Saturday, December 28, 2013

Commenting on Lingwë

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I have been fighting a losing battle with spam here on Lingwë for the last couple of years. Originally, I wanted to allow anyone to comment,...
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Monday, December 16, 2013

The Desolation of Smaug

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I enjoyed it very much. I thought it was better than part one by quite a bit — and I’m willing to predict its being the best of the three....
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

In the new volume of Tolkien Studies …

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My apologies for the extended fermata here at Lingwë. I never intended this to become a full hiatus, and the lengthiest one in the six-year ...
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Friday, June 14, 2013

Swamped!

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But hopefully surfacing in a few weeks ... I may have a post or two before that, but I wanted everyone to know I’m still here, but juggling ...
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Monday, April 29, 2013

Another analog to the Doors of Durin

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A few months ago, after long gestation, I made a comparison between Tolkien’s illustration of the Doors of Durin and a Jewish parokhet a...
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Friday, March 15, 2013

The C.S. Lewis and Inklings Society Conference

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Once again, with Easter on the horizon, it’s time for another C.S. Lewis and Inklings Conference. This is their 16th annual gathering, and...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

A new blog — Teaching Tolkien

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From time to time, I have something to share about Tolkien in the classroom ( this , for example, and this , and even this ). Thus far, mo...
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Recent publications

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Hello, friends. I come to you today with a few publication announcements. Two of my older works — one of them much older — have recently ...
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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Did Tolkien coin the plural “dwarves”?

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John Rateliff recently wrote about Roger Zelazny’s conspicuous use of the incorrect plural, dwarves , suggesting that he borrowed this fo...
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