Fourteen fabulous quotes from Bilbo Baggins for Hobbit Day!
Today is September 22 — which means that (in the Shire Reckoning) it’s the birthdays of Bilbo and...
Continue readingWelcome to The Library
Formerly known as "Greenbooks", the library is a place for more in-depth articles of a scholarly nature. Yeah…it's for hard-core Tolkien fans.
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The evolution of Tolkien’s Smaug
In this interesting feature over on Heirs of Durin, Ringer ArchedCory delves into the nature and characteristics of...
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The Alps that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien’s writing
One of the most glorious aspects of reading The Lord of the Rings, is his abiding love of...
Continue readingWhy The Hobbit movie’s divergences are beneficial
Another interesting thought-piece that I stumbled on in my Middle-earth wanderings across the internet. In this article, Tolkien...
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Analysing the role of The Necromancer in The Hobbit
We know that The Necromancer has a big role to play in The Desolation of Smaug. But just...
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David Salo on Black Speech, orc dialects and the mind...
In this piece on his blog Midgardsmal, linguist David Salo writes about how he derived various Orkish dialects...
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