The Eighty-ninth Roving Ranger

Life and Works

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

Events & Shows

Spain is pulling out all the stops with this conference (Si apre in una nuova finestra) 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 (Si apre in una nuova finestra).

The Tolkien Society has announced an online seminar on Nov 26th: Secondary Believers, Secondary Worlds: Tolkien and Religion in the Twenty-First Century (Si apre in una nuova finestra).

Theatre under the Trees (Si apre in una nuova finestra) 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 (Si apre in una nuova finestra). [June 24th]

John Howe has posted many photos of his exhibition before its opening on June 25th on his Instagram account (Si apre in una nuova finestra).

For all events 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 and Fandom

David Bratman has written on R.W. Reynolds (Si apre in una nuova finestra).

Anna Smol has the news (Si apre in una nuova finestra) on Tolkien at IMC Leeds.

A little something by me on the cats of Queen Berúthiel (Si apre in una nuova finestra).

Douglas A. Anderson on the possibly first booklet ever published on Tolkien (Si apre in una nuova finestra).

Franchise and Merchandise

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

Buying Middle-earth Enterprises was much cheaper than expected (Si apre in una nuova finestra). [Variety]

Emmy nominations and wins (Si apre in una nuova finestra) may not be easily forthcoming for major fantasy shows. [Hollywood Reporter]

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

Inter alia & Back in the day

Tolkien's True Love (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [European Conservative].

The 3 Body Problem (Si apre in una nuova finestra) has a trailer. [Netflix/ Youtube]

Disney is planning a massive number of films (Si apre in una nuova finestra). [Variety]

Amazon itself offered leaks of Good Omens 2 (Si apre in una nuova finestra). Dont use the link if you do not want any spoilers [Winteriscoming.net (Si apre in una nuova finestra)]

The SFWA (Si apre in una nuova finestra) has published a statement on AI/ ML.

Babylon 5: The Road Home (Si apre in una nuova finestra) has a trailer.

My kind of humour 😊

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