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• Prodigious Tales
  July 13th, 3:06am UTC at Portfolio

• 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

• Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Haldir Statue Review
  July 2nd, 12:52am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by elessar

• Today in Middle-earth, Midsummer’s Day [Mid-year’s Day]
  July 1st, 6:00am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by grammaboodawg

• Amazon Middle-earth series to film in New Zealand
  June 30th, 11:36pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Altaira

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

• 2019.06 - INTERLACE: More Convolutions
  June 28th, 7:35pm UTC at Portfolio

• The Great Hall of Poets
  June 28th, 6:19am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Kelvarhin

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

• 2019.06 - INTERLACE: Gateway
  June 25th, 3:36am UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.06 - Interlace: Throne
  June 25th, 3:36am UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.06 - INTERLACE: Stone of Knowledge
  June 23rd, 8:27pm UTC at Portfolio

• Today in Middle-earth, June 22
  June 22nd, 6:00am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by grammaboodawg

• 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

• What Was Beregond’s Fate?
  June 13th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• 2019.06 - INTERLACE: Convolution
  June 13th, 5:34am UTC at Portfolio

• Could Saruman Have Reincarnated Himself the Way Sauron Did?
  June 10th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• 2019.05 - STORMY WEATHER: Storm
  May 31st, 7:34pm UTC at Portfolio

• Where Can You Learn about the History of Arda?
  May 30th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• The Great Hall of Poets
  May 30th, 10:18am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Kelvarhin

• 2019.05 - STORMY WEATHER: Wandering in the Storm
  May 30th, 9:06am UTC at Portfolio

• Today in Middle-earth, May 30
  May 30th, 6:00am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by grammaboodawg

• 2019.05 - STORMY WEATHER: Coming Storm
  May 29th, 1:38pm UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.05 - STORMY WEATHER: Storm at Sea
  May 28th, 4:15am UTC at Portfolio

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

"Tolkien OR LOTR OR "Middle earth" OR "Lord of the Rings" OR Hobbit" - Google News

• Amazon Is Making a 'Lord of the Rings' MMO Game
  Posted at WIRED

• Lord of the Rings: The 10 Most Heartbreaking Deaths, Ranked
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Amazon Announces Free LORD OF THE RINGS MMO Game
  Posted at Nerdist

• Amazon Games Announces Interactive Middle-Earth Tolkien Game; Multiplayer Experience Set Prior To ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Events
  Posted at Deadline

• The Impossible Lord Of The Rings Quiz: How Well Will You Do?
  Posted at WhatCulture

• ‘The Lord Of The Rings’: J.A. Bayona To Direct Amazon Series
  Posted at Deadline

• Amazon's The Lord Of The Rings Series Just Took An Awesome Step Forward
  Posted at Cinema Blend

• 'Hobbit village' with a bomb shelter in Silicon Valley mountains listed for $3.4 million
  Posted at SFGate

• Nintendo Switch Lite, Lord of the Rings MMO and this week's Gamegrrl news
  Posted at SYFY WIRE

• Lord Of The Rings: ​Everything You Need To Know About The New Series
  Posted at LADbible

• Gaming: Nintendo Switch Lite announced; Lord of the Rings MMO; more
  Posted at SYFY WIRE

• Movie explores life of 'Lord of the Rings' author
  Posted at Rome Sentinel

• Box Office: 'Aladdin' Passes 'Harry Potter', 'Lord Of The Rings' With $320 Million
  Posted at Forbes

• 'Lord of the Rings' Star Elijah Wood Reportedly Engaged and Expecting First Child With Mette-Marie Kongsved
  Posted at PopCulture.com

• A Lord of the Rings MMO is on the way, and Amazon is helping to produce it
  Posted at AsiaOne

• Lord Of The Rings: Frodo's Vision In Galadriel's Mirror Explained
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Lord Of The Rings TV Prequel Show Hires Jurassic World 2 Director
  Posted at GameSpot

• Drop into Hawthorne's Hobbit Hole, a place Bilbo Baggins could call home
  Posted at OregonLive

• 5 Lord Of The Rings Movie Facts You Probably Don't Know
  Posted at Cinema Blend

• Scotland won't get Lord of the Rings shoot because of 'Brexit'
  Posted at Metro.co.uk

• Russell Crowe Turned Down Potential $100M 'Lord of the Rings' Payday
  Posted at Hollywood Reporter

• Before Tolkien created hobbits, there were Snergs. And oh, how delightful they were!
  Posted at The Washington Post

• ‘Lord of the Rings': JA Bayona to Direct First 2 Episodes of Amazon Studios Series
  Posted at TheWrap

• Lord of the Rings TV series: Casting call for 'Middle Earth' soldiers, villagers and villains
  Posted at Stuff.co.nz

• Tolkien presents early life of Lord Of The Rings writer
  Posted at The New Paper

• Lord of the Rings: Russell Crowe reveals SURPRISING reason he TURNED DOWN major role
  Posted at Express

• 'Tolkien' Home Release Details Revealed
  Posted at The Hollywood News

• Amazon's Lord Of The Rings Show To Film In New Zealand
  Posted at GameSpot

• Lord Of The Rings: The 10 Best Deleted Scenes They Added To The Extended Edition, Ranked
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Procedurally Generated: Switch Lite, Lord of the Rings MMO, and Crash Team Racing
  Posted at Zone Coverage

• Lord of the Rings: Russell Crowe Reveals Why He Turned Down Lead Role
  Posted at CBR

• Black Panther meets Lord of the Rings: the unmet ambitions of Marlon James's new novel
  Posted at Prospect

• 5 Reasons Why The Hobbit Trilogy Wasn't As Good As The Lord Of The Rings (And 5 Why It Was Better)
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Why Is There No Religion In 'The Lord of the Rings'?
  Posted at National Catholic Register

• The Lord Of The Rings is coming home, thank God (and the Government, probably)
  Posted at Stuff.co.nz

• Tolkien Tourism: 10 Places Fans Of The Lord Of The Rings Should Visit
  Posted at TheTravel

• Russell Crowe Talks About Passing On The Lord Of The Rings
  Posted at GameSpot

• 'Tolkien' ignites imagination in fantasy novelist's life
  Posted at Sedona Red Rock News

• Lord of the Rings TV series: Casting call for soldiers, villagers and...
  Posted at TheGeekHerald

• Russell Crowe Explains Why He Turned Down 'Lord Of The Rings'
  Posted at UPROXX

• Tolkien film at last in Europe
  Posted at Evangelical Focus

• Deal to bring Lord of the Rings TV series to Edinburgh's new Leith studio 'as good as done'
  Posted at Edinburgh Live

• Lots of People Have Theories About Neil Armstrong's 'One Small Step for Man' Quote. Here's What We Really Know
  Posted at TIME

• Government reassured Amazon NZ still safe to film Lord of the Rings following Christchurch terror attack - reports
  Posted at Newshub

• Your Guide To THE LORD OF THE RINGS Myers-Briggs Personality Types
  Posted at Book Riot

• FILM: TOLKIEN – from orphan to famous author
  Posted at Le News

• Love Island's Amber wins over viewers with impressive geek cred
  Posted at digitalspy.com

• UK property featuring secret ‘Hobbit house’ in garden goes on market for $2.24million
  Posted at 7NEWS

• Xbox Game Pass for July 2019: Undertale, Middle-earth: Shadow of War
  Posted at Polygon

• 'Jack Reacher' TV Series in the Works at Amazon
  Posted at Hollywood Reporter

• Martin Freeman almost rejected Bilbo Baggins role in The Hobbit
  Posted at NEWS.com.au

• Martin Freeman almost rejected Hobbit role
  Posted at RTE.ie

• ‘NeverEnding Story’ Music Number in ‘Stranger Things 3’ Was Originally ‘Lord of the Rings’ Themed
  Posted at IndieWire

• See hobbit-like trulli houses in Puglia, Italy
  Posted at National Geographic

• Silicon Valley 'hobbit village' featuring a BOMB SHELTER goes on the market for $3.4million
  Posted at Daily Mail

• Daily Podcast: Jurassic World: The Ride, Lord of The Rings, Comic-Con, Back to the Future 4 & Akira Sequel
  Posted at /FILM

• A New Lord of the Rings Free to Play MMO is in the Works
  Posted at Kotaku UK

• Lord of the Rings Team Releases Vales of Anduin Soundtrack
  Posted at MMORPG.com

• Russell Crowe turned down Lord of the Rings, missed out on $100 million
  Posted at NEWS.com.au

• From Middle England to Middle-earth: Matamata and Hobbiton
  Posted at New Zealand Herald

• What happened to the wacky, 9-dome West Linn Hobbit Home? See for yourself
  Posted at OregonLive

• Auckland secures 'huge' part of US Amazon Lord of the Rings production - most expensive TV show ever at $1.5 billion plus
  Posted at New Zealand Herald

• Martin Freeman nearly rejected Hobbit role over fears it would harm personal life
  Posted at Mirror Online

• Screen Sounds: The music of Lord of the Rings
  Posted at ABC News

• The movies Men In Black: International and Tolkien are disappointing
  Posted at The Canberra Times

• [ Blu-ray ] Middle Earth The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Collection - £44.79 @ Amazon (30% off at checkout)
  Posted at The Digital Fix

• Net Worth Of The Stars Of The Lord Of The Rings | TheRichest
  Posted at TheRichest

• Priest son of Lord Of The Rings author JRR Tolkien 'told scouts to strip and abused altar boy'
  Posted at Birmingham Live

• JA Bayona set to direct Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings'
  Posted at AfterBuzz TV

• EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment Earth Reveals Beetlejuice and Lord of the Rings Push Puppets
  Posted at sdccblog.com

• Sponsored: How Lord of the Rings Online cranked up store conversions
  Posted at Gamasutra

• Keanu Reeves' 'John Wick 3' Overcame One Huge Disadvantage (Box Office)
  Posted at Forbes

• Middle-Earth: Shadow of War and 7 other games coming to Xbox Game Pass this month
  Posted at KitGuru

• The Hobbit pub suffers burglary for second time
  Posted at Daily Echo

• Games Inbox: Why do gamers always seem so angry?
  Posted at Metro.co.uk

• SpongeBob Meets Lord of the Rings: Belle Delphine’s Bath Water Sale Triggers Meme Eruption Online
  Posted at Sputnik International

• Jacinda Ardern reiterates interest in luring $1.5b Lord of the Rings TV series to NZ
  Posted at TVNZ

• Ian McKellen to Return to Broadway for an Evening of Tolkien, Shakespeare, and Others
  Posted at Playbill.com

• The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum, Everything You Should Know About The Game
  Posted at The Digital Wise

• Meet the bishop who weaves art, Gospel, and Tolkien into ministry
  Posted at The B.C. Catholic

• Birmingham Archdiocese 'ignored abuse to protect reputation'
  Posted at BBC News

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

• 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

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

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

• Tolkien Struggles to Justify Its Existence and Almost Succeeds
  Posted at Gizmodo

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

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

• What Tolkien Knew About Love
  Posted at The New York Times

• Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings': Second Age Explained
  Posted at Hollywood Reporter

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

• Handcrafted 'hobbit' yurt is feature of new Drefach Felindre campsite
  Posted at Tivyside Advertiser

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

• Nicholas Hoult On Becoming JRR Tolkien
  Posted at NPR

• The Final Treasure from the Tolkien Hoard
  Posted at lareviewofbooks

• Tolkien estate disavows forthcoming film starring Nicholas Hoult
  Posted at The Guardian

• ‘Fellowship! The Musical’ brings back all the ‘Lord of the Rings’ characters — but this time, they’re funny
  Posted at Los Angeles Times

• Tolkien fans, here's your chance to be part of author's oral history
  Posted at USA TODAY

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