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The Inklings (Preview) I have in the past heard that J.R.R. Tolkien was part of a small group of writers that called themselves "The Inklings" around about the thirties, and that it contained a number of writers such as C.S. Lewis. Has anyone any infomation on the group and it's other members? It seems likely that...	Mithrandir	6	9949
Happy Birthday (Preview) Today was the Professor's Birthday. I hope you all remembered to Toast him	ArwenLegolas	6	3860
Recordings of and from the Tolkien's (Preview) I found a recording of JRR Tolkien himself speaking the poem/song Namarie that Galadriel sang. Christopher Tolkien about his father and the writing of the Silmarillion. [video=http://www.youtu...	azaghal	5	3379
Favourite quotes (Preview) Just wondering which quote you think are th most profound, or inspired that strange feeling inside you when at the end of a sad chapter of The sil you read something of profound sentiment. For instance... "And tales and rumours arose along the shores of the sea concerning mariners and men forlor...	Glorfindel	6	3968
The man that needed to create Orcs (Preview) Hey ho JRR...invented his version of orcs. The species beyond redemption...in the shape of the children of ERU but mockeries. Evil & Filth This may sound avvfull but JRR may have been responsible for the death of men...as doing his duty to his country. VVas the creation and development of his ima...	Filli	14	4403
Does it take a vvar ? (Preview) Hi all It's me.. Ok I'm gonna stick my neck out on this ( 20" thick & tanned)... LOR is up there ith the greatest vvork of fiction of all time... About, the man...did it take , living and parcipitating in the darkest hours of mankind..to inspire such a piece ? To fight in vvorld 1 and VVhose son f...	Filli	5	6589
Are you a Tolkien expert? (Preview) Apologies if this is the wrong place to post this. Here's round one of a new, official Lord of the Rings quiz to find the top expert on Tolkien: http://www.tolkien-quiz.info/?cid=1 It's easy at the moment but will get more difficult through five rounds. Prizes include a Sony eReader and limite...	machien	5	3518
Mythology (Preview) I began to think that we could get more in to Tolkien work but in a way of studying them from other view. I think it would be great to gather some info about certain things. So here we go: Every country has their own mythology and Tolkien 'used' lot of time to study/learn things from them and now i'm opening t...	Lord Tulkas	10	4498
Genius (Preview) How come JRR Tolkien knew so much about everything. He knew about Geography, geology, extensive old english and present day english, languages etc. Was he the only ever auther who created languages which actually are proper languages as in they could be used in real life.	Glorfindel	10	4315
Worth. (Preview) What is Tolkien's place among writers like Joyce, Dostoyevski and Hesse? And how high does that place trade? When I read Hesse and switch fast to Tolkien, I am both impressed and dissapointed by his work.	Elvish Avantguardian	10	4198
1973 (Preview) Is it not weird and mystical how the year of Tolkien's death fits with the numbers from the beggining of the LOTR. Was he able to predict the year of his death. 3 Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky 7 for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone 9 for Mortal Men doomed to die, 1&nbs...	Earnur	23	7115
No! (Preview) Having been compelled to study literature from Bible to Realism in Europe I realised that Tolkien could have indeed done a better job, and I do not mean the language and the narration, but the [hi]story... I remember Pushkin, Dante, even Petrarca, whose lyrics, rhymed perfectly, number many thousa...	Elvish Avantguardian	37	5832
Tribute (Preview) I have a quest for you all, it is not a perilous quest though if you get eaten by the dragon or burnt by the Balrog then don't blame me they told me they'd leave you all alone this time. There is to be a tribute statue to Professor Tolkien built in England: First; Who is the statue of? Second; Where is it to...	Olorin/Gandalf	8	3737
The concept of Magic for Tolkien (Preview) I once read a very good article about Magic in Middle-Earth. It was not written by JRR or Chris Tolkien, but it did quote heavily from the letters and all of the canon material. I believe it was written by a guy named Michael (as if that narrows it down). That said, Im interested in hearing your though...	Celethil	11	4679
Research! (Preview) I'm going to be writing a paper on Tolkien, and of course the first step is research (everyone's favorite part, right)! Anyhow, I really need some help finding good books on Tolkien. There are quite a few out there, and I'm sure someone here will have a few good suggestions. It doesn't matter what aspec...	Ungoliant	11	3607
Tolkien and time. (Preview) Tolkien did study many different languages and mythology from many different lands and that comes clear when we look at all those races and languages from all his books. If we put his "main" work aside, which was writing and concentrate to those other things that he did simultanously with that writin...	Lord Tulkas	13	4224

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