The Daily Tolkien articles |
The Tolkien Virgin articles |
ARTICLES 1-10 | 1) Pre-amble and The Ainulindalë |
ARTICLES 11-20 | 2) Ainulindalë/Valaquenta |
ARTICLES 21-30 | 3) Of Aule and Yavanna |
31) Model Languages: On Tolkien | 4) Of The Coming of Elves and the Captivity of Melkor |
32) Beyond The Movie: Author and History | 5) Of Thingol and Melian |
33) Beyond The Movie: Language and Culture | 6) Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalie |
34) Beyond The Movie: Myth and Storytelling | 7) Of Feanor and the Unchaining of Melkor |
35) Who were the real heroes of Middle-earth? | 8) Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor |
36) The Undefinable Shadowland | 9) Of the Darkening of Valinor |
37) Strange as news from Bree... | 10) Of the Flight of the Noldor |
38) Hobbit Tales, or Never There And Back Again... | 11) Of the Sindar |
39) Death and Funerary Customs in Middle-earth | |
40) Ranger For Hire: Have Horse, Will Travel |
Read along with a Tolkien Virgin as he discovers and comments on the history of Middle Earth as he reads it for the first time. These articles start with The Silmarillion, journeys through The Hobbit, and finishes with the epic Lord Of The Rings. At the pace of 2 articles per week (Mondays and Fridays) the articles will wrap up about the same time that the final movie of the Lord Of The Rings story is released.
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