[JameRetief]

Join us again on Monday. For those who choose to read along, the next Tolkien Virgin article will continue with the next part of the book The Silmarillion: Of the Beginning of Days.

Happy reading!

[JameRetief]

Your Tolkien Virgin Ping!

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, they journey through The Hobbit and finish with Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King.  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. 

If anyone would like for me to ping them directly when I post the Tolkien Virgin articles or my Daily Tolkien articles let me know. I hope that you enjoy them!

[The Iguana]

The basic theology - or what we can decipher of it - is essentially Judeo-Christian, with a significant Catholic gloss.

The mythology has strong Odinic and (to a much lesser extent) Greek overtones.

A remarkable achievement all the way around.

[Gordian Blade]

To be honest, although I am a big fan of Tolkien, I found The Silmarillion to be a disappointment. It seemed flat to me, like looking at the scenery of a play and reading the lines instead of watching it acted.

[Dajjal]

Hi! Just wanted to shrink this map down to a printable size.

Found it at http://hemsidor.torget.se/users/f/Finwe/ but it's huge over there.