The Lord of the Rings is a soldier’s tale, a milieu story, a love story, a mythology, a eulogy for the pre-industrial era, a condemnation […]
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Exclusive interviews with Tolkien scholars, artists, gamers, archivists, and anyone else with whom we can sit down and chat.
An Interview With Jason Fisher
While reading The Lord of the Rings or The Silmarillion, a student of J.R.R. Tolkien’s literature is as likely to see the corpse-strewn moors of […]
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An Interview with Douglas Charles Kane
In 1977 I walked into a bookstore and asked when The Silmarillion would be released. The manager told me it was coming out in 3 […]
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Christopher Tolkien, the Silmarillion, and the Machine
If you ever have the opportunity to watch the full 2-hour documentary J.R.R.T.: A Film Portrait of J.R.R. Tolkien (which unfortunately is only available in […]
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An Interview with Michael D.C. Drout
Who holds the keys to Middle-earth? Is it Christopher Tolkien and the Tolkien Estate? Is it Tom Shippey, who in many readers’ eyes is most […]
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An Interview with Wayne Hammond and Christina Scull
As I compile these interviews, I find myself wanting to say with each interviewee, “Few people are as qualified as …” and I have, in […]
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An Interview with John Rateliff
All the land is abuzz about hobbits for one reason or another. There is, of course, the upcoming film duology from Peter Jackson which is […]
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An Interview with Janet Brennan Croft
As a living language English sometimes follows an odd turn or two in bringing words forward from its past. One need not tell the dedicated […]
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