[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!

[JameRetief]

The Tolkien Virgin articles:

1) Pre-amble and The Ainulindalë

2) Ainulindalë/Valaquenta

[HairOfTheDog]

Oooops! I forgot! - I am on pinch-ping duty!

Ring Ping!!

[BradyLS]

Thanks, JameRatief

Mark's summary is excellent and really shows how much distance Tolkien put between Iluvatar and his creations. It's kinda fun to read LOTR again and understand, finally, where figures like Gandalf, The Witch King, and even Shelob really fit in he heirarchy of beings.