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Huh. I just recognized it's entirely possible Tolkien makes no mention whatsoever of the Insecta in his works. Certainly he includes other of the flora and fauna, and even a token acknowledgement of the Arachnida in the spiders... but I cannot extract a single memory of mention of an insect...

I say dog person. Tolkien wrote a story about a mean cat among a group of mean cats, and none of the cats were nice. Telvido is a mean cat and servant to Morgoth. And Telvido's clowder of cat followers are likewise. Telvido is of such character that he sought to pounce upon Huan while Telvido...

Hello everyone, I’m looking for help with a translation into one of Tolkien’s Elvish languages — preferably Sindarin — for a tattoo I’m planning. The phrase I want to translate is: "One vow is to find you. One vow is to love you. Through death, I will follow you." I’ve tried using AI and...

Hi, Everyone! I Watched War of the Rohirrim in Theaters the Day After Christmas 2024, and I thought it was Great! But, I've heard that not all critics and fans of the original books and legendarium are a fan of it, so i want to know from you: 1) Have you Seen War of the Rohirrim? and 2) What...

Greetings, apologies in advance if I ramble, too many thoughts at once, and I'm not the best at explaining them, and thank you for any replies and help in this :) As the title suggests, I'm interested in what Tolkien considers power or magic in this universe, particularly in regard to the...

I made this thread for anybody to rate their favorite to least favorite Tolkien high fantasy fairy tale. Either way having read all of them say for the unfinished tales(which I have no interest in reading). I have decided to rank all 6 of them. Please, note tho that I am not counting the Lord...

Guys, i need help. Some times ago, i was reading some article on Wikipedia about Tolkien. And in this article was part about some literary modernist critic, who was saying that Tolkiens poetry was bad and his connection in his poetry to old english poetry and Beowulf was zero, he was not...

I actually can’t stand The Lord of the Rings anymore. And it’s not because of Amazon. I can’t stand Sam anymore. He’s not the humble gardener i remember. The one that makes mistakes. People darn near worship Sam and that is the whole lie of the One Ring. That’s the seduction it gives. That’s the...

Not sure where to post this. You thought RoP was bad? CL

Basically: plagiarism (and specifically Lewis' plagiarism of Tolkien himself) mythological confusion lack of internal history incoherency allegory / religious allegory combined with plagiarism

Today I was approached by a person I know. I hadn't seen them in a while, and told them that I had recently been really interested in Tolkien's works. They proposed an interesting theory behind the inspiration of some of the different races of Arda: They said that they believed Elves were...

The Medieval Environmentalism of J.R.R Tolkien by Jeb Smith https://bibliotecanatalie.com/home/f/the-medieval-environmentalism-of-jrr-tolkien

or was Tolkien a writer of Romantasy?

Apparently the speaker and one other student may have held up the writing of TLOTR by continuing to attend his lectures when he was doing his best to put people off attending - hopefully you can hear it outside the UK The Lion, the Witch and the Wonder by Katherine Rundell

Despite how Tolkien didnt give that in return?

Dear Forum, Here's a link to Tolkien and the Dangerous Truth, a new-ish novel in which Tolkien is a character. It is a satirical exploration of a what-if: just supposing Tolkien's Oxford dictionary work in the summer of 1919 were only a cover story... A link to the book on Amazon (note there is...

I've seen a lot of threads discussing the bad desicions that Peter Jackson, the director of the movies adapted from Tolkien's works, made, but I wasn't able to find one talking about the ones that Tolkien himself made. I know, I know. "How could J.R.R Tolkien, the author who gave us The Lord of...

In March 2025 The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded Edition will be released in a paperback version. Some small revisions/corrections to it will be incorporated in the printing. This I have received, from one of the folks involved in assisting with the project. It is said the...

Denethor II - Tolkien vs Jackson As there are extreme differences between how Peter Jackson portrayed Denethor II in his films vs how he was described in Tolkien's book. Many may only know the movie depiction of him as a hateful father, terrible ruler, and a disgusting slob. He wasn't anything...

So as I've been immersing myself into Tolkien much more since I rejoined this excellent forum, I've come to realise that I rely more and more just on what I think of as the 'canonical' works - by which I mean the books published by Tolkien himself. I'd actually go so far as to think that I may...