I've been going through all my issues of Mythopoeic Society publications, checking if they're all there. (This is why I happened to notice the misnumbering of...
Is it possible to contact someone by phone about Mythcon room and board? Mimi Stevens was wondering whether she can change her registration from Thursday...
Here's an advice column on one of the questions that came up in the course of the Walter Hooper debate: if you're a grad student who also teaches as part of...
I make no comment on the real-world political content of this, but the picture of Saruman - even if it is Peter Jackson's Saruman - running for office and...
See the story at http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080708/od_nm/tolkien_postcard_dc;_ylt=AkkcauByoXgwnCMJVjYl_oKek3QF Discovered during demolition of Tolkien's...
Greetings! Welcome to my newsletter for July, 2008! Please feel free to forward this to anyone you think would be interested in keeping up with me. To receive...
I was recently at the movies, watching a charming movie called Wall-E, when they had a preview of another movie, which looked quite interesting. It will be...
The (singular) Progress Report for this year's Mythcon in New Britain, CT, is about to be printed and mailed to members. It will also be put up on the Mythsoc...
Hi, News of another Tolkien-related event below... John Frodo Fest!! The Community Library in Salem, WI will be hosting a 2-day event celebrating Tolkien's...
... John-- W. H. Lewis's diary is at the Wade. A Xeroxed copy used to be open for reading, and I assume it still is. It does have some negative comments ...
I don't think anyone has posted this yet. For those who may be interested, the July-August 2008 issue of Saint Austin Review is a special issue devoted to the...
Has anyone read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz? It's supposedly a mainstream novel with many Tolkien references. Can anyone comment on...
I recently had a chance to see the 1979 Lewis documentary "Through Joy and Beyond", which is narrated by Walter Hooper. This is the first time I've heard...
There is a very favorable review of "Charles Williams: Alchemy and Integration" in this week's Times Literary Supplement by Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of...
Hi, Thanks for permission to post details of Tolkien Society Events to the list. Below is the first of them... John OXONMOOOOOT '08 This Year Oxonmoot is...
One correction to what Wendell wrote about Hooper: "Hooper was never anything more than a fan who imposed himself on Lewis, while Lewis was trying to be...
Hi, The Tolkien Society Publicity Officer has asked if I'd be willing to post news of important Tolkien events to the email discussion groups I'm on. Before I...
Good evening to all, I wanted to let you know that the first international conference on Tolkien in France is to be held in a castle near Paris on June...
It would be good to have a 'clearing house' location for coordinating travel, allowing members of the conference to coordinate with each other shared rides to...
http://www.indcatholicnews.com/oratga4353.html Particularly interesting is the final paragraph - an official history of this school, which Tolkien attended and...
Is there a misnumbering in the recent issues of Mythprint? The March 2008 issue is labeled Volume 45, Number 3, while the April/May 2008 issue is labeled...
The Mythopoeic Society PRESS RELEASE: June 6, 2008 2008 Mythopoeic Award Finalists Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Goss, Theodora, In the Forest...
Greetings! Welcome to my newsletter for June, 2008! Please feel free to forward this to anyone you think would be interested in keeping up with me. To receive...
There's a 1964 letter by Tolkien to a Miss Carde Ward currently being auctioned on eBay, which touches briefly on the matter of adaptation of _The Lord of the...
