Category Archives: Tolkien

5
Apr

Tolkien bio, a rewarding read

As anyone who has ever read The Lord of the Rings knows, reading Tolkien’s masterpiece requires a huge time commitment, one that is, of course, well-rewarded.  Horne’s biography, on the other hand can be zipped through in an evening or … Continue reading →

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8
Sep

Wish I could be sure of this off the top of my head…

… since I did write a book about him and all! The Top Ten Books That Influenced J.R.R. Tolkien | LitStack. Off the top of my head, I wonder why she didn’t include the Kalevala.

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8
Sep

Christian Encounters: J.R.R. Tolkien by Mark Horne « beauty in the mundane (offsite)

This was a pleasurable biography well written and extensive in its scope. It is easy to read and draws parallels between emotional and historical happenings that impacted Tolkien which then shaped how he wrote and what he chose to write … Continue reading →

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8
Sep

Sound Off: Book Review: J.R.R. Tolkien by Mark Horne (offsite)

If you pressed me to think about it, I would probably say my all-time favorite fiction author is J.R.R. Tolkien. Last year I read a biography in the Christian Encounters series about Winston Churchill. In the last pages of the … Continue reading →

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5
Jul

Tolkien and the Moderns

It seems hard to remember now that there was a time when the American counterculture embraced J.R.R. Tolkien and his masterpiece. Groovy dudes in pipe-weed jerkins yelling “Go Go Gandalf,” walls covered with graffiti proclaiming “Frodo Lives!”, and election-year “Gandalf … Continue reading →

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6
May

A lesson from Tolkien’s life: You do not want God’s job

In order to fully understand what I’m about to write, you will need to see the book for more details. More than simply the facts of John Ronald Reuel’s life (and deaths), I found some material about artistic accomplishment and … Continue reading →

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12
Mar

Tolkien post alert

Leo Grin at Big Hollywood has a series worth reading about The Lord of the Rings, and why so many people come away from it feeling “nourished and refreshed.” Part 1 is here, part 2 is here, and part 3 … Continue reading →

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7
Feb

Not all who wander are lost

It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out. via Passage: Proverbs 25:2 (ESV Bible Online). I’ve been prone to consider this Proverb as aimed at exegesis of Scripture. Early … Continue reading →

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11
Nov

Christine O’Donnell wrote about Tolkien and women? If only I had known earlier!

In the midst of piles of Lord of the Rings merchandise on every shelf, Tolkien’s wisdom is applied to just about everything — Tolkien and industrialization, Tolkien and communism, Tolkien and religion, etc. What’s surprising, especially in today’s hypersensitive post-Gloria … Continue reading →

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7
Jul

Tolkien, Twilight, and Cultural Optimism

Twilight is a huge seller and one might be tempted to despair. But don’t. It is still amazing the number of Tolkien references one finds in Twitter and on Facebook. Tolkien! Not J. K. Rowling. (I would assume she has … Continue reading →

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