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John Garth @johngarthwriter.bsky.social · 2h

I've identified the manuscript #Tolkien used for his landmark 1939 lecture On Fairy-stories – previously thought lost. See my featured article, available online, in the latest issue of the Journal of Inklings Studies! www.euppublishing.com/journal/ink

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Tolkien Society @tolkiensociety.org · 2d

Tolkien Society Seminar - this Saturday

Don't forget to sign up for our 2025 Seminar on "Arda's Entangled Bodies and Environments", taking place this Saturday! The event is free to attend and open to all. The full schedule is on our website. #BookSky

www.tolkiensociety.org/events/semin...

Tolkien Society Seminar 2025 – Arda’s Entangled Bodies and Environments

The Tolkien Society Seminar is a short conference of both researcher-led and non-academic presentations on a specific theme pertaining to Tolkien scholarship. After the seminar, all paper recordings f...

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Andrew Ferguson @trotter.tolkienguide.com · 17h

289 of 365 - The Facsimile #Hobbit #Tolkien

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Jeremy @tolkienguide.com · 1d

The 2026 Beyond Bree Calendar is at the printer and will be shipping soon. Quite proud of this "best of" calendar with art from tons of awesome artists from 45(!) years of Beyond Bree newsletters and prior calendars. Get yours today!

www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb...

"Beyond Bree" text in illustrated manuscript layout with lots of little scenes and vignettes wrapped around the letters and floral decorations. Blue text with mainly glod, blue and red detail work.

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Jeremy @tolkienguide.com · 1d

The 2026 Beyond Bree Calendar is at the printer and will be shipping soon. Quite proud of this "best of" calendar with art from tons of awesome artists from 45(!) years of Beyond Bree newsletters and prior calendars. Get yours today!

www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb...

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Andrew Ferguson @trotter.tolkienguide.com · 1d

288 of 365 - The #Tolkien Family Album

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Andrew Ferguson @trotter.tolkienguide.com · 3d

286 of 365 - Essais de Philologie Moderne (1951) - Middle English "Losenger" #Tolkien

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Andrew Ferguson @trotter.tolkienguide.com · 4d

285 of 365 - Houghton Mifflin 2012 #Tolkien Cataloge

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Andrew Ferguson @trotter.tolkienguide.com · 6d

283 of 365 - Guild Publishing (UK Book Club) editions #Tolkien

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Andrew Ferguson @trotter.tolkienguide.com · 5d

284 of 365 - The #Hobbit from BBC Television "Jackanory" #Tolkien

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Jeremy @tolkienguide.com · 5d

It feels like code bytes would be interesting to see separated from (for example) image data bytes, which should (I would think) have a very different distribution

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Andrew Ferguson @trotter.tolkienguide.com · 7d

282 of 365 - Conversation with Smaug by J.R.R. #Tolkien

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Tolkien Society @tolkiensociety.org · 9d

New Tolkien Society publication!

Releasing on 25 November, "Númenor, the Mighty and Frail" includes 10 articles relating to Númenor, and its legacy. Edited by @willsherwood.bsky.social and published by @lunapress.bsky.social, it's now available to pre-order. www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/10/new-...

New Tolkien Society publication – <em>Númenor, The Mighty and Frail</em>

The Tolkien Society is pleased to announce that Númenor, the Mighty and Frail: Proceedings of The Tolkien Society Seminar 2023, the twenty-fifth book in the Peter Roe series, is now available to pre-o...

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Jeremy @tolkienguide.com · 9d

No harm in trying!

Xkcd comic

THIS WEEKEND, I HAD TO MAKE AN OVERSIZED SCREEN FOR A PORCH WINDOW.
IT INVOLVED COUNTLESS TINY PROBLEMS, EACH SOMEHOW WAY HARDER THAN IT SHOULD BE.
OBLIQUE ANGLES.
CURVED EDGES.
NONCOPLANARITY.
(0-un)
^ (0)
wº(26)
...I SOLVED THEM ALL.
I MEASURED PRECISELY.
I DID TRIGONOMETRY.
I MADE CUSTOM PARTS.
AND IT FIT PERFECTLY.
NO GAPS, NO RIPPLES.
I KNOW THAT YOUR FOUNDATION NORMALLY LIMITS ITS PURVIEW TO PHYSICS, MEDICINE, PEACE, CHEMISTRY, AND LITERATURE.
HOWEVER, IF YOU REVIEW THE ATTACHED PHOTOS SHOWING HOW WELL THE SCREEN FITS INTO THE...

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Jeremy @tolkienguide.com · 9d

There’s Ted and Alan of course, but here’s one by Barthelemy Aupetit that I really like

www.artstation.com/artwork/3qJ2LD

Gondolin by Barthelemy Aupetit. Panoramic view from below the city showing towers and walls above waterfalls, with snow capped mountains in the distance

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 9d

I have been remiss in noting that I've been invited to speak at this event (I've done the Prancing Pony Podcast quite a few times now) and am excited to hobnob with the Tolkien-heads!

prancingponypod.bsky.social @prancingponypod.bsky.social · 9d

And if you have registered to attend in-person, but haven't booked your room yet, go do that now: the link is available from our event page - theprancingponypodcast.com/moot/.

The Prancing Pony Podcast Moot 2025 – The Prancing Pony Podcast

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 9d

Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent to its subscribers.

Including:

Vrrrrroooom, Bovadium; book market conference; hobbit halloween; PPP Moot; voices in his head; JTR + 3; RoP leaks; kill fees; chocolate fish café, bye bye; Pratchett & magpies; D&D 50 and much, much more...

The One hundred and fifty-seventh Roving Ranger

The Roving Ranger #157 brings you all the interesting things Tolkienian of the last week and the weeks upcoming, curated by the Tolkienist.

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Jeremy @tolkienguide.com · 9d

Time travel idea planted over a beer with the physicist neighbor…?

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Jeremy @tolkienguide.com · 9d

Now I need to see what hints there might be in Tolkien’s musings from that era!

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Andrew Ferguson @trotter.tolkienguide.com · 11d

278 of 365 - The #Hobbit Rankin/Bass tie-ins #Tolkien

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Roäc the Grey Haven Raven (Katie) @roac.bsky.social · 12d

An Unexpected Livestream is upon us!

Today, Oct 4, join us for 8+ hours of livestream fun starting at 10a PDT / 12p PDT / 1p EDT on @prancingponypod YouTube + Twitch.

More details below!

#Tolkien #LOTR #Luinellë #middleearth

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Christopher Gilson @cgilson75.bsky.social · 12d

I am going to bea keynote speaker at the Prancing Pony Podcast Moot 2025 this December 18-21. The theme of the moot is “Creating Historical Depth within Fantastical Worlds.”

theprancingponypodcast.com/moot/

My working title is:
“From Words to Worlds: Elvish Roots of Tolkien’s Mythology.”

The Prancing Pony Podcast Moot 2025 – The Prancing Pony Podcast

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prancingponypod.bsky.social @prancingponypod.bsky.social · 13d

The PPP Manic Moot Marathon is tomorrow! As you know, the early-bird registration deadline for PPP Moot 2025 is this Sat. To help spread the word, we’re hosting a marathon livestream this Sat, Oct 4, starting at 10am PT! We’ll be live for at least 8 hours and may go longer.

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Andrew Ferguson @trotter.tolkienguide.com · 13d

@onthetrail.tolkienguide.com and myself interviewed @richove.bsky.social about the new #Tolkien book The Bovadium Fragments. You can read our review here www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb...

The Bovadium Fragments: TolkienGuide review

=THE BOVADIUM FRAGMENTS: a review= INTRODUCTION Earlier this year it was announced by HarperCollins that they were due to publish for the first time &qu...

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Andrew Ferguson @trotter.tolkienguide.com · 13d

276 of 365 - There and Back Again - The Map of the #Hobbit edited by Brian Sibley, illustrated by John Howe #Tolkien

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