Hello all, I had a conversation recently in which a Catholic friend said she felt that the Lord of the Rings wasn't Catholic at all, and I said that I believed...
Hi Jeff, Getting rather off-topic now, but... ... Catholocisim says that there is such a thing as objective truth. Moral relativism says that it is fine for...
Greetings! Welcome to my newsletter for June, 2009! Please feel free to forward this to anyone you think would be interested in keeping up with me. To receive...
[NB: This is not meant to incite political argument. Even if you're tempted, please refrain. Thank you! :)] Did anyone else catch the C.S. Lewis reference on...
FYI... Tolkien 2009 “Ten Years of History” event to be held on August 15th-16th 2009 [no location given] The Asociación Tolkien Argentina (A.T.A.) is a...
Hi all! A friend pointed out to me that there is another Tolkien letter being auctioned by Christie's. This one was written to a Professor Przemyslaw...
2009 Mythopoeic Award Finalists Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Carol Berg, Flesh and Spirit and Breath and Bone (Roc) Daryl Gregory, Pandemonium...
Since several of you had the same question - I just got my mailed copy on Wednesday, so those of you a bit further from Oklahoma should get yours soon! Janet...
For Mythlore subscribers -- the labels to cover the printer's error on the spine are here, they work, and they look just fine. For those of you whose...
I'm one of the presenters at the NEH-funded institute "J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: The Real and the Imagined Middle Ages" at UT-Commerce this...
It is online at <http://thehuntforgollum.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html>. Anyone interested in sharing or reading reactions, or would that still be spoilers at...
Issue 105/106 is here! So subscribers should be getting it very soon. Alas, due to a printer's flub the spine says this is issue 103/104. This was NOT the...
I am usually a lurker around these parts, but I couldn't think of a smarter group to ask about this. I'm looking for critical and/or academic treatment of...
I've had a chance to browse through a copy. The verse looks compelling, the prefatory lecture on the Elder Edda (which Tolkien insists, quite correctly, is...
Greetings! Welcome to my newsletter for May, 2009! Please feel free to forward this to anyone you think would be interested in keeping up with me. To receive...
I know it's short notice--my fault entirely--but according to my notes more of you will be available than than any other time in May. Lee and David aren't,...
First off, I'm happy to announce that Tim Powers has agreed to attend as a Special Guest! I know he's popular with Society members. For those who wish to send...
Yesterday I caught the end of a segment on NPR about the impending release of the fan-film "The Hunt for Gollum". Fortunately, the segment is available on...
For those in the UK.... John Ten Years of Fun At Mill! The Middle-earth Weekend Sarehole Mill 16th and 17th May 2009 Sarehole Mill and Recreation Ground, Cole...
My wife came across this on p. 212 of the May 2009 issue of Marie Claire, on the "Things That Make Us Love May" page: "J.R.R. Tolkien's new posthumous book,...
I may have sent this before, but if so it won't hurt to see it again! (Yes, spring cleaning my email.) -- Edith Crowe, Corresponding Secretary The Mythopoeic...
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced the winners of this year's Nebula Awards last night: Novel Powers - Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt,...
I've just read that yesterday <http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/News_and_Events/News/Pages/HarperCollins\ -Launches-Global-Ebook-Programme-for-JRR-Tolkien.aspx>...
Got news today that Amazon.com has just shipped my copy of ARDA RECONSTRUCTED, the new Douglas Kane book; shd be here by the end of new week. Woo-hoo. --JDR...
John Closson was involved in Tolkien fandom back in the 60s, and produced some of the classic pinbacks of the era ("Go Go Gandalf", etc.) Does anyone remember...
... I wonder if they mean to create a miniature of M-E from Rhun to the Grey Havens, and Iron Hills to Umbar? Or do they merely intend to take that patch of...
