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The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien: The Places That Inspired Middle-earth by John Garth

A comparison of Tolkien's life and the geography of his works. Discusses it from the first Books of Lost Tales when he mapped his fantasy lands directly on England to the final works. Divided up by geographical type, such as the countryside he grew up, forests, and the trip to the Alps that influenced his mountains. Carefully gathers the evidence toward elements being possible or certain influences.

Middle-Earth: Journeys in Myth and Legend by Donato Giancola

Artwork based on Tolkien's tales. Many gorgeous oil paintings, and a lot of good sketches. Heavily weighted toward Lord of the Rings, but does include Hobbit and Silmarillion.

Crossposts: https://marycatelli.livejournal.com/1192142.html

No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.

J.R.R. Tolkien

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The Fall of Gondolin by J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien

I don't think this is as good as Beren and Luthien. This is not so much a flaw in the compilation as a lack in the original material. His last stab at the story was the most dramatic, but stopped when Tuor reached Gondolin.

Crossposts: https://marycatelli.livejournal.com/1014302.html

A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.

J.R.R. Tolkien

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The War of the Ring: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Three by J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien

This covers the second half of Two Towers and the first half of Return. Less fumbling about for inspiration than the opening -- but some, with the future Orthanc stone first being just shattered when it hits the ground, or Faramir's name and relationship to Boromir -- and a lot of work with time tables. (This is what happens when you split up the party and four separate courses of events have to interweave.)

Crossposts: https://marycatelli.livejournal.com/950199.html

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

This is not The Lord of the Rings. It isn't even in the same genre, and the difference is greater than with The Hobbit (and in the other direction).

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Sauron Defeated: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Four by J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien

Rounding out the tale of how The Lord of the Rings was written, ( Read more... )

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Beren and Lúthien by J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien

For people who want to understand what happened to the tale in its various revisions before it reached the form that Christopher Tolkien put in the Silmarillion and which gets alluded in The Lord of the Rings.

I find it interesting to watch his concept of Middle-Earth shift with world-building.

Crossposts: https://marycatelli.livejournal.com/944830.html

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
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Was contemplating Tolkien.

One problem with world-building like his (though you see the full extent only in the Silmarillion), is that it leaves no stray corners.
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Leaf by Niggle by J.R.R. Tolkien

A short work by the master -- written in a troubled time in his life -- on art and duty and their meaning in life and afterlife.

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book by J.R.R. Tolkien

A collection of verse by the author of Lord of the Rings -- given a frame to fit in the universe. Most existed and were in fact published in places before that work. . . Tom appeared in Lord from here, not vice versa.

Sam's Oliphant poem and another piece of beast lore. Frodo's Man In the Moon one and another expanded nursery rhyme. Two narratives of Tom. Ranging in tone from the cheery and frivolous to the rather sinister.

The Treason of Isengard by J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien

The continuing analysis of the writing process.

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It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

J.R.R. Tolkien

Was thinking of series and their notoriously interminable sprawls. . . the sort that Tom Simon wrote so eloquently about in Zeno's mountains.

And which Harry Potter did not turn into, however fat the later volumes became.

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In western lands beneath the Sun
the flowers may rise in Spring,
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The greater part of the truth is always hidden, in regions out of the reach of cynicism.

J.R.R. Tolkien

I sit beside the fire and think
of all that I have seen,
of meadow-flowers and butterflies
in summers that have been;

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The Return of the Shadow by J. R. R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien

I can only review this from the point of view of a writer. Which can find it very interesting indeed. Knowing The Lord of the Rings is essential.

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Entries tagged with j. r. r. tolkien

The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien

Middle-Earth: Journeys in Myth and Legend

light

The Fall of Gondolin

A safe fairyland

The War of the Ring

The Silmarillion

Sauron Defeated

Beren and Lúthien

The Old Walking Song

metaphysics and mystery

Leaf by Niggle

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book

The Treason of Isengard

observation

series and sprawl

In western lands beneath the Sun

truth

Happy Hobbit Birthday

The Return of the Shadow