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• Amazon TV series to be filmed in New Zealand
  September 19th, 6:50pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Altaira

• War Dog
  September 15th, 6:01pm UTC at Portfolio

• The LA Baggins Birthday Bash is nigh. . .
  September 3rd, 7:10am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Garfeimao

• Today in Middle-earth, September 2: In Remembrance of J.R.R. Tolkien
  September 2nd, 11:56am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by grammaboodawg

• The Great Hall of Poets
  September 2nd, 9:39am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Kelvarhin

• DragonCon 2019 – TORn’s 21st DragonCon!
  August 30th, 4:54am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by greendragon

• 2019.08 - HOLLOW EARTH: Hollow earth
  August 29th, 9:52pm UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.08 - HOLLOW EARTH: The thing in the cave
  August 28th, 8:37pm UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.08 - HOLLOW EARTH: Escape From The Hollow Earth
  August 28th, 8:02pm UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.08 - HOLLOW EARTH: Graeme
  August 24th, 3:35pm UTC at Portfolio

• Collecting The Precious – Asmus Toys Mouth of Sauron 1:6 figure
  August 22nd, 1:07pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by elessar

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

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

• FEATURE: Middle-earth on Glorious 70mm Celluloid Film
  August 20th, 8:12am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Cliff Quickbeam Broadway

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

• The Great Hall of Poets
  August 4th, 12:00pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Kelvarhin

• 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

• Breaking down the Amazon creative team video
  July 31st, 11:53pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Garfeimao

• Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Arwen and Frodo on Asfaloth Review
  July 30th, 3:00am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by elessar

• Collecting The Precious – Sideshow/Weta Theoden Statue Review
  July 29th, 4:50pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by elessar

• 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

• 2019.07 - CYBORG: Cyborg
  July 21st, 3:10pm UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.07 - CYBORG: Soldering
  July 21st, 3:10pm UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.07 - CYBORG: Robot
  July 19th, 2:44pm UTC at Portfolio

• 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

• 2019.07 - CYBORG: 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

• 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

• 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

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

• 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

• 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

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

• 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

• How Does Death Work in Middle-earth?
  April 25th, 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

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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• Lord of the Rings Show Filming Location Revealed: New Zealand
  Posted at Gizmodo

• Amazon's Middle Earth Series – Everything You Need To Know About The Lord Of The Rings Prequel
  Posted at Empire

• Love 'Lord of the Rings'? Audition for these Fantasy + Amazon Gigs
  Posted at Backstage

• Lord Of The Rings: Why Peter Jackson Couldn't Adapt The Silmarillion
  Posted at Screen Rant

• New Zealand insect named after hobbit Frodo Baggins from Lord of the Rings
  Posted at The Guardian

• UC Irvine's Middle Earth housing opens two new towers days ahead of student move-in
  Posted at Los Angeles Times

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

• 'The Lord of the Rings' heads back to New Zealand
  Posted at Gulf News

• New Zealand FX Houses Move Beyond Middle-Earth to Challenge Weta Digital
  Posted at Hollywood Reporter

• The Lord Of The Rings: 10 Behind-The-Scenes Secrets You Never Knew About The Makeup And Costumes
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Game Of Thrones Author Still Wants Some Answers From The Lord Of The Rings
  Posted at Cinema Blend

• Greetings from middle-earth
  Posted at The Hindu

• Lord Of The Rings-inspired ‘Hobbit hole’ wins Shed of the Year – but which is your favourite?
  Posted at The Sun

• Lord Of The Rings Series: 5 Reasons We're Excited (& 5 Why We're Worried)
  Posted at Screen Rant

• The Lord Of The Rings: 10 Aragorn Mannerisms From The Book Viggo Mortensen Nails
  Posted at Screen Rant

• 'Lord of the Rings' was my favourite death: Sean Bean
  Posted at Montreal Gazette

• Lord Of The Rings: The 10 Worst Things The Fellowship Has Ever Done, Ranked
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Port Orchard ‘Hobbit’ house welcomes fans from around the world
  Posted at Q13 News Seattle

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

• On Display in Gearhart Hall: Redesigning Tolkien's Elves
  Posted at University of Arkansas Newswire

• WIRE Buzz: LOTR returning to New Zealand; Big Mouth spits out NSFW trailer; more
  Posted at SYFY WIRE

• The Lord of the Rings: 10 Details About Sauron's Costume You Never Noticed
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Game of Thrones author draws attention to Lord of the Rings 'plot holes'
  Posted at digitalspy.com

• The winners of Shed of the Year have been announced, featuring Lord of the Rings, the space race — and a shed on the back of a lorry
  Posted at Country Life

• Will Poulter Is Set To Appear In This Seriously Exciting 'Lord Of The Rings' Remake
  Posted at Bustle

• Watch Ansel Elgort and Oakes Fegley argue about The Hobbit
  Posted at The A.V. Club

• Borderlands 3 - Lord of the Rings Easter Egg quest and gun
  Posted at Shacknews

• Liv Tyler Shows Off Pricey 'Lord of The Rings' Collector's Items Wasting Away in Her Attic
  Posted at The Blast

• Borderlands 3: How to get the Lord of the Rings shotgun
  Posted at Dexerto

• New Lord of the Rings television series to be made in New Zealand
  Posted at The Irish Times

• Exclusive: Billy Connolly discusses being in The Hobbit: "The size of the outfit I wore, it was like wearing my Volkswagen"
  Posted at GamesRadar

• Lord of the Rings-inspired 'hobbit hole' voted one of Britain's best garden hideaways
  Posted at Daily Mail

• This Airbnb Feels Like a Real-life Hobbit House Straight Out of Middle-earth — but It's Right Here in the U.S.
  Posted at Travel+Leisure

• George RR Martin says Lord of the Rings isn't 'perfect' due to plot holes
  Posted at The Independent

• Science Fiction & Fantasy: The Finest World-Builder Since Tolkien
  Posted at Wall Street Journal

• Lord of the Rings: 'He went on FOREVER' Sean Bean talks behind the scenes of Boromir death
  Posted at Express

• Asmodee Digital launches The Lord of the Rings card game on Steam
  Posted at VentureBeat

• Lord of The Rings slated by George RR Martin ahead of $250 million Amazon epic
  Posted at Metro.co.uk

• The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy: 10 Questions We Still Want Answered
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Tolkien Tourism
  Posted at Planeta.com

• Everything We Know (So Far) About Amazon's Lord Of The Rings Series
  Posted at Screen Rant

• The Lord Of The Rings: 10 Gandalf Mannerisms From The Books Ian McKellen Nails
  Posted at Screen Rant

• 10 Travel Destinations That Feel Like Middle Earth | TheTravel
  Posted at TheTravel

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

• The Run-Around: Celebrate Hobbit Day With a Virtual Race on Sept. 22
  Posted at Our Community Now at Colorado

• The Hobbit pub company goes into liquidation in Southampton
  Posted at BBC News

• Game of Thrones: George RR Martin points out HILARIOUS Lord of the Rings plot holes
  Posted at Express

• Amazon's Lord Of The Rings Series: What We Know So Far
  Posted at Cinema Blend

• This Hobbit House on Etsy Is Perfect for Backyard Vacations
  Posted at Travel+Leisure

• 15 Books Like LORD OF THE RINGS
  Posted at Book Riot

• The Dark Crystal's Skeksis vs. Lord of the Rings' Sauron: Who is more evil?
  Posted at SYFY WIRE

• Lord of the Rings: 10 Things From The Return Of The King That Haven't Aged Well
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Bad news Scotland – LOTR is officially shooting in New Zealand
  Posted at Shortlist

• Sean Bean reveals his favourite on-screen death was in The Lord Of The Rings as it was 'very heroic'
  Posted at Daily Mail

• This Photographer Shoots 'Lord of the Rings' Scenes on a Tabletop
  Posted at PetaPixel

• Tolkien and Lewis: Masters of Myth and Tellers of Truth
  Posted at National Catholic Register

• Borderlands 3: How To Find The Lord of The Rings Shotgun and Easter Egg
  Posted at Comicbook.com

• Tolkien’s Lobelia Sackville-Baggins is probably a misogynist satire of women's rights campaigner Victoria Sackville-West
  Posted at Boing Boing

• New Netflix for kids in September: 'Lord of the Rings' movies, 'Turbo,' new 'Dragons'
  Posted at USA TODAY

• Hobbit hole playhouse from Wooden Wonders is backyard goals
  Posted at Curbed

• One-bedroom unit for rent in Culver City’s historic Hobbit Houses
  Posted at Curbed LA

• 7 Roles That Made New ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Prequel Star Will Poulter One to Watch
  Posted at Anglophenia

• Inside the Scottish 'Hobbit Hideaway' inspired by the Shire in Lord Of The Rings
  Posted at Daily Record

• Borderlands 3 features a Lord of the Rings Easter Egg and unique weapon
  Posted at VG247

• Orlando Bloom was only paid £140,000 for Lord Of The Rings trilogy
  Posted at Metro.co.uk

• 'My Sister's Keeper,' 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy coming to Netflix in September; All 'The Fast and the Furious' movies to go
  Posted at The Post

• Antiques Roadshow expert stuns Fiona Bruce with valuation of first edition Tolkien book
  Posted at Express

• Tourists flock to Washington Hobbit House
  Posted at KOIN.com

• Borderlands 3: How to find the Lord of the Rings Easter Egg and Balrog fire-whip gun
  Posted at VG247

• Orlando Bloom touts 'Carnival Row' range: fantasy, death, romance and "faerie sex levitation"
  Posted at USA TODAY

• Now that's what we're Tolkien about: You need one storage system to rule them all and in the darkness bind them
  Posted at The Register

• Parents Jake and Hobbit hide baby's sex from family to allow child to determine their own gender
  Posted at Bristol Post

• Lord Of The Rings Star Reportedly Being Eyed For MCU’s Doctor Doom
  Posted at We Got This Covered

• Hobbit Humphrey: Parents keep baby's sex a secret to avoid gender bias
  Posted at The Times

• Lord of The Rings, American Horror Story among Netflix upcoming movies and TV shows for September 2019
  Posted at Phones Wiki

• Plymouth dad explains why he is raising child 'gender neutral'
  Posted at Devon Live

• Lord of the Rings Online VIP Players Can Expect A Gift On Next Log In
  Posted at MMORPG.com

• Weekend Blu-ray deals from $8: Harry Potter Complete Collection, Hobbit, more
  Posted at 9to5Toys

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

• Amazon Finally Unveils Full Lord of the Rings Creative Team
  Posted at Vanity Fair

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Amazon’s new Lord of the Rings series could be about Aragorn
  Posted at Polygon

• Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ TV Show Confirms Second Age of Middle Earth and Númenor Setting
  Posted at IndieWire

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

• “The Lord of the Rings” as Lodestone: On Dome Karukoski's “Tolkien”
  Posted at lareviewofbooks

• ‘Lord Of The Rings’: Peter Jackson Predicted Return 20 Years Ago But Orlando Bloom Rules Out Appearance On Amazon Series
  Posted at Deadline

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

• Tolkien scholar reveals the changes Amazon's "Lord of the Rings" series is banned from making
  Posted at Salon

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

• Amazon is developing a Lord of the Rings MMO
  Posted at The Verge

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

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

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

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

• If "Lord of the Rings" is a parable for trauma, what can it teach us now?
  Posted at Salon