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• Middle-earth Map March Madness: Round 1 update!
  March 22nd, 2:39pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by greendragon

• TORn goes to Wondercon in Anaheim next week
  March 20th, 10:01pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Garfeimao

• Middle-earth Map March Madness – Silmarillion locations
  March 20th, 3:25pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by greendragon

• Middle-earth Map March Madness starts now!!
  March 20th, 3:08am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by greendragon

• Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Aragorn at Amon Hen Preview
  March 15th, 6:01am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by elessar

• Today in Middle-earth, March 15
  March 15th, 6:00am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by grammaboodawg

• Collecting The Precious – Iron Studios Gandalf the Grey, Frodo Baggins, & Ringwraith Pre-Orders
  March 15th, 5:46am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by elessar

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

• Middle-earth March Madness is coming soon
  March 13th, 11:29am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Garfeimao

• Today in Middle-earth, March 13
  March 13th, 6:00am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by grammaboodawg

• TheOneRing.net Exclusive!: new “Tolkien” movie poster
  March 12th, 2:03pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Altaira

• ?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

• Amazon Prime’s new map welcomes us to the Second Age
  March 7th, 7:26pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Altaira

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

• New “Tolkien” trailer released by Fox Searchlight Pictures
  March 6th, 2:30pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Altaira

• 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

• 2019.02 - BOOKS: In the library
  February 24th, 5:31pm UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.02 - BOOKS: Bookworms
  February 23rd, 5:06pm UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.02 - BOOKS: Old man reading
  February 23rd, 3:47pm UTC at Portfolio

• What Do We Know about Thorin’s Halls in the Blue Mountains?
  February 21st, 1:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• What Do We Know about the Divisions and Actions of the Maiar in Middle-earth?
  February 18th, 1:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Amazon Launches a LoTR On Prime Website
  February 15th, 9:32pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Xenite.Org Administrator

• 2019.02 - BOOKS: The best How(e) to book ever...
  February 12th, 11:21am UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.02 - BOOKS: Goethe
  February 9th, 9:58am UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.01 - CHIMERAS: Mother of monsters
  January 28th, 7:07pm UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.01 - CHIMERAS: Turtles and other birds
  January 28th, 2:56pm UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.01 - CHIMERAS: Release the Crocken!
  January 20th, 8:10pm UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.01 - CHIMERAS: The Hunting of the Snorm
  January 20th, 3:13pm UTC at Portfolio

• What Is the Earliest Date Hobbits Could Have Settled in the Vales of Anduin?
  November 29th, 1:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• How Would the Seven Rings Have Affected Mortals?
  November 5th, 1:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Were There Still Any Dragons in Middle-earth by the Time of the War of the Ring?
  October 11th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• From Where Did Thorin Travel When He First Met Gandalf?
  October 8th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Who Lived In Tharbad?
  October 4th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Could Scatha Have Captured One of the 7 Dwarven Rings?
  September 27th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• What Kinds of Questions Does Michael Martinez Answer?
  September 24th, 12:30pm 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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• Amazon Reveals When Its ‘Lord of The Rings’ TV Series Takes Place
  Posted at TheWrap

• Toy Tuesday: The Most Epic 'Lord of the Rings' Toys
  Posted at Geek

• Middle-earth Map March Madness: Round 1 update! | Hobbit Movie News and Rumors
  Posted at TheOneRing.net

• COMMENTARY: J. R. R. Tolkien: best author of the 20th century
  Posted at Fredericksburg.com

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

• Children's Theatre's witty 'Hobbit' skips, dances and soars
  Posted at MinnPost

• 7 Things in Lord Of The Rings Canon That Peter Jackson Ignored
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Art review: Celebrating the lord of 'The Lord of the Rings'
  Posted at The Boston Globe

• Lord of the Rings Reading Guide: ‘The Silmarillion’ to ‘Return of the King’
  Posted at Slanted

• Hayao Miyazaki Seems To Hate Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones And Hollywood Movies
  Posted at Kotaku

• Fearing a trademark lawsuit, Maine's 'Hobbit Hill' farm agrees to change name
  Posted at WGME

• Children's Theatre Company stages minimalist, magical 'Hobbit'
  Posted at Minneapolis Star Tribune

• Middle-earth Map March Madness – Silmarillion locations | Hobbit Movie News and Rumors
  Posted at TheOneRing.net

• Review: “The Hobbit” Makes World Premiere at Children's Theatre Company
  Posted at Minnesota Monthly

• Tolkien trailer taught me I don't know how to pronounce Tolkien's name
  Posted at CNET

• It’s starting to look like Amazon’s Lord Of The Rings series won't be about Aragorn, after all
  Posted at The A.V. Club

• Amazon's Lord of the Rings writers' room has security rivaling Mordor
  Posted at CNET

• The journey toward The Lord Of The Rings continues in the latest Tolkien trailer
  Posted at The A.V. Club

• 10 Storylines From The LotR Books That Should Be Made Into Their Own Movies
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Major TV Series set in Middle Earth of Lord of the Rings on its Way
  Posted at The Vintage News

• 'Hobbit' human story gets a twist, thanks to thousands of rat bones
  Posted at National Geographic

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

• What Will Amazon's Lord of the Rings TV Series Be About?
  Posted at IGN

• The 10 Best Gifts For The Lord Of The Rings Fan In Your Life
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Review: Children’s Theatre’s ‘Hobbit’ is an imaginative adventure sans CGI
  Posted at St. Paul Pioneer Press

• Watch the new trailer for ‘Tolkien,’ as Nicholas Hoult woos Lily Collins and dreams up a fellowship
  Posted at Gold Derby

• Middle-earth March Madness is coming soon | Hobbit Movie News and Rumors
  Posted at TheOneRing.net

• New 'Tolkien' Trailer Depicts WWI Influence on 'Lord of the Rings'
  Posted at Military.com

• Middle-earth Map March Madness starts now!! | Hobbit Movie News and Rumors
  Posted at TheOneRing.net

• Amazon's Lord of the Rings series to be set in the Second Age
  Posted at MercatorNet

• Tolkien's drawings reveal a wizard at work | 1843
  Posted at The Economist 1843

• Afterword Tavern & Shelves serves a Lord of the Rings-inspired twist on a New York Sour
  Posted at Kansas City Star

• Tolkien: The One Ring Takes Center Stage in New Poster | CBR
  Posted at CBR

• You can fight the Balrog in this Middle Earth Skyrim mod
  Posted at PCGamesN

• The Creative Brilliance of J.R.R. Tolkien
  Posted at The Epoch Times

• 10 Unsolved Mysteries from the Lord of the Rings Canon
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Marlon James Talks the Power of Myth and Trauma in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-Earth
  Posted at Gizmodo

• Dimension 20: Fantasy High - Lord of the Rings Meets John Hughes On College Humor
  Posted at Bleeding Cool News

• Tolkien exhibition in New York offers glimpse into ‘Hobbit’ author as loving father
  Posted at Aleteia EN

• Weekender | My love-hate relationship with 'The Lord of the Rings' films
  Posted at Daily Californian

• The extreme security measures of Amazon’s “Lord of the Rings” writers room
  Posted at Quartz

• Changes in rat size reveal habitat of 'Hobbit' hominin: A new glimpse into the shifting ecology of Homo floresiensis
  Posted at Science Daily

• Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings' Reveals Series Setting
  Posted at Allentown Morning Call

• The Lord Of The Rings: 25 Ridiculous Things About Frodo Baggins Everyone Ignores
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Lord of the Rings TV series on Prime release date: When is LOTR series out?
  Posted at Express

• Skyrim Middle Earth Redone is the one mod to rule them all
  Posted at Eurogamer.net

• ‘Hobbit’ farm changes name over potential lawsuit
  Posted at Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News

• C.S. Lewis returns to Louisiana College with J.R.R. Tolkien
  Posted at Alexandria Town Talk

• Cave full of rat bones reveals 'Hobbit' habitat
  Posted at Futurity: Research News

• Lord of the Rings TV series on Prime: Where is Numenor in Amazon Prime series?
  Posted at Express

• Deranged babysitter tried to kill neighbour’s daughter, 5, with a hammer because she thought she was Gollum f
  Posted at The Sun

• PJC production of "The Hobbit" opens February 28, 2019
  Posted at eParisExtra.com

• Children's Theatre Company boils down J.R.R. Tolkien's epic 'The Hobbit' for just five actors
  Posted at Minneapolis Star Tribune

• Resurfaced Hayao Miyazaki Interview Sees Director Bash Hollywood Blockbusters
  Posted at Comicbook.com

• Happy Birthday, Lily Collins! 7 of the Tolkien Star's Best Roles
  Posted at Parade

• Amazon's Lord Of The Rings: 10 Crucial Second Age Events It Must Include
  Posted at WhatCulture

• LOTR: Return of the King’s 5 best beasts, explained by Weta VFX artists
  Posted at Polygon

• West Philly's hobbit-door creator fell ill — and then her neighbors stepped in to help
  Posted at PhillyVoice.com

• Lord of the Rings TV series: Government talks with Amazon Studios stay secret
  Posted at Stuff.co.nz

• Game of Thrones finale is paving the way for a spectacular Lord of The Rings
  Posted at Metro.co.uk

• A tiny cast takes on epic story in CTC's 'Hobbit'
  Posted at Minnesota Public Radio News

• BWW Interview: Grand Adventures Behind the Scenes in Greg Banks' World Premiere THE HOBBIT at CTC
  Posted at Broadway World

• Senator compares drugmakers to Gollum from Lord of the Rings
  Posted at Roll Call

• Woman Shares Home With 90 Rescue Animals She Named After Lord of the Rings Characters
  Posted at Good News Network

• Get your tickets for Wordplay; 'The Hobbit' opens at the Children's Theatre
  Posted at MinnPost

• Meet the Lord Of The Rings location scout who might just have the best job in the world
  Posted at British GQ

• Learn The History Of Sauron Before Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings' Series
  Posted at HN Entertainment

• Lord of The Rings on Amazon Prime: Security measures are extreme
  Posted at Metro.co.uk

• A Day Away: Man-made wonders and Middle Earth on display at the Morgan Library
  Posted at Reading Eagle

• Lord of the Rings cast: Tom Payne confirms auditions for Aragorn
  Posted at Metro.co.uk

• Lord of The Rings TV series cast: Who could play Aragorn?
  Posted at Metro.co.uk

• Luther star Idris Elba in talks to star in new comic book movie
  Posted at DigitalSpy.com

• Sentient rock gods, Hamlet, and a dash of LOTR: Ann Leckie's The Raven Tower
  Posted at Ars Technica

• St Edward's Church – Stow-on-the-Wold, England
  Posted at Atlas Obscura

• 'Star Trek,' 'Lord of the Rings' stars are on the roster for the first Wisconsin Comic Convention
  Posted at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

• Archbishop Chaput to College Students: Following God's Will Is Answer to Dark Times
  Posted at National Catholic Register

• UPI Almanac for Saturday, March 23, 2019
  Posted at UPI News

• 15 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend
  Posted at The New York Times

• Fans of the fellowship can buy this hobbit-style home for under $200K
  Posted at Digital Trends

• Hobbit house-styled New Zealand lodge offer rooms for £1k a night
  Posted at Daily Mail

• New Funko Pops: Dragon Ball Z, Lord Of The Rings, Rick & Morty, Power Rangers, And More
  Posted at GameSpot

• Where Can I Spend Bitcoin? The Ultimate List [2019]
  Posted at CryptoManiaks

• Rumour: Benioff and Weiss's 'Star Wars' movies will be 'Star Wars meets Lord of the Rings'
  Posted at Yahoo Movies

• 5 New TV Series That Could Determine Which Streaming Service Wins You Over
  Posted at Observer

• 14 Spring Museum Exhibitions to Check Out in NYC
  Posted at City Guide NY

• Amazon is aggressively entering entertainment - with two big advantages
  Posted at ClickZ

• Woman tried to kill five-year-old because she thought child was Gollum from The Lord of the Rings
  Posted at Daily Mail

• The best games like Skyrim
  Posted at VG247

• Amazon orders Dark Tower pilot, casts Gunslinger and Man in Black
  Posted at Winter is Coming

• Orlando Bloom Lists Beverly Hills Bachelor Pad
  Posted at Variety

• Amazon’s ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Series Lays Out Possible Direction, Literally
  Posted at Deadline

• U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand: Kiwis are resilient
  Posted at Turn to 10

• Reconciling faith with the reality of the church not easy
  Posted at Prince George Citizen

• Stephen Colbert cancels planned trip to NZ after the Christchurch mosque shooting
  Posted at Stuff.co.nz

• The quest to binge-read 'Lord of the Rings' in one day
  Posted at Mashable

• Christopher Tolkien and the legacy of his father JRR Tolkien: The Steward of Middle-earth
  Posted at The Weekly Standard

• The New Zealand Massacre | Columns
  Posted at Washington Times Herald

• Amazon shares interactive Middle-earth map for Lord of the Rings series
  Posted at CNET

• Everything you need to know about Doncaster Unleashed, the next family Comic-Con
  Posted at Doncaster Today

• ‘Tolkien’ Trailer: Fox Searchlight Biopic Stars Nicholas Hoult As ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ Author
  Posted at Deadline