The Much Bemusing Bloggery of Online Tolkien Scholarli
Every now and then I find myself searching with great frustration for the blogs of people who, in my opinion, have something credible and interesting to say about J.R.R. Tolkien, Middle-earth, or some...
View ArticleCalling All Tolkien Scholars! All Hands On Deck!
In case you have been sleeping under a rock this evening, and you’re just now getting around to checking your Tolkien, science fiction and fantasy, or Xenite.Org network blogs, we just launched a new...
View ArticleTolkien and Racism Revisited – Again
Three new episodes of Middle-earth Talk Radio were released today, bringing the episode list up-to-date at Middle-earth Talk Radio. I could say many interesting things about these episodes but I wanted...
View ArticleOn the Interviews with the Scholars Series
This week I have published the latest and (for now) last in my series of interviews with Tolkien scholars at the Xenite.Org Middle-earth Website. I invite you to read An Interview with John Garth....
View ArticleNew Video Series: The MERPCon and Tolkien Moot Lectures
Technically, the videos are not being promoted as a “MERPCon and Tolkien Moot Lecture Series” but that is what they are. Lectures from Tolkien scholars and researchers given at the Spokane, WA MERPCon...
View ArticleHawke Robinson’s Middle-earth Network Goes Silent
It has been no secret that Middle-earth Talk Radio has struggled to continue its progressive series of Tolkien-inspired talk shows. Hawke Robinson wanted to achieve so much with the show that he was...
View ArticleTolkien Scholar Divulges Complex History of the Brighton Manuscript
If you have been wondering where to find more information about the Brighton Manuscript, Tolkien scholar Michael Martinez has put together the definitive article summarizing everything that is known...
View ArticleEnglish Teacher Takes Students Through Middle-earth
Many teachers now love to read Tolkien to their classes, or include him in reading assignments. And while I am sure there must be many blogs where these teachers share their classroom experiences I...
View ArticleHwaet? Learn Old English Online and Enjoy Tolkien More!
Online Old English courses may enjoy a new surge of interest from fans of J.R.R. Tolkien as they delve into the depth of the language through his latest book, Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary. Of...
View ArticleXenite.Org Launches New Science Fiction & Fantasy Movies Portal
It has been many years since Xenite.Org updated its science fiction and fantasy movies portal. But now we have and you can browse many hours’ worth of videos while catching up on who’s who in some of...
View ArticleFan Film: “Tolkien’s Road”, My Review
Every now and then you come across something remarkable on the Internet, well worth sharing. “Tolkien’s Road” is just such a thing. We’ll call it a Silmaril in the rough for it is not perfect but it is...
View ArticleWatch Middle-earth Talk Episode 51 from Tolkien Moot XI
Tolkien Moot is the name my friend Hawke Robinson chose when he rebranded the MERPcon gaming convention a few years back. Because of trademark issues Hawke has always kept the conference free, small,...
View ArticleWatch Middle-earth Talk Episode 52 from Tolkien Moot XII
Middle-earth Talk has now become an annual video chat between me and Hawke Robinson, who chairs the Spokane, WA Ea Tolkien Society smial, a chapter of the Tolkien Society. I was able to join them for...
View ArticleLectures on Tolkien and Rowling
I confess that what led me to these videos was a search for a quote by J.K. Rowling (which I have yet to find at this writing) where, allegedly, she compares her writing to J.R.R. Tolkien’s. Please...
View ArticleNew Tolkien Book to Be Published in 2021
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt released a press release today (you can read it on Xenite.Org) announcing the impending publication of The Nature of Middle-earth by J.R.R. Tolkien and edited by Carl...
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