
  Posted at TheOneRing.net

• 39 Rad LORD OF THE RINGS Tattoos
  Posted at Book Riot

• Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings' Sets First Castmember
  Posted at Hollywood Reporter

• Box Office: ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Is Being Sold On A White Lie
  Posted at Forbes

• Amazon Sets Creative Team For ‘Lord Of The Rings’ TV Series Including ‘GoT’ & ‘Breaking Bad’ Producers – TCA
  Posted at Deadline

• Review: 'Tolkien' fails to open a window into the mind behind 'The Lord of the Rings'
  Posted at Los Angeles Times

• Amazon teases when its 'Lord of the Rings' series will take place
  Posted at Engadget

• What Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Maps Reveal About Its Middle-earth Prequel Series
  Posted at Vulture