Thursday, December 15, 2011

New reviews of past work

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Reviews of my book, Tolkien and the Study of His Sources , are beginning to appear — so far, they’ve been unanimously positive! I’ll b...
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Monday, November 28, 2011

Tolkien’s translation conceit — new evidence?

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As you probably know by now (and if not, read this ), HarperCollins is publishing several new books, both this year and next, to celebrate t...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Beware the Neekerbreekers

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“There were also abominable creatures haunting the reeds and tussocks that from the sound of them were evil relatives of the cricket. There ...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

And now for something a little more löwenbräu

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Right off the bat, I have to point out to my European readers that the pun in my title only works with the American pronunciation of Löwenbr...
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Sunday, October 9, 2011

The Poros and the Bosphorus

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Through the hot, seldom-traveled plain of southeastern Gondor runs an overlooked river, the Poros, southernmost tributary of the great Andui...
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Sunday, September 25, 2011

The curious lives of French prepositions

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When you study comparative Romance philology, it’s only a matter of time before you notice that French exhibits some prepositional anomalies...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

One more obscure reference

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At the heart of anything you might care to say about C.S. Lewis, there is this: he was a great polymath and bookworm with the habit of salti...
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Read a free excerpt from my book

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McFarland works closely with Google Books to provide previews of the titles they publish. I’m happy to report you can now read an excerpt fr...
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Friday, September 2, 2011

Fiat Lingua!

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From David Peterson, President of the non-profit Language Creation Society (LCS), comes the welcome announcement of a new journal aimed at ...
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