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• Was the Seat On Amon Hen Inherently Magical?
  May 20th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Newsweek’s Special Edition: J.R.R. Tolkien – The Genius Behind Middle-earth
  May 19th, 3:58pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by grammaboodawg

• Did Amandil Ever Reach Valinor?
  May 16th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Was J.R.R. Tolkien Wrong about the Meaning of Nasc?
  May 13th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Impressions From A Casual Ringer: ‘Tolkien’ Movie Reignites Childhood Magic
  May 11th, 2:14am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Cliff Quickbeam Broadway

• Review: ‘Tolkien’ film both rewarding and frustrating
  May 10th, 10:37am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by MrCere

• Richard Taylor and Weta Workshop send TORn some 20th anniversary love
  May 9th, 2:29pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by greendragon

• A Bitter Tolkien Fan’s take on ‘Tolkien’
  May 9th, 2:02am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Calisuri

• TORn’s second breakfast with Dome Karukoski, director of TOLKIEN
  May 7th, 4:31pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by greendragon

• Tolkien movie opening Friday, let’s MeetUp
  May 5th, 7:43am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Garfeimao

• 2019.04 - FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN: Fire on the Mountain
  May 3rd, 6:34pm UTC at Portfolio

• 1st Film Review: TOLKIEN a Gorgeous Blend of Language, Love, Loss
  May 3rd, 4:06am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Cliff Quickbeam Broadway

• First Fan Reactions to TOLKIEN Movie!
  May 1st, 10:42pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Cliff Quickbeam Broadway

• Today in Middle-earth, May 1
  May 1st, 5:15am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by grammaboodawg

• Beware the Headlines: How The Tolkien Estate’s Measured Response is Good News for Fans
  April 30th, 12:59pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Cliff Quickbeam Broadway

• The Great Hall of Poets
  April 30th, 9:41am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Kelvarhin

• 2019.04 - FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN: Mount Doom
  April 27th, 7:51am UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.04 - FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN: Mount Doom
  April 27th, 7:51am UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.04 - FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN: Mount Doom
  April 27th, 7:51am UTC at Portfolio

• How Does Death Work in Middle-earth?
  April 25th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Tolkien Fans Gathering for Meetups Week of May 10, 2019
  April 22nd, 1:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Xenite.Org Administrator

• Who were the Druedain, Haradrim, and Easterlings?
  April 22nd, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• What Color was Gollum?
  April 11th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• 2019.04 - FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN: Visit Tambora
  April 10th, 10:26am UTC at Portfolio

• Will Amazon Create a New Canonical History for Middle-earth?
  April 8th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• 2019.03 - SHIPS AT SEA: Ghost ship
  March 29th, 5:16am UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.03 - SHIPS AT SEA: Sailing
  March 29th, 5:16am UTC at Portfolio

• Where did the Uruk-hai live prior to the War of the Ring?
  March 28th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• 2019.03 - SHIPS AT SEA: Out of the mist
  March 27th, 2:31pm UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.03 - SHIPS AT SEA: Tall ships....
  March 25th, 2:36pm UTC at Portfolio

• What Could Gil-galad and Elendil Have Done If They Captured Sauron?
  March 25th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Another Round of Short Answers and Questions
  March 14th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• 2019.03 - SHIPS AT SEA: ?lvir the Often Nauseated
  March 11th, 3:32pm UTC at Portfolio

• Why did Minastir Organize the Númenórean Military in Support of Gil-galad, Rather than his Father, Isilmo?
  March 11th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Could Half-elven Families Ever Become Fully Elven?
  March 7th, 1:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Could the Lord of the Nazgûl Have Defeated Gandalf?
  March 4th, 1:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

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

• Why Was Thranduil So Hostile to Thorin?
  February 25th, 1:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• 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

• News and updates
  June 9th, 3:12pm UTC at Lingwë - Musings of a Fish by Jason Fisher

• Signed copy of the Hobbit sells for record at auction
  June 6th, 12:00am UTC at Tolkien Library News

• post
  June 4th, 8:05pm UTC at The Silmarillion by Sirielle Ontalómë

• On the shores of the shoreless sea
  May 3rd, 12:00am UTC at Tolkien Library News

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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• Tolkien: 5 Things They Changed From The True Story (& 5 They Kept The Same)
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Game of Thrones finale was a lesser Lord of the Rings ending
  Posted at Quartz

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

• Friday Film Review - "Tolkien"
  Posted at KPCW

• Lord Of The Rings: The 10 Most Powerful Swords, Ranked
  Posted at Screen Rant

• The Catholic origins of The Lord of the Rings and other truths about JRR Tolkien
  Posted at denvercatholic.org

• Disappointed In 'Game Of Thrones'? Middle-Earth Has The Cure
  Posted at The Federalist

• ‘Tolkien’ Review: A Fellowship That Rings Obvious
  Posted at The New York Times

• ‘Tolkien’ Paints Vivid Picture of Writer’s Life, but Ignores His Faith
  Posted at Daily Signal

• 10 Things Casual LOTR Fans Might Not Know About Gollum
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Annual Tolkien Gathering Open for Registration
  Posted at The Nerd Stash

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

• Review: 'Tolkien' Is A Tale Of Tweed And Trees
  Posted at NPR

• Russia's 'Lord of the Rings' is the story from Mordor's point of view
  Posted at We Are The Mighty

• Ian McKellen movies: 12 greatest films, ranked worst to best, include ‘Lord of the Rings,’ ‘Gods and Monsters,’ ‘X-Men’
  Posted at Gold Derby

• Birth of Middle Earth: Tolkien biopic explores beloved author's early years
  Posted at Ars Technica

• Nicholas Hoult On Becoming JRR Tolkien
  Posted at NPR

• “All Is True” and “Tolkien,” Reviewed
  Posted at The New Yorker

• 'Tolkien': A Life Where Fantasy Met Reality
  Posted at Popular Mechanics

• Tolkien box office: How much has Tolkien biopic made?
  Posted at Express

• An Exhibition Brings Tolkien's Vision Down to Earth
  Posted at Hyperallergic

• Time with Tolkien
  Posted at WORLD News Group

• Is J.R.R. Tolkien drunkenly shouting in Elvish in that scene from Tolkien? Yes and no
  Posted at The A.V. Club

• Tolkien Film Review - Los Angeles Sentinel
  Posted at Lasentinel

• Play 'Lewis and Tolkien' coming to Greensboro
  Posted at Greensboro News & Record

• Movie Review: 'Tolkien' offers incredibly little insight into one of greatest fantasists in literature
  Posted at Atlanta Business Chronicle

• Subterranean Fish Named After Cave-Dwelling Gollum Character Of 'The Lord Of The Rings'
  Posted at Forbes

• Millennials Talk Cinema: 'Wine Country,' 'Tolkien' both disappoint
  Posted at Petaluma Argus Courier

• Lost volume sheds new light on Tolkien’s devotion to Chaucer
  Posted at The Guardian

• 'Tolkien' gives viewers a roadmap to the mysticism and magic of writer's Middle-earth sagas
  Posted at cleveland.com

• J.R.R. Tolkien's creation of Middle-earth, on display at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City
  Posted at CBS News

• WIRE Buzz: Game of Thrones writer heads to Lord of the Rings; James Wan's new horror film
  Posted at SYFY WIRE

• ‘Tolkien’ gets J.R.R. Tolkien’s passion but loses sight of his soul
  Posted at Aleteia EN

• This Portugal Hobbit Pod is the Ultimate Glamping Experience
  Posted at HouseBeautiful.com

• George R.R. Martin explains what he borrowed from J.R.R. Tolkien
  Posted at Winter is Coming

• 'Tolkien' opens at Babcock; explores formative years of author that inspired Middle-Earth novels
  Posted at Billings Gazette

• What Is the Order of the 'Lord of the Rings' Movies?
  Posted at The Cheat Sheet

• 39 thoughts we had while watching The Hobbit (1977)
  Posted at SYFY WIRE

• Sorry, but The Hobbit's Smaug is still the best dragon
  Posted at The A.V. Club

• Paul Batura: Disney ignores Tolkien's Christian faith in new drama
  Posted at Fox News

• "Tolkien" looks at early years of "Lord of the...
  Posted at Reuters

• Leaves you wanting Mordor A middling biopic of J.R.R. Tolkien
  Posted at The Economist

• Tolkien: A Warm, Small Movie, Not an Epic of the Imagination
  Posted at National Review

• Viggo Mortensen blasts Spanish far-right over 'Lord of the Rings' tweet
  Posted at CNN

• A light from the shadows: The Catholic vocation of J.R.R. Tolkien
  Posted at Angelus News

• AVENGERS: ENDGAME VFX Artists Credit THE LORD OF THE RINGS Films For Inspiration In Working on the Movie
  Posted at GeekTyrant

• Lord Of The Rings: 20 Strangest Things About Sauron's Anatomy
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Elvish spoken at premiere of Tolkien film
  Posted at BBC News

• 'Ridiculous and absurd': Lord of the Rings star Viggo Mortensen slams Spanish far-right party Vox
  Posted at euronews

• Tolkien: This biopic is better than any of the Hobbit movies
  Posted at The Irish Times

• Game of Thrones S8 HBO ending RIPPED OFF Lord of the Rings SIX times say fans
  Posted at Express

• Avengers: Endgame’s VFX Artists Took A Lot Of Lessons From The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy
  Posted at Cinema Blend

• How to Experience Iceland Like a Fantasy Novel
  Posted at Fodor's Travel

• Tolkien Society Awards 2019
  Posted at Locus Online

• Tolkien fan gets to direct a movie on his life
  Posted at Crux: Covering all things Catholic

• How Lord of the Rings Predicted Jon Snow and Daenerys’s Bittersweet Fate
  Posted at Vanity Fair

• Tolkien filming location: Where was the Tolkien biopic filmed?
  Posted at Express

• Game Of Thrones Ended As George R.R. Martin Planned — But It Still Hurts
  Posted at Refinery29

• Friday Box Office: 'The Hustle' Earns $4 Million As 'Poms' And 'Tolkien' Bomb
  Posted at Forbes

• Resolved: LOTR More Realistic Than GOT
  Posted at Ricochet.com

• Professor examines Tolkien's use of poetry
  Posted at Brattleboro Reformer

• Nicholas Hoult and the cast of 'Tolkien' test their knowledge of Elvish
  Posted at Mashable

• This Off-the-grid ‘Hobbit Pod’ Might Be the Most Adorable Place You Ever Stay
  Posted at Travel+Leisure

• Tolkien stars Lily Collins and Nicholas Hoult defend biopic after backlash from family
  Posted at The Independent

• Tolkien movie offers no surprises on trudge toward Middle-earth
  Posted at Toronto Star

• A Beautiful Take On Lord Of The Rings
  Posted at Kotaku

• The forbidden love that saved JRR Tolkien from the horrors of war
  Posted at Daily Mail

• Martha's Vineyard News | Braving Middle Earth and One Angry Dragon - The Vineyard Gazette
  Posted at Martha's Vineyard News

• The origins of Tolkien's Middle-earth, on display in NYC
  Posted at CBS News

• The Lord of the Rings Journeys in Middle Earth Review The Lord of the Rings Journeys
  Posted at TechRaptor

• Cinema in Focus: 'Tolkien' | Arts & Entertainment
  Posted at Noozhawk

• The race is on to make the next ‘Game of Thrones’
  Posted at The Washington Post

• Tolkien director was 'lucky' to land leading man Nicholas Hoult
  Posted at Film News

• Tolkien Movie Review
  Posted at The Young Folks

• Kitsap County's Own Hobbit Hole
  Posted at southsoundmag.com

• Movie Pick: Tolkien as Teen Heartthrob | LA Weekly
  Posted at L.A. Weekly

• The Next Game of Thrones? 8 Replacement Shows, Graded by Sex, Politics, and Dragons
  Posted at W

• Lily Collins Talks Historical Passion for Alamo, Tolkien
  Posted at Spectrum News

• Feeling of home: Fort Bragg soldier reenlists in Hobbit Hobby Shop
  Posted at The Fayetteville Observer

• Hobbit house in Sweden opens to the public for one day
  Posted at Curbed

• Live Like You're in The Shire With These Eco-Friendly Hobbit Homes
  Posted at HouseBeautiful.com

• 'Tolkien' Biopic Overlooks Author's Devout Catholic Faith
  Posted at The Daily Wire

• The One Ring – The Lord of the Rings RPG is Getting a Second Edition
  Posted at Bleeding Cool News

• Film Review: ‘Tolkien’ starring Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins
  Posted at Far Out Magazine

• What to watch and obsess over now that 'Game of Thrones' is done
  Posted at CNN

• Someone has already made a Middle-earth map for Imperator: Rome
  Posted at PCGamesN

• Tolkien
  Posted at Classic FM

• Cinematic Spillover: Short Reviews of Tolkien, Wine Country and The Professor and the Madman
  Posted at San Antonio Current

• Lily Collins was beaten to part in The Hobbit by Ant-Man star Evangeline Lilly
  Posted at Irish Examiner

• ‘Tolkien’ screening shows how Fathom adds value to cinema events
  Posted at L.A. Biz

• 10 Things We Learned From Elijah Wood's Q&A at Phoenix Fan Fusion 2019
  Posted at Phoenix New Times

• Imperator: Rome's map has already been turned into Middle-earth
  Posted at PC Gamer

• Tolkien Director Defends His Biopic From Family's Skepticism | RELEVANT Daily
  Posted at RELEVANT Magazine

• Nicholas Hoult speaks elvish at 'Tolkien' premiere
  Posted at Reuters.com

• 'Tolkien': The early life of a creative genius on the big screen
  Posted at MercatorNet

• The minefield of fame: how accurate do biopics need to be?
  Posted at The Guardian

• 'Hobbit's Retreat' shows what Lego can do
  Posted at Otago Daily Times

• At the Movies: Rebel, Hathaway meet Pikachu, Tolkien at box office
  Posted at Fairfield Daily Republic

• Tolkien's unexpected journey to immortality
  Posted at Independent.ie

• Temple: Hobbit house shines spotlight on natural building
  Posted at KWTX