The Tolkien Lore Podcast
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Discussing anything and everything related to J.R.R. Tolkien, from Middle-earth to real life.
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Beregond and the Importance of Minor Characters | Tolkien Reading Day 2026
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Tolkien on Masculinity: How to Be a Good Man in Middle-Earth
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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Fall, Mortality, and Machine in Tolkien, Part 3: Machines and Magic and the Human Condition
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Tolkien Geek Rates Tolkien Related Memes, Part 5: All Good Memes Must Come to an End
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Fall, Mortality, and Machine in Tolkien, Part 2: Lessons on Dying Well in Middle-Earth
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Tolkien Geek Rates Tolkien Related Memes, Part 4: Have I Gone Too Far??
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Fall, Mortality, and Machine in Tolkien, Part 1: From the Fall of Melkor to the Fall of Frodo
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Tolkien Geek Rates Tolkien Related Memes, Part 3: Third Time Is the Silmaril?
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Tolkien Geek Rates Tolkien Related Memes, Part 2: The Return of the Meme
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Is “The Lord of the Rings” Only for Boys? Let’s Interview an Actual Girl Fan
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Tolkien Geek Rates Tolkien Related Memes, Part 1
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Turin’s Weakness Is His Lack of Tolkien’s Greatest Weapon: Friendship
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Tolkien Geek Game Night: Journeys in Middle-Earth
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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“It Was Always a Vast Globe” for Tolkien, to the End of His Life
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Why Do We Know So Little About Tolkien’s Most Impressive Heroes?
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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The Parallel but Opposite Internal Debates of Gollum and Samwise Gamgee
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Book Review | “Tolkien in the Twenty-First Century: The Meaning of Middle-Earth Today”
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May 26, 2025 |
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Who’s the Most Impressive Character in Tolkien’s Legendarium? Maybe Not Who You Think…
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May 19, 2025 |
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What Would Have Happened if Samwise Chose to Stay with Frodo in Cirith Ungol?
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May 12, 2025 |
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Was Samwise Right to Leave Frodo at Cirith Ungol?
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May 05, 2025 |
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Is Gandalf the White Invulnerable Like the Witch King of Angmar?
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Rockadoodle and Tolkien on the Ambiguity and Power of Myth
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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Why Was It Harder for Sauron to Regain a Body Every Time He Was Destroyed?
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Tolkien Geek Reacts to “Warfare Experts Rate 13 Lord of the Rings Battles for Realism”
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Why the Members of the Fellowship of the Ring Make NO Sense Strategically
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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How the “Company” of the Ring Became the “Fellowship” | Tolkien Reading Day 2025
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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How J.R.R. Tolkien Almost Ruined His Middle-Earth Mythology
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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How Providence Made the Most of Boromir Taking Faramir’s Place
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Are Peter Jackson’s Deviations from Tolkien Really Justified by Adaptation?
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Details Peter Jackson Got Right in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and The Battle of Five Armies
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Did Gandalf Make a Huge Blunder Allowing Frodo to Wait to Leave the Shire?
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Was Gandalf a Machiavellian Schemer Who Used Others as Pawns?
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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How the Animated Tolkien Films Capture What Jackson Misses
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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How Peter Jackson's LOTR Trilogy Won the Loyalty of Die Hard Book Fans
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Tolkien’s Heroes Are NOT Perfect—Let’s Look at Their Character Flaws
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Details Peter Jackson Got Right in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Tom Bombadil as Middle-Earth's Melchizedek?
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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How Tolkien Exalts the Humble and Humbles the Proud in Middle-Earth
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Details in Peter Jackson’s “The Return of the King” that Only Book Superfans Notice, Part 2
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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The Tolkien Geek Reviews “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim”
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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Details in Peter Jackson’s “The Return of the King” that Only Book Superfans Notice, Part 1
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Details Peter Jackson Got Right in “Return of the King,” Part 2
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Details Peter Jackson Got Right in "Return of the King," Part 1
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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An Extremely Nitpicky Review of Peter Jackson’s “The Return of the King,” Part 2
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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An Extremely Nitpicky Review of Peter Jackson’s “The Return of the King,” Part 1
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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The Real Reason You Don’t Like “Rings of Power” (It’s Not “the Canon”)
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Corey Olsen Was Actually Right That There Is No “Canon” of Tolkien’s Work
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Why Didn’t Gandalf and Aragorn Tell Frodo Anything About Bilbo?
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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The Tolkien Geek Reviews “The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien” (ed. Scull & Hammond, 2024)
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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How Tolkien Recycled Frodo's Story Arc for Theoden
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Details in Peter Jackson’s “The Two Towers” that Only Book Superfans Would Notice
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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How Tolkien Handles Innocence and its Loss in The Lord of the Rings | Hobbit Day 2024
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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Details Peter Jackson Absolutely Nailed in The Lord of the Rings, Part Two
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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An Extremely Nitpicky Review of “The Two Towers” Part 2
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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YouTube’s Copyright System Needs an Overhaul and Warner Bros. Is a Copyright Bully
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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The Tolkien Geek Reacts to the “War of the Rohirrim” Trailer
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli vs. Ultramarathoners—Who Is More Impressive?
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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What are Tolkien’s Elves REALLY Like??
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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An Extremely Nitpicky Review of “The Two Towers” Part 1
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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How Does YouTuber Jazza Do at Faithfully Illustrating Book Versions of Tolkien’s Creatures?
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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For Tolkien, the Ends Don’t Justify the Means, the Ends Determine the Means!
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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George R.R. Martin Can’t Imagine Where Hobbit Children Come From
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Tolkien Meme Analysis: Just How Obvious Was Saruman’s Treachery?
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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The Choices of Master Aragorn: A Book v. Movie AND Literary Analysis!
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Galadriel’s Ability to See Things Seems to Outclass the Palantiri
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Bluey’s “Born Yesterday” and Tolkien’s “On Fairy Stories” on Recovering Your Inner Child
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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The Dark Night of Aragorn’s Confidence After Gandalf’s Fall in Moria
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Why Hasn’t the Tolkien Estate Sold the Rights to Adapt the Silmarillion?
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Why Didn’t Sauron Know Where the Shire Was?
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May 27, 2024 |
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Details in Peter Jackson’s “Fellowship of the Ring” that Only Book SuperFans Notice, Part 3
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May 20, 2024 |
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Next Lord of the Rings Movie Revealed: The Hunt for Gollum (Working Title)
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May 13, 2024 |
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An Extremely Nitpicky Review of “The Fellowship of the Ring” Part 3
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May 06, 2024 |
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How to Convince a Christian that Lord of the Rings Isn’t Full of Forbidden Witchcraft
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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What Would Have Happened If Frodo Had Died in Moria? Who Knows!
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Lord of the Rings Book vs. Movie: The King of the Golden Hall
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Comparing Tolkien’s Valar with the Greek Pantheon | Patreon Request
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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An Extremely Nitpick Review of “The Fellowship of the Ring” Part 2
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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11 More Details in Jackson’s “Fellowship of the Ring” that Only LOTR Superfans Would Notice
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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How Pippin Became Known as Prince of the Halflings in Minas Tirith
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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How Iluvatar Used Boromir’s Presence in the Fellowship
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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An Extremely Nitpicky Review of “The Fellowship of the Ring,” Pt. 1
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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5 Details in Peter Jackson’s “Fellowship of the Ring” that Only Superfans Notice
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Tolkien Lyrics in Rock Music: Led Zeppelin and Rush
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Writing in Tengwar: Learn How to Use and Customize Tolkien’s Elvish Alphabet
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Pixar’s “Inside Out” and Tolkien’s Nienna on Turning Sorrow to Wisdom
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Character Study of Saruman: Tolkien’s Portrait of the Modern Politician
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Lord of the Rings Book v. Movie: The Paths of the Dead and Aragorn at the Pelennor Fields
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Lord of the Rings Book v. Movie: Gandalf’s Disappearance
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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How a Pirate Publisher Stole Tolkien’s Magnum Opus: The Story of Ace Books’ "Lord of the Rings"
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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The Twelve Days of Christmas Tolkien Style
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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The Top 4 Mature/Uncomfortable Scenes in Tolkien’s Middle-Earth
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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8 Scenes from Tolkien We REALLY DO Want to See on Screen
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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7 Scenes from Tolkien We’d Love to See on Screen...But Probably Shouldn’t
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Unexpected Hospitality in The Lord of the Rings: Gildor and Faramir | Thanksgiving Special
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Details in The Fellowship of the Ring that Peter Jackson Absolutely Nailed
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Faramir, the Ring, and the Nature of Evil in Middle-earth
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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We Need to Talk About Tribalism in the Tolkien Fandom
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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When Did Arwen Become Mortal? Exploring the Choice of the Half-Elven in Tolkien’s Mythology
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Peter Jackson Changes to The Lord of the Rings that Make NO Sense, Part 1
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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Maedhros & Beren: One-Handed Brothers from Different Mothers
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Did Beren Get His Hand Back When He Was Reincarnated With Luthien?
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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A Tolkien Theory: Why Couldn’t Morgoth and Sauron Change Bodily Form?
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Why Was Finduilas So Important to Turin Avoiding His Doom?
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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How Bilbo Knew About Gollum’s Grandmother
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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How Did William the Troll Come to Own a Talking Purse in The Hobbit?
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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How Could Gandalf Have Survived Moria, and How Might That Have Changed the Lord of the Rings?
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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A Tale of Amdir and Estel: Aragorn’s Journey from Boromir to Gandalf
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Smith of Wootton Major: The Culmination and Summary of Tolkien’s Life and Career
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Tal-Elmar: Yet Another Story Tolkien Never Finished
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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The Tolkien Geek Reviews “The Battle of Five Armies” Board Game
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Why Did Morgoth Take Radically Different Approaches to Men and Elves?
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: If Celeborn Is Such a Big Deal, Why Do We Know Nothing About Him?
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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The Tolkien Geek Reviews The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth Board Game
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May 29, 2023 |
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Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: How Did the Minstrel of Gondor Know Frodo and Sam’s Story?
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May 25, 2023 |
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God’s Power Made Perfect in Weakness: Christian Humility in Tolkien’s Middle-Earth
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May 22, 2023 |
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A Long-Expected Soundscape: The Perfect Background for Reading Lord of the Rings
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May 19, 2023 |
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The Tale of Adanel: Tolkien’s Legend of the Fall of Man in Middle-Earth
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May 15, 2023 |
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Demon Possession in Middle-Earth? A Patron Video Request
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May 11, 2023 |
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The Judgments of Sam and Beregond: How Tolkien Uses Parallel to Tell Us About Aragorn
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May 08, 2023 |
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Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: Druedain Statues, the Watchers of Cirith Ungol, and Morgoth’s Ring???
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May 04, 2023 |
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The Fellowship of the King v. Rings of Power | Hilarious Copyright Suit Against Tolkien Estate
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May 01, 2023 |
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Is Tom Bombadil a Product of the Discord of Melkor? Patron Topic Request!
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Is Movie Theoden Better than I Gave Him Credit for? Response to Zac Evans
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: The Christian Theology of Elven Divorce
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Northern Courage and the Long Defeat: Tolkien’s Christianization of Northern Europe
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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The Main Character of The Lord of the Rings Is...Middle-Earth
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Barad-dur, its Foundations, and the Ring: Did Tolkien Leave a Contradiction in Lord of the Rings?
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Life Is an Adventure, Miserable Drudgery but So Worth It | Tolkien Reading Day 2023
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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Book vs. Movie Legolas: Ethereal Stoic or Emotional Jokester?
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: Do the Wizard’s Staves Contain the Power of Each Wizard?
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Tolkien Book Review: The Fall of Numenor
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: Theory—Wizards’ Staves Are a Limitation, Not a Source of Power
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Do the Wizards of The Lord of the Rings Need a Staff to Do Magic?
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: The Numenorean Fascination with the Dead and Splendid Tombs
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Tolkien Book Review: “The Wisdom of Hobbits” by Matthew J. Distefano
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: How Gandalf and Elrond Knew To Destroy the Ring in Mount Doom
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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A Middle-Earth Pronunciation Guide, Part 2: Languages Other than Elvish
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: How Tolkien Always Leaves Us Wanting More
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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A Middle-Earth Pronunciation Guide, Part 1: Rules for Elvish Words
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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“Magic” Beverages in The Lord of the Rings: Their Contents (Booze?) and Effects
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Beyond Subcreation: Tolkien’s Emphasis on Child-Bearing in Middle-Earth
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: The Continent of Aman as the Americas
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Lord of the Rings Book vs. Movie: King Theoden of Rohan
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: What Does the White Flag of the Stewards of Gondor Signify?
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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“One of the Seven”: The Worst Tolkien Fan Film Made to Date?
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: Ents and Tolkien’s Recycling of Old Ideas
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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The Drowning of Numenor and the Goodness of Eru Iluvatar: Theodicy in Middle-Earth
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: Bilbo and Frodo as JRR and Christopher Tolkien
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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The Speech of Gurthang to Turin: Magic Sword or Insane Hallucination?
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: Why Is There No “5 Rings” in the Ring Poem?
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Double Feature Fan Film Review: “Nienor Niniel” and “The Legend of Gurthang”
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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Tolkien and Modern Culture: The Lord of the Rings and 12 Angry Men
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: Could the Witch King Have Snapped Eowyn’s Sword, or Gandalf’s Staff?
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Lord of the Rings “Deleted Scene”: The Temptation of Samwise Gamgee
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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When and Why Did Gandalf Decide to Destroy the Bridge of Khazad-Dum?
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Debunking CinemaSins’ “Everything Wrong with Lord of the Rings (1979)”
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: Why Does Gollum Choke on Lembas and Burn on Elven Rope?
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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The Zimmerman Lord of the Rings Script: Worse than John Boorman’s??
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: Saruman and His Magic
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Tolkien Geek Debunks “10 Ways Lord of the Rings Has Aged Poorly”
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: What Does Aragorn Know About Saruman?
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Tolkien Geek Takes "Bible or Tolkien" Quiz
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: Amon Hen and Amon Lhaw
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Tolkien on Romance, Chivalry, and Soul Mates
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Rings of Power Season 1: Where It Went Wrong, Plus My Wife Answers Your Questions!
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Tolkien Geek Reviews the Soviet Production of “The Fellowship of the Ring” (1991)
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Faramir’s High, Middle, and Wild Men: Were Faramir and Numenoreans Simply Racist?
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Tolkien Geek Reviews “The Rings of Power” Ep. 8: The Central Plot Is Broken
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Oct 15, 2022 |
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Tolkien on Secondary Belief and the Need for Realism in Fantasy
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Tolkien Geek Reviews “The Rings of Power” Ep. 7: The Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back
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Oct 08, 2022 |
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Response to TheRedBook on Sauron, the One Ring, and Numenor
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Tolkien Geek Reviews “The Rings of Power” Ep. 6: All the Homage, None of the Magic
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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John Boorman’s Lord of the Rings Script Pt. 4: Strangest Ending Ever
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Tolkien Geek Reviews Rings of Power Ep. 5: The Writing Is Trash and the Show Is NOT Tolkien
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Sep 24, 2022 |
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Frodo Baggins: The Modern Hero We Need, but Don’t Deserve | Hobbit Day 2022
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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John Boorman’s Lord of the Rings Script Pt. 3: Skipping Isengard and Fangorn
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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Tolkien Geek Reviews Rings of Power Ep. 4: Modern Politics and Not Much Else Going On
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Sep 17, 2022 |
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Elrond and Galadriel: Who Was Actually More of a Warrior?
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Rings of Power Ep. 3 Review: No Problems Fixed, More Added
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Sep 10, 2022 |
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John Boorman’s Lord of the Rings Script Pt. 2: The Desecration of Galadriel
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Tolkien Geek Reviews Episode 1 of Amazon's "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power"
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Hopes and Concerns for Amazon’s Rings of Power Before the Premiere
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Why Tolkien Still Matters, w/ Tony Meade
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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Tolkien Geek Reviews Exit The Game: Shadows Over Middle-Earth
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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The Wisdom of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth (w/ David Rowe)
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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The Worst Tolkien Adaptation That Never Got Made: John Boorman’s Lord of the Rings Script, Pt. 1
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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Tolkien and the Critics Pt 3: Sexism and Racism (w/ GirlNextGondor)
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Tolkien Geek Reacts to Rings of Power Comic-Con Trailer
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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Tolkien, Peter Jackson, and the Moral Landscape of The Lord of the Rings
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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How Peter Jackson Should Have Framed the Hobbit Trilogy
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Dispelling Myths About the Nazgul and the Nine Rings
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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Lord of the Rings Theory: What If Isildur Had Survived and Kept the Ring?
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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From Semi-Villain to Tragic Hero: The Soft Retcon of Isildur
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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How Did Sauron Get His Ring from Numenor Back to Mordor but Not Off His Dead Hand?
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Tolkien, Allegory, and Applicability: Freedom of the Reader Is Not License to Reinterpret
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Upcoming Changes to Patreon and the Future of the Channel
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Who in Middle-Earth Could Effectively Wield the One Ring?
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May 30, 2022 |
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How Sauron and "Leaf by Niggle" Teach Us More About Melkor and Manwe
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May 23, 2022 |
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Why Couldn’t the One Ring Be Taken to Valinor?
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May 16, 2022 |
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Why Did Gandalf Fear Sauron If They’re Both Maiar?
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May 09, 2022 |
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Which of Tolkien's Stories Are Part of the the Middle-Earth “Canon?”
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May 02, 2022 |
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Anglachel/Gurthang and Narsil/Anduril: Twin Sword Brothers from Different Mothers
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Book Review | The Science of Middle-Earth: A New Understanding of Tolkien and His World
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Why Peter Jackson Was Right to Cut Tom Bombadil from The Lord of the Rings
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Who Really Killed Sauron in the War of the Last Alliance? And Why Does It Matter?
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Tolkien’s “Fundamentally Catholic” Mythology: The Christian Foundations of Middle-Earth
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Merry & Pippin: Fast Friends in a Foreign War | Tolkien Reading Day 2022
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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The Characters of LOTR: The Relatable, the Admirable, and the "Warning to Others"
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Is the Tolkien Estate About to Start Aggressively Enforcing Copyright and Trademark?
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Fate and Free Will in Middle-Earth vs. “The Adjustment Bureau” | Tolkien & Modern Culture
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Tolkien and the Critics, Pt. 2: Epic Pooh (w/ GirlNextGondor)
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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My Thoughts on the “Rings of Power” Controversy
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Fate and Free Will in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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What Do The Lord of the Rings Characters Really Look Like?
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Fate and Free Will in the Story of Turin Turambar
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Fate and Free Will in Middle-Earth
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Lord of the Rings Book vs. Movie: Gandalf Cures Theoden at Meduseld
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Tolkien on Magic vs. Art in Middle-Earth
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Advanced Technology in Middle-Earth
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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Newsweek’s 20th Anniversary Fellowship of the Ring Issue is FAKE NEWS!!
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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20 Years of The Fellowship of the Ring: A Retrospective
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Why Does Sauron Have Only 9 Fingers?
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Who Decided Boromir Would Go to Rivendell, and Why?
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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What if Merry and Pippin Returned to the Shire from Rivendell in Lord of the Rings? Pt. 2
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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What if Merry and Pippin Returned to the Shire from Rivendell in The Lord of the Rings? Pt. 1
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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How Long Ago Was Lord of the Rings? Tolkien Tells Us in “Nature of Middle-Earth”
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Why Is Gollum Allergic to Elven Rope and Lembas?
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Are All Tolkien’s Favorite Heroes Spider-Slayers? | Halloween 2021
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Middle-Earth Metaphysics: Tolkien’s Orc Problem
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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The History (and Mystique) of Isengard and Orthanc
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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What Do Sir Lenny Henry’s Recent Comments Tell Us about LOTR on Prime?
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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What Does that (In)famous Footnote in “The Nature of Middle-Earth” Mean?
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Lord of the Rings Book vs. Movie: The One Ring
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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How Adventure Changed the Ringbearers | Hobbit Day 2021
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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The Recycling of Turin Turambar: Turin = Faramir + Boromir + ???
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Tolkien and the Critics: Part I (ft. GirlNextGondor)
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Are Frodo and Sam from Lord of the Rings Really Gay?
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Seven Kinds of Love (+1 Bonus) in Tolkien's Middle-Earth
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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The Tolkien Geek Reviews: "The Green Knight" (2021) with Spoilers
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Response to "Gondor in Transition: A Brief Introduction to Transgender Realities in The Lord of the Rings" | Tolkien Society Summer Seminar 2021
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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7 Times Lord of the Rings' Characters' Own Words Bit Them in the Butt
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Interpreting Tolkien: Authorial Intent or Death of the Author?
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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All Tolkien's Stories, from Worst to Best
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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The Major Adaptions of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Ranked by Fidelity
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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Boring Heroes, Interesting Villains, and Faramir: How Tolkien Breaks the Trend
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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The Rings of Power in Lord of the Rings
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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A Tolkien Bestiary
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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Lord of the Rings "Deleted Scene": The Scouring of the Shire
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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The Lay of Leithian: The Theme of Release in the Tale of Beren and Luthien
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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Debunking ScreenRant.com's "LOTR: Things that Make NO Sense"
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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The Theme of Greed in Tolkien's Novels
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Yuletide Gift Ideas for the Tolkien Fan on Your Nice List
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Lord of the Rings Character Study: Eowyn
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Book vs. Movie: Action Scenes in The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Tolkien Book Review: Beren & Luthien
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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The Creation and Shaping of Middle Earth
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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What's Wrong with Wisecrack's "How Lord of the Rings Changed | Book vs Movie"
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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The "Translation" of the Lord of the Rings
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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A Brief History of Sauron
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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Tolkien and Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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The Biggest Problems with Peter Jackson's Hobbit Movie Trilogy
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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Background of the Writing of The Hobbit
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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Lord of the Rings Character Study: Boromir
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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The Wizards and the White Council in Lord of the Rings
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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The Importance of the Old Forest, Bombadil, and Barrow Downs in The Lord of the Rings
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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Lord of the Rings "Deleted Scene": The Barrow Downs
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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Lord of the Rings "Deleted Scenes": Tom Bombadil
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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Lord of the Rings "Deleted Scenes": The Old Forest
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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Alleged Allegories That Aren't in The Lord of the Rings
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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Lord of the Rings Character Study: Legolas & Gimli
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Top 5 "Deleted" Characters in The Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Lord of the Rings Book vs. Movie: Bree
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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The Theme of Death in Tolkien's Mythology
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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The Real Life Inspirations of Beren and Luthien
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Creatures of Middle Earth: Elves
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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Game Review: LOTR - The Confrontation
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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Is Eowyn a Victim of Tolkien's Sexism?
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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Middle Earth History: The Rohirrim
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Jun 12, 2021 |
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Making a Silmarillion Movie Trilogy
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Jun 12, 2021 |
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Book vs. Movie: Council of Elrond
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Jun 12, 2021 |
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Greatest Feats by Tolkien's Heroes
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Jun 12, 2021 |
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Middle Earth History: Aragorn's Biography
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Jun 12, 2021 |
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Tolkien's Poetry: An Overview
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Jun 12, 2021 |
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The Lay of Aotrou & Itroun
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Jun 12, 2021 |
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Middle-Earth Misconceptions
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Jun 12, 2021 |
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Middle-Earth Mysteries
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Jun 12, 2021 |
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Named Weapons in Lord of the Rings
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Middle Earth History: How Do You Get to Valinor?
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Game Review: Lord of the Rings Trivia Game
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Why We Need More Faramirs
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Middle Earth History: The North Kingdom of Arnor
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Unfinished Tales: Disaster of the Gladden Fields
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Sub-Creation as a Theme in the Silmarillion
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Middle Earth History: The Ring of Barahir
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Middle-Earth History: Numenor
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Debunking Grunge com's "False Facts About The Lord of the Rings You've Always Believed"
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Book Review: The Story of Kullervo
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Smith of Wootton Major
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Leaf by Niggle
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Is Tolkien Aragorn's "Descendant?"
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Farmer Giles of Ham
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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What Does the Ending of "The Lord of the Rings" Mean?
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May 31, 2021 |
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Riddles in the Dark: Spiritual Warfare by Bilbo and Gollum
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May 24, 2021 |
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Middle Earth History: Silmarillion Overview
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May 21, 2021 |
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Middle Earth Pronunciation Guide
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May 21, 2021 |
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The Hobbit Retcon
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May 21, 2021 |
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On Fairy Stories: Eucatastrophe
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May 21, 2021 |
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On Fairy Stories
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May 21, 2021 |
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How to Enjoy Peter Jackson's LOTR Trilogy as a Purist
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May 21, 2021 |
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Peter Jackson's 5 LOTR Best Scenes
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May 21, 2021 |
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5 Worst Scenes in Peter Jackson's LOTR Movies
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May 21, 2021 |
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5 Missed Opportunities in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Movies
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May 21, 2021 |
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Adding More Arwen to LOTR: A Response to Men of the West
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May 17, 2021 |
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Are Orcs a Manifestation of Tolkien's Racism?
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May 10, 2021 |
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One Does not Simply Fly to Mordor
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May 10, 2021 |
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Tolkien and Time Travel: Numenor Enters the Mythology
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May 10, 2021 |
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Top 5 Ways Tolkien Impacted Modern Culture
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May 10, 2021 |
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Tolkien on Love: Romantic and Realistic
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May 10, 2021 |
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Top 5 Characters Ruined by Peter Jackson
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May 10, 2021 |
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All the Ringbearers in Chronological Order
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May 10, 2021 |
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Hilariously Stupid Lawsuit Botches Tolkien Reference
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May 10, 2021 |
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Middle-earth History: The Palantiri
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May 10, 2021 |