Tuesday, January 31, 2012

My book reviewed in Mythlore

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Six months on, professional reviews of Tolkien and the Study of His Sources are beginning to appear, and as promised, I’m going to be...
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Friday, January 27, 2012

Another Gandalf who signed himself with a G.

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Probably because of their success in Austin, food trucks have now arrived in Dallas. One of these is Gandolfo’s Deli , and this got me thin...
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Friday, January 20, 2012

My book now available for Kindle

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I’m not sure quite when this happened, but one of my friends has let me know that my book, Tolkien and the Study of His Sources , is now ava...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Celebrating Tolkien’s 120th birthday

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I am very pleased to be able to share some detailed information about a special upcoming issue of L’Arc et le Heaume , the publication of T...
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Monday, January 16, 2012

Are the grammar books all right about alright?

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I used to be a bit of a perfectionist when it came to language. I was known — infamous, I should say — for correcting everyone’s grammar, fr...
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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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