The One-hundred and tenth Roving Ranger
Have a look at all Roving Rangers published so far. (Si apre in una nuova finestra)
Life and Works
The Collected Poems Arrive (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Too Many Books and Never Enough]; interview with the authors (Si apre in una nuova finestra), start at 26:25 [BBC]
Full of sound and Faërie (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [John Garth; TLS (paywall)]
The review by the team of the Tolkien Collectors’s Guide (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
Michael Drout (Beowulf and the Critics (Si apre in una nuova finestra) and co-editor of Tolkien Studies (Si apre in una nuova finestra)) had this to say:
https://x.com/MikeDrout/status/1836969823093276869 (Si apre in una nuova finestra)Events & Shows
Tolkien and His Editors (Si apre in una nuova finestra) - the German Tolkien Society’s hybrid seminar [Oct 11-13]
The National Children’s Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa, is showing The Hobbit (Si apre in una nuova finestra) until October.
David Bratman has a short report (Si apre in una nuova finestra) on The Undiscovered C.S. Lewis Conference (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
The wonderful Mike Foster has been remembered with a A Party of Special Significance (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
The Centre for Fantasy Literature Studies at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine has a Call for Papers (Si apre in una nuova finestra) for the online conference MAGIC FARE: Gastronomic Dimensions of Fantasy Worlduilding. [PDF with Google Drive; deadline: Dec 10]
The Abilene Public Library is offering events for Hobbit Week (Si apre in una nuova finestra) (adorable colouring sheets!)
Forodrim (Sweden) are celebrating their 54 year anniversary (Si apre in una nuova finestra) and are giving plenty of advance notice for their four days of festivities - it’s in 2026!
TORn are doing their LA Baggins Birthday Bash (Si apre in una nuova finestra), as is their wont!
A new Tolkien documentary is coming Dec, 5th (Si apre in una nuova finestra) - and I’m in it [thetolkienist.com]
For all events (Si apre in una nuova finestra) check out the International Tolkien Fellowship (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [FB] and the Tolkien Guide Calendar (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
Scholarship & Fandom
‘Never trust a Philologist’: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and the Place of Philology in English Studies (Si apre in una nuova finestra) (Simon Horobin, h/t Carl Hostetter)
Ryszard Derdziński has shared his latest version of his Tolkien Ancestry | Research Summary (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Academia.edu (Si apre in una nuova finestra)]
John D. Rateliff has I.C.E. / E.Q. books (pick a path books (Si apre in una nuova finestra)).
The Hungarian Tolkien Society (Si apre in una nuova finestra) has recently published another edition of its Lassi Laurië - most is in Hungarian but there are summaries (Si apre in una nuova finestra) & general info (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
Tom Hillman has The "Real Reason"® Hobbits Don't Like Boats (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
Thoughts on Tolkien has The Woven Layers of Myth and History (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
Volume 19, Issue 2, of the Journal of Tolkien Research has been adding more material, including Christian Trenk’s “And each day after they did likewise.” Looking at Life Together as the Fulcrum of Éowyn’s and Faramir’s Love Story (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
David Bratman has two more reviews, on Ordway and Horobin (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
Thorin’s the nickname: Long genetic and social isolation in Neanderthals before their extinction (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Cell Genomics]
→ Now, the net dumbs this down, of course, particularly on the headlines: "An ancient Neanderthal lineage remained isolated from other populations for over 50,000 years—up until the species extinction" (Si apre in una nuova finestra) turns into → "Meet Thorin: A Cave-Dwelling Population Of Neanderthals Were Isolated For 50,000 Years" (Si apre in una nuova finestra) → and finally Genetic analysis of Neanderthal named for Tolkien character reveals history of inbreeding (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
Nota bene It is often time-consuming to find the best summary to the original.
Merchandise & Franchise
The Lord of the Rings Star Sir Ian McKellen Says The Hunt for Gollum Will Be A Two-Parter (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [SFF Gazette] | Will The Hunt for Gollum really be two movies? That’s got to be a stretch (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Guardian]
The Daily Heller: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien Together Again (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [PrintMag]
Tales of the Shire (Si apre in una nuova finestra) (Sept 22 showcase) and other projects beside by Weta Workshop will be doing things for ‘Hobbit Week’. The official Xitter account announced that the game will be delayed (Si apre in una nuova finestra) until 2025.
LotRO Before the Shadow is now Free – and a free gift! (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [redeem by Sept 25]
Amazon Touts ‘The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Ratings as Strong, Yet Below First Season (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Hollywood Reporter] | ‘The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Reaches 40 Million Viewers in 11 Days, Amazon Says (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Variety] | Hell on Middle-earth? The Rings of Power fails to spin streaming gold (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Guardian] | ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘Rings of Power’ Facing Epic Headaches (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Hollywood Reporter] | The Rings of Power: season two is a vast improvement – and a meditation on the dangerous allure of AI (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Conversation] | The Real Reason Tolkien Fans Can’t Stand ‘The Rings Of Power’—It’s Not Just ‘Trolls’ (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Forbes] | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Has an Accent Problem [TV Guide]
Why is no one talking about this glaringly obvious problem with prequels? (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Cosmopolitan]
Inter alia & Back in the Day
James Earl Jones has passed away [Star Wars (Si apre in una nuova finestra); People (Si apre in una nuova finestra); Variety (Si apre in una nuova finestra); Wikipedia (Si apre in una nuova finestra)]
‘Good Omens’: Production Paused On Amazon Drama From Neil Gaiman [Deadline (Si apre in una nuova finestra)]
New Harry Potter series launches casting call (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [BBC]
Ryan is always enlightening: AI Bots Have Taken Over Facebook (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Youtube]
Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld (Si apre in una nuova finestra) is coming in November. [Blackwell’s affiliate link]
The Emmys ignored the genre completely but Shogun certainly won (Si apre in una nuova finestra). [File770]
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