Celebrating Tolkien’s Birthday

Happy New Year!

It’s 2019, and 3rd January brings with it the annual tradition for any Tolkien readers to celebrate the birth of the author — in this instance, 127 years ago.

This blog is 5 years old!

It’s July 8th and that means another year has passed since the creation of A Tolkienist’s Perspective!

I can’t believe how swiftly time has passed since typing my first post, which was achieve with much trepidation and doubts as to how it would be received.

Will we ever see Tolkien’s Aotrou & Itroun in Deluxe Edition?

It has become a nice tradition that with every new release of a Tolkien book, we get the hardback edition and its deluxe equivalent.

Which got me thinking …

What happened with the deluxe edition of The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun?

Tolkien Collection | Closer Look The Hobbit Facsimile First Edition

Hullo folks!

Long time no write. True. But here I am again, to present you with — what hopefully — will be a regular series of video uploads that provide a closer look to my Tolkien Book Collection.

Tolkien’s Caves of the Forgotten

Hiya folks!

In a post title that feels somewhat appropriate given my recent absence from this blog, allow me to delve into yet another one of those Middle-earth topics we know very little about …

The Traditional Tolkien Toast

It is the 3rd of January, and that means only one thing: the annual toast to celebrate J.R.R. Tolkien’s birth date.

GRR Martin vs Tolkien: Character Deaths in The Silmarillion [count]

Can Tolkien beat G.R.R. Martin in the number of character deaths?

Just to pass the time, I decided to mark every page where the death of a named character occurs in The Silmarillion (excluding Akallabêth and Of The Rings of Power). 

This was inspired by a hilarious image circulating the internet which compares J.K. Rowling’s and G.R.R. Martin’s own character deaths in their stories.

Tolkien Reading Day 2017!

The sun has risen on yet another 25th of March, and that means it’s the start of Tolkien Reading Day!

This day, marking the destruction of the One Ring in The Lord of the Rings, is meant to praise the author’s works and encourage people to read Tolkien by quoting favourite passages.

Besides being a prolific writer, J.R.R. Tolkien was also quite the poet. I’ve mentioned numerous times my love for his poetry and, instead of focusing on the more popular and praised Middle-earth works, today I’ve decided to provide you with four beautiful extracts of these metrical compositions.

Tolkien Books I HAVE NOT read (yet)

Though this might not trouble some of you, I believe I’m letting down my own Tolkien self and feel the need to share.

Whilst the author’s works are too extensive to be read within the relatively brief amount of time I’ve been an ardent reader of Tolkien (15 years give or take), there are some books — written by or about him — that I feel disappointed at not having yet tackled them.

Bard the Bowman – WETA Collectibles

Hope you enjoy this quick video of Bard the Bowman from WETA’s collectibles range.