tolkien appreciation month
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Reading “The Lord of the Rings:” “Many Meetings”
Having escaped from the menace of the Black Riders, at least for a time, we can…
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Reading “The Lord of the Rings:” “A Knife in the Dark” and “Flight to the Ford”
We’ve now reached the point where Frodo and his companions, including the enigmatic Strider, have at…
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Reading “The Lord of the Rings:” “”The Old Forest,” “In the House of Tom Bombadil,” and “Fog on the Barrow-downs”
We’ve now making some quite good progress through The Lord of the Rings, and since the three chapters…
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Reading “The Lord of the Rings:” “A Shortcut to Mushrooms” and “A Conspiracy Unmasked”
I’ve decided to do two chapters in one post today, not just because the two chapters…
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Reading “The Lord of the Rings:” “The Shadow of the Past”
In this chapter, the reader finally begins to learn of the origins of the Ring, not…
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Reading “The Lord of the Rings:” “Prologue”
It’s that time of year again, Tolkien Appreciation Month! This year, I’ve decided to post periodically…
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What Tolkien Taught Me About Writing
Once upon a time, I thought that productivity was all that mattered when it came to…
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Why Blog About Tolkien?
When I first decided to devote the entire month of December (and, obviously, the latter part…