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The One hundred and sixty-third Roving Ranger
The Roving Ranger #163 brings you all the interesting things Tolkienian of the last week and the weeks upcoming, curated by the Tolkienist.
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Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent to its subscribers.
Including:
Another desk of Tolkien's up for auction; Bovadium Fragments in Oxford politics; tons of calendars; wrong hotel bedroom for the Miramar; Goldilocks' Easter Egg; Vatican vs. Palantir; and more...
Including:
Another desk of Tolkien's up for auction; Bovadium Fragments in Oxford politics; tons of calendars; wrong hotel bedroom for the Miramar; Goldilocks' Easter Egg; Vatican vs. Palantir; and more...
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For those of you who were unable to make the Oxford Bloomsbury Summer School on Fantasy Literature the recordings of the sessions are now available at: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Oxford/Bloomsbury Fantasy Summer School 2025 - YouTube
Scheduled Livestreams for the Oxford-Bloomsbury Fantasy Summer School 2025.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
For those of you who were unable to make the Oxford Bloomsbury Summer School on Fantasy Literature the recordings of the sessions are now available at: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Added to the next Roving Ranger, thank you for this!
Many university presses have holiday sales this time of year. Here's some of the books of Tolkien scholarship you can get for discounts right now:
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Added to the next Roving Ranger, thank you for this!
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1.Thread for the evening. Given that #Tolkien was a brilliant professor, it should be no surprise that there is almost no end to what what can learn from him. He was a man who thought more deeply on many subjects than is, perhaps, common and he brought a high heart and mind to this. For example...
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
1.Thread for the evening. Given that #Tolkien was a brilliant professor, it should be no surprise that there is almost no end to what what can learn from him. He was a man who thought more deeply on many subjects than is, perhaps, common and he brought a high heart and mind to this. For example...
Ten years ago two German comedians pranked the nation with a fake Elven singer called Ulmo and made the charts.
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Ten years ago two German comedians pranked the nation with a fake Elven singer called Ulmo and made the charts - thetolkienist.com
Ulmo Ocin started out as a new ethno pop singer, disliked by many, but when he proved himself to be a great friend, things changed
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November 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Ten years ago two German comedians pranked the nation with a fake Elven singer called Ulmo and made the charts.
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For #TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday: a piece in which I’m contemplating Tolkien’s unfinished time-travel story The Lost Road, featuring fathers and sons and their shared dreams.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
For #TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday: a piece in which I’m contemplating Tolkien’s unfinished time-travel story The Lost Road, featuring fathers and sons and their shared dreams.
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/tolkien-tu...
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Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent to its subscribers.
Including:
Another desk of Tolkien's up for auction; Bovadium Fragments in Oxford politics; tons of calendars; wrong hotel bedroom for the Miramar; Goldilocks' Easter Egg; Vatican vs. Palantir; and more...
Including:
Another desk of Tolkien's up for auction; Bovadium Fragments in Oxford politics; tons of calendars; wrong hotel bedroom for the Miramar; Goldilocks' Easter Egg; Vatican vs. Palantir; and more...
The One hundred and sixty-third Roving Ranger
The Roving Ranger #163 brings you all the interesting things Tolkienian of the last week and the weeks upcoming, curated by the Tolkienist.
steady.page
November 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent to its subscribers.
Including:
Another desk of Tolkien's up for auction; Bovadium Fragments in Oxford politics; tons of calendars; wrong hotel bedroom for the Miramar; Goldilocks' Easter Egg; Vatican vs. Palantir; and more...
Including:
Another desk of Tolkien's up for auction; Bovadium Fragments in Oxford politics; tons of calendars; wrong hotel bedroom for the Miramar; Goldilocks' Easter Egg; Vatican vs. Palantir; and more...
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New Unfinished Tales Collector's Edition coming out next year #Tolkien www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb...
UK 2013 Collectors edition v 2022 Collector's editions
Special unjacketed hardback edition JRR Tolkien's legacy of shorter works that inhabit the realm of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silma...
www.tolkienguide.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
New Unfinished Tales Collector's Edition coming out next year #Tolkien www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb...
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@tolkiendil.bsky.social
A l'occasion de l'anniversaire de Christopher Tolkien (21 novembre), l' #ArbrediTolkien ( #TolkienTrewsday) du mardi 18 novembre aura pour thème:
PERES ET FILS
Postez donc à cette occasion:
🧙Christopher, Mickael, John: personnages, inspirateurs, critiques et éditeurs⤵️
A l'occasion de l'anniversaire de Christopher Tolkien (21 novembre), l' #ArbrediTolkien ( #TolkienTrewsday) du mardi 18 novembre aura pour thème:
PERES ET FILS
Postez donc à cette occasion:
🧙Christopher, Mickael, John: personnages, inspirateurs, critiques et éditeurs⤵️
November 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
@tolkiendil.bsky.social
A l'occasion de l'anniversaire de Christopher Tolkien (21 novembre), l' #ArbrediTolkien ( #TolkienTrewsday) du mardi 18 novembre aura pour thème:
PERES ET FILS
Postez donc à cette occasion:
🧙Christopher, Mickael, John: personnages, inspirateurs, critiques et éditeurs⤵️
A l'occasion de l'anniversaire de Christopher Tolkien (21 novembre), l' #ArbrediTolkien ( #TolkienTrewsday) du mardi 18 novembre aura pour thème:
PERES ET FILS
Postez donc à cette occasion:
🧙Christopher, Mickael, John: personnages, inspirateurs, critiques et éditeurs⤵️
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Is Middle-earth ready to rock!? 🎸🔥
A comm for GirlNextGondor on YouTube. Featuring Turin, Finrod, Sauron, Maglor, and her elf avatar! I had so much fun working on this piece!
A comm for GirlNextGondor on YouTube. Featuring Turin, Finrod, Sauron, Maglor, and her elf avatar! I had so much fun working on this piece!
January 22, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Is Middle-earth ready to rock!? 🎸🔥
A comm for GirlNextGondor on YouTube. Featuring Turin, Finrod, Sauron, Maglor, and her elf avatar! I had so much fun working on this piece!
A comm for GirlNextGondor on YouTube. Featuring Turin, Finrod, Sauron, Maglor, and her elf avatar! I had so much fun working on this piece!
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Tom beat me to it! I'm thrilled this is out in the world 🎉 It's my first publication in a book, so I'm feeling very sentimental about it all. This is Sauron as biblical femme fatale paper. The VOD is still live, I think, but if you want to read the more polished version in print... you now can! 👁
Another new publication! Thrilled to receive my contributor copy of Númenor, the Frail and Mighty reach print, also featuring @clarelmoore.bsky.social, @mercuryreads.bsky.social, @aranelparmadil.bsky.social, @putriprihatini.bsky.social, and more. Mazel Tov to editor @willsherwood.bsky.social too!
November 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Tom beat me to it! I'm thrilled this is out in the world 🎉 It's my first publication in a book, so I'm feeling very sentimental about it all. This is Sauron as biblical femme fatale paper. The VOD is still live, I think, but if you want to read the more polished version in print... you now can! 👁
This morning Becky Dillon was laid to rest in the place of her choosing, beneath a beautiful tree, in the midst of a forest.
A fellowship of nine had gathered from Germany and Denmark, passages were read, among them 'Leaf by Niggle', and then,...
A fellowship of nine had gathered from Germany and Denmark, passages were read, among them 'Leaf by Niggle', and then,...
November 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This morning Becky Dillon was laid to rest in the place of her choosing, beneath a beautiful tree, in the midst of a forest.
A fellowship of nine had gathered from Germany and Denmark, passages were read, among them 'Leaf by Niggle', and then,...
A fellowship of nine had gathered from Germany and Denmark, passages were read, among them 'Leaf by Niggle', and then,...
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🌟Brand new prints available today of "The Arkenstone." One of Bilbo's most important choices in The Hobbit! More links in comments. www.miriamellis.com/product-page...
#Tolkien #TolkienArt #TheArkenstone #TheHobbit #BardtheBowman #TheElvenKing #Thranduil
#Tolkien #TolkienArt #TheArkenstone #TheHobbit #BardtheBowman #TheElvenKing #Thranduil
November 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
🌟Brand new prints available today of "The Arkenstone." One of Bilbo's most important choices in The Hobbit! More links in comments. www.miriamellis.com/product-page...
#Tolkien #TolkienArt #TheArkenstone #TheHobbit #BardtheBowman #TheElvenKing #Thranduil
#Tolkien #TolkienArt #TheArkenstone #TheHobbit #BardtheBowman #TheElvenKing #Thranduil
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Mi smial (delegación territorial de la @soctolkien.bsky.social) cumple hoy 33 años, ¡felicidades, @smialimladris.bsky.social!
📢 El 15 de noviembre de 1992 se fundó el @smialimladris.bsky.social, delegación territorial en la provincia de Valladolid, por lo que hoy cumple 33 años.
🎂 ¡Felicidades!
#efemeridesste #JRRTolkien #AniversarioSmial
🎂 ¡Felicidades!
#efemeridesste #JRRTolkien #AniversarioSmial
November 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Mi smial (delegación territorial de la @soctolkien.bsky.social) cumple hoy 33 años, ¡felicidades, @smialimladris.bsky.social!
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The new issue of Tolkien Studies is finally out! I'm delighted to feature as the new contributor to the journal's annual bibliographic review, "The Year's Work in Tolkien Studies," in theology and philosophy - taking over from the esteemed @numenor.reunitedkingdoms.net is an honor.
Project MUSE - The Year's Work in Tolkien Studies 2021
muse.jhu.edu
November 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The new issue of Tolkien Studies is finally out! I'm delighted to feature as the new contributor to the journal's annual bibliographic review, "The Year's Work in Tolkien Studies," in theology and philosophy - taking over from the esteemed @numenor.reunitedkingdoms.net is an honor.
Check out @ksupress.bsky.social asap for Tolkien, Lewis and Inklings Studies now! ☑️
Now through 12/31/25, Kent State University Press is having a 60th anniversary sale.
Enter the code KSUP60 at checkout and receive 40% off plus free shipping. They have books on Tolkien, C.S Lewis, and the Inklings. Obviously, my book is there, but there's also FIVE by Verlyn Flieger. #tolkien
Enter the code KSUP60 at checkout and receive 40% off plus free shipping. They have books on Tolkien, C.S Lewis, and the Inklings. Obviously, my book is there, but there's also FIVE by Verlyn Flieger. #tolkien
November 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Check out @ksupress.bsky.social asap for Tolkien, Lewis and Inklings Studies now! ☑️
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Queer Approaches to Tolkien has a publication date! Look for it November 28 and in e-book form a few weeks after that: robinareid.substack.com/p/queer-appr...
Queer Approaches to Tolkien: Essays on the Many Paths to Middle-earth
Publication date: November 28, 2025!
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November 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Queer Approaches to Tolkien has a publication date! Look for it November 28 and in e-book form a few weeks after that: robinareid.substack.com/p/queer-appr...
I have loved train travelling all of my life, even with the German Railways in their dilapidated state right now. I don't mind too much & I can share funny anecdotes on IG at #BahnfahrtLive 😂
Unfortunately, it's travelling to a funeral. I'd wish it weren't so.
Time passes - and so do we.
Unfortunately, it's travelling to a funeral. I'd wish it weren't so.
Time passes - and so do we.
November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I have loved train travelling all of my life, even with the German Railways in their dilapidated state right now. I don't mind too much & I can share funny anecdotes on IG at #BahnfahrtLive 😂
Unfortunately, it's travelling to a funeral. I'd wish it weren't so.
Time passes - and so do we.
Unfortunately, it's travelling to a funeral. I'd wish it weren't so.
Time passes - and so do we.
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We're witnessing the greatest sustained attack on the human spirit in history. Big Tech seeks to destroy the arts. They're destroying the school system. They want to make us lobotomized people who can't read, write or create. They've turned dystopian fiction into a manual.
November 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We're witnessing the greatest sustained attack on the human spirit in history. Big Tech seeks to destroy the arts. They're destroying the school system. They want to make us lobotomized people who can't read, write or create. They've turned dystopian fiction into a manual.
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The audiobook for "Why We Love Middle-earth" is currently on sale for 50% off! You can head to the link below to get yourself a copy.
www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The audiobook for "Why We Love Middle-earth" is currently on sale for 50% off! You can head to the link below to get yourself a copy.
www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
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¡Yo conozco a este señor! ¡Y llevo un tatuaje suyo!
Hoy, el diario ElPaís se hace eco de mi participación en el Frankenstein de Guillermo del Toro. ¡Gracias!
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El ilustrador español que escribió las cartas de ‘Frankenstein’
El artista salmantino Tomás Hijo cuela su obra en la nueva película de Guillermo del Toro y su universo fantástico
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November 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
¡Yo conozco a este señor! ¡Y llevo un tatuaje suyo!
Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent out (belatedly) to its subscribers.
Including:
A Tolkien Terrarium; Robert Plant & Colbert; Downfall in the Details; The Uinendili...; Glory of Goldberry; Foul & Vile in BoLT; Ringen; RQG with John Garth; and no hobbit e-cars?
Including:
A Tolkien Terrarium; Robert Plant & Colbert; Downfall in the Details; The Uinendili...; Glory of Goldberry; Foul & Vile in BoLT; Ringen; RQG with John Garth; and no hobbit e-cars?
The One hundred and sixty-second Roving Ranger
The Roving Ranger #162 brings you all the interesting things Tolkienian of the last week and the weeks upcoming, curated by the Tolkienist.
steady.page
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent out (belatedly) to its subscribers.
Including:
A Tolkien Terrarium; Robert Plant & Colbert; Downfall in the Details; The Uinendili...; Glory of Goldberry; Foul & Vile in BoLT; Ringen; RQG with John Garth; and no hobbit e-cars?
Including:
A Tolkien Terrarium; Robert Plant & Colbert; Downfall in the Details; The Uinendili...; Glory of Goldberry; Foul & Vile in BoLT; Ringen; RQG with John Garth; and no hobbit e-cars?
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Yes, I've posted it before (and before that) but I care not! Galloping full pelt from MERP Gorgoroth (1990) come Angus McBride's breakneck Nazgûl trio. Glimmering armour, billowing cloaks, malevolent red-eyed horses and a female Ringwraith about to hack off your head.
"This - is - Mordor!" #Tolkien
"This - is - Mordor!" #Tolkien
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Yes, I've posted it before (and before that) but I care not! Galloping full pelt from MERP Gorgoroth (1990) come Angus McBride's breakneck Nazgûl trio. Glimmering armour, billowing cloaks, malevolent red-eyed horses and a female Ringwraith about to hack off your head.
"This - is - Mordor!" #Tolkien
"This - is - Mordor!" #Tolkien
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On Rememberance Day, I’m briefly pondering two unexpected moments of Tolkien recalling his war experience.
#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
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@tolkiensociety.org @tolkienguide.com @uofgfantasy.bsky.social
#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
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@tolkiensociety.org @tolkienguide.com @uofgfantasy.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
On Rememberance Day, I’m briefly pondering two unexpected moments of Tolkien recalling his war experience.
#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/tolkien-tu...
@tolkiensociety.org @tolkienguide.com @uofgfantasy.bsky.social
#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/tolkien-tu...
@tolkiensociety.org @tolkienguide.com @uofgfantasy.bsky.social