The Hall of Fire

Thank you sssooooooooooo much .

Does anyone know the source for this quote? I took it down as I read it but not the source. I think it is the Sil but not 100% sure.

I think this is the quote that you are thinking of, which is also talked about in Carpenter's biography. SA back-wash from the Convention was a visit from an American film-agent (one of the adjudicating panel) who drove out all the way in a taxi from London to see me last week, filling 76 S[andfiel...

Doug Anderson asked me to review the new book Adapting Tolkien: Proceedings of The Tolkien Society Seminar 2020 , edited by Will Sherwood for the Journal of Tolkien Research, and I thought folks might find it of interest. https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol14/iss1/4/ Great summar...

I'm not much on military matters, but I would have to say that the answer is Gondor. Arnor didn't last very long as an intact kingdom, quickly disintegrating into smaller, competing realms. And it was Gondor that sent aid to King Araphant of the North-Kingdom, to the wonder of both Men and Elves: ‘...

My 11-year-old so has read The Hobbit and has recently started FOTR and the questions are rolling in. He loves the military aspects of Middle-earth He asked me who was stronger militarily at their peak, Gondor or Arnor, and I could not give him an answer because I don't know. Did Tolkien give us the...

So we just finished the first disk of TT and I have to say I can never watch LOTR on anything but 4 k from here on out. It just won't be the same. I love it and recommend it to anyone.

I will be watching LOTR extended on 4 K this new years for the first time. My oldest son is coming home and staying the weekend and me, the wife, and our four kids will be eating pizza, chips, soda, candy, and other delicious type food while watching FOTR on our new 4 k tv tonight. Tomorrow, it will...

Several weeks ago, the well-known Tolkienist Michael Martinez (hi Michael!) started a new Interview with Tolkien Scholars series. The first interview, on October 14, 2011, was with Janet Brennan Croft, the editor of Mythlore and the author of War and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien , winner of the Myth...

Thanks for all the help. It has opened new avenues of research for me.

I did warn you (even before it was published) that "there is an aspect to my review that I am fairly sure that you will disagree with. And that is okay." I thought that Carl's response to my review was measured and reasonable. There is an ongoing debate going on about this issue. The tabl...

Sorry I should have been clearer. By 'new one', I mean the one that is just about to come out. Janet wrote on Monday: "Mythlore #139 should be going to the printer later this week; it'll be at least another week before subscribers see it online or in their email, and a bit longer before paper ...

I did warn you (even before it was published) that "there is an aspect to my review that I am fairly sure that you will disagree with. And that is okay." I thought that Carl's response to my review was measured and reasonable. There is an ongoing debate going on about this issue. The tabl...

My review of The Nature of Middle-earth is now life at the Journal of Tolkien Research: https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol13/iss1/5/ ETA: And Carl's response, at TORN, for any who are interested: http://newboards.theonering.net/forum/gforum/perl/gforum.cgi?post=984549;#984549 A ...

I finished mine a while back thoe I never attempted any type of critical analysis. I am anxious to hear your review of it and show me what I missed myself.

Cant wait. I preordered my copy of Nature but nothing yet. Some have received their copies already. I am jealous.

I assume you mean Unfinished Tales , not "lost tales." Though I would love an illustrated version of The Book of Lost Tales (which I am currently rereading as part of an effort to read the entirety of HoMe consecutively in preparation for reviewing the upcoming book The Nature of Middle-e...

My copy arrived along with my new illustrated edition of lost tales. I must haste through ROTK so I can start.

Reading through TT and noticed something I had never noticed before. The "Rohan" flag I associate with, that is the running white horse with a green background is not a "Rohan" flag but the symbol for the House of Eorl. Théoden's house. But what is the flag for the men of the Wes...