The Eighty-ninth Roving Ranger

Life and Works

June 23, 1945. Tolkien is elected Merton Professor of English Language and Literature (Öffnet in neuem Fenster).
June 24, 2022. The Great Tales Never End (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) is published.
June 25, 1957. Tolkien writes Letter 200 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) on the nature of Sauron.
June 26, 1968. Tolkien writes Letter 305 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) to Rayner Unwin about a serious injury.
June 27, 1972. Tolkien meets Vera Chapman (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) and agrees to become the Tolkien Society's honorary president.
June 29, 1944. Tolkien writes Letter 74 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) to Stanley Unwin, hoping to soon finish the sequel to The Hobbit.
June 30, 1972. Tolkien writes Letter 339 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) (to the Daily Telegraph) defending trees and his name.
July 1, 1937. Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) first published.
July 4, 1966. The Jerusalem Bible (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) is published.
July 5, 1957. Tolkien writes Letter 108 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) on his revisions on the Farmer Giles of Ham manuscript.

Events & Shows

Spain is pulling out all the stops with this conference (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) on J.R.R. Tolkien and they do have Brian Sibley to boot. [July 4th-7th]

France is joining in the festivities with Tolkiendil in October in Paris (Öffnet in neuem Fenster).

The Tolkien Society has announced an online seminar on Nov 26th: Secondary Believers, Secondary Worlds: Tolkien and Religion in the Twenty-First Century (Öffnet in neuem Fenster).

Theatre under the Trees (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) is bringing The Hobbit to the stage on July 10-29 in Kamloops, British Columbia.

An excellent beer, wine and cider festival with expert Tolkien knowledge - Catherine McIlwaine on Tolkien and Oxford (Öffnet in neuem Fenster). [June 24th]

John Howe has posted many photos of his exhibition before its opening on June 25th on his Instagram account (Öffnet in neuem Fenster).

For all events check out the International Tolkien Fellowship (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [FB] and the Tolkien Guide Calendar (Öffnet in neuem Fenster).

Scholarship and Fandom

David Bratman has written on R.W. Reynolds (Öffnet in neuem Fenster).

Anna Smol has the news (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) on Tolkien at IMC Leeds.

A little something by me on the cats of Queen Berúthiel (Öffnet in neuem Fenster).

Douglas A. Anderson on the possibly first booklet ever published on Tolkien (Öffnet in neuem Fenster).

Franchise and Merchandise

During an investor call (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) the Embracer Group clearly stated they intend to exploit the Lord of the Rings franchise to the fullest (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) as "one of the biggest gaming franchises in the world" [Games Radar]. This has come after news of a major restructuring (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) of the company. [Variety]

Buying Middle-earth Enterprises was much cheaper than expected (Öffnet in neuem Fenster). [Variety]

Emmy nominations and wins (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) may not be easily forthcoming for major fantasy shows. [Hollywood Reporter]

Amazon is being sued by the FTC for allegedly duping customers (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) into subscribing to Prime. At about the same time the company mentioned it has spent over $5 billion in the UK creative industries (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) since 2010.

Inter alia & Back in the day

Tolkien's True Love (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [European Conservative].

The 3 Body Problem (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) has a trailer. [Netflix/ Youtube]

Disney is planning a massive number of films (Öffnet in neuem Fenster). [Variety]

Amazon itself offered leaks of Good Omens 2 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster). Dont use the link if you do not want any spoilers [Winteriscoming.net (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)]

The SFWA (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) has published a statement on AI/ ML.

Babylon 5: The Road Home (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) has a trailer.

My kind of humour 😊

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