Did anybody else get the following postcard? It's an oversize postcard, professionally and slickly printed, which announces a talk and signing by Alistair...
I saw the author of this book interviewed (briefly) on C-SPAN's Book TV this afternoon. Has anyone read this? The International Relations of Middle-earth:...
For everyone, esp. those who have been through JRRT's papers- Can anyone come up with the reason for Tolkien, well after completing the book (i.e. while...
http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Narnia-/137037/ February 11, 2013 Why Narnia? By Rowan Williams Norman Parkinson, Corbis C.S. Lewis at home, circa 1950 A...
Greetings! And welcome to my newsletter for February, 2013! Please feel free to forward this to anyone you think would be interested in keeping up with me! To...
I'm currently pursing a doctorate in music and recently wrote a paper about Goethe and Schubert's relationship (or lack thereof) that dealt with, among other...
Does anyone out there have any review sites they particularly like? I'm looking to find reviewers for The Stolen Luck who like character-driven, slightly...
My fantasy short story, Revenge, Denied free on Kindle Feb. 8-9 - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0079JXJ3K Joan ***************************** Joan Marie Verba ...
OK, here's a question for the group to get some discussion going: If Tolkien was for you, as it was for me, your first step into fantasy literature addiction,...
Lynn Maudlin here, interrupting your lovely discussion, to encourage Mythopoeic Society members to go join the Mythopoeic Announcements group. I don't want to...
Individual members of the Mythopoeic Society are invited to nominate books for the 2013 Mythopoeic Awards, and/or to volunteer to serve on any of the...
Hello to AllI wonder if any one can help me with a question. Was Bilbo's home on the south facing side of the hill? Did he take advantage of solar gain to...
... I was here referring to the gamers themselves, rather than to those who write professional fiction in the gaming ethos. I accept that I didn't always make...
Has anyone read the review by Nick Lowe, in issue 244 (dated January/February 2013) of the science fiction magazine Interzone, of The Hobbit: An Unexpected...
Here's a quick question for the linguistically inclined. How is the name of the original form of Tolkien's earliest Elven language, QENYA, pronounced? Is it...
If, like me, you found the dwarves' song in the Jackson HOBBIT rather lovely but wished there were more of it (unlike, say, that interminable action scene with...
In a message dated 1/30/2003 8:54:21 AM Central Standard Time, ... Wait a sec, Mr Fantalov. "Barba" is Latin, not Greek, for beard, and I'd always heard the...
Hi, Can anyone on this list help with the below? It isn't a book I own. I'm guessing he's just after a summary of the event details. If so, please let me know...
Came across a piece on JRRT in an unusual place, SOJOURNERS magazine. It's in the current (January 2013) issue, the one with Ian McKellan's Gandalf on the...
Hi all, There's a cute shirt based on *The Hobbit* on shirt.woot.com today: http://shirt.woot.com/offers/little-bilby-goes-for-a-walk-zip-up-hoodie. Just...
Ruth Berman is a member of the Mythopoeic Society and an active member of the Rivendell discussion group. Her fantasy novel, Bradamant's Quest, was recently...
Idhrin-eden 'elir (Happy New Year!) And welcome to my newsletter for January, 2013! Please feel free to forward this to anyone you think would be interested in...
"C.S. Lewis and the Middle Ages" by Robert Boenig; a student of the writer's personal and professional engagement with medieval culture and literature. As at...
