I did some posts in a couple G+ Lord of the Rings communities to see what fans’ favourite quotes are. This list includes quotes from all three volumes of Lord of the Rings, as well as The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion. #1: “If more of us valued food and cheer and song over hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”ContinueContinue reading “Tuesdays with Tolkien: 10 favourite quotes”
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Tuesdays with Tolkien: The Greyscale
Tolkien is often blamed for creating black and white characters. Either they’re completely on the good side, or they’re completely on the bad side, and for this reason there are a ton of other authors who are way better at characterization that Tolkien is. When I come across assertions such as these, I find themContinueContinue reading “Tuesdays with Tolkien: The Greyscale”
Tuesdays with Tolkien: Put No Trust in Shifting Visions
In Middle-earth, there are various ways of seeing things far away both in distance and in time – the palantíri and Galadriel’s Mirror, to name two. But whilst all this may suggest to some that Tolkien was promoting such activity, which resembles fortunetelling and other such occult activities, in fact it is quite the opposite. J.R.R. Tolkien inContinueContinue reading “Tuesdays with Tolkien: Put No Trust in Shifting Visions”
