Article de jean Rodolphe turlin ( comme la précise, l'interview audio que je vais mettre en ligne dès que possible)

I blame that @joelmerriner.bsky.social for my new found interest in Soviet Bloc #Tolkien art. Just picked up this. Smith of Wootton Major from 1988, illustrated by Svetozar Ostrov. Love the paintings

Zwei maskierte Gestalten in langen grauen Mänteln stehen auf einem Waldpfad zwischen Bäumen.

Bald geht es los – die Tolkien Tage stehen vor der Tür! 🥳
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Trick-Taking Game is a clever co-op twist on classic trick-taking gameplay. Play through story-driven chapters, each introducing new rules, characters, and challenges as you relive the events of The Two Towers ⚔️

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Westmoot 2026 - a convention all about Tolkien!

This Tolkien Society event will see hundreds of Tolkien fans come together in Minneapolis from May 22 to May 24 to learn about Tolkien and celebrate together. Sign up at westmoot.org

【地震(じしん)がありました】 2026年(ねん)04月(がつ)20日(にち) 午後(ごご)4時(じ)53分(ふん) 三陸(さんりく)沖(おき)で一番(いちばん)大(おお)きな揺(ゆ)れは震度(しんど) 5強(きょう) でした。地震(じしん)がおきた場所(ばしょ)は 階上町(はしかみちょう)道仏(どうぶつ) 等(など)です。津波(つなみ)の危険(きけん)があります。すぐに気象庁(きしょうちょう)の発表(はっぴょう)を見てください。 もっと詳(くわ)しく知(し)りたい人(ひと)は、気象庁(きしょうちょう)のホームページを見てください。

Gandalf and company ride to Helm's Deep. Original production cel art from #LOTR (1978) is now available at our official ebay store:

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Guide to Tolkien's Letters: J.R.R. Tolkien to Rayner Unwin Christopher Tolkien had re-drawn Tolkien's draft-map of the area of Gondor and Rohan.

#OnThisDay in 1955, #Tolkien writes to Rayner Unwin.

Christopher Tolkien had re-drawn Tolkien's draft-map of the area of Gondor and Rohan.

Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real Nature - Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?

This researcher created a fictional illness, and fake studies funded by the Professor Sideshow Bob Foundation and University of the Fellowship of the Ring and the Galactic Triad.

LLMs warned people the illness was real.

go.nature.com/4mDXXka

A very stocky Exmoor Horn ram.

Happy 8th anniversary to the tweet that changed us forever. Look at this absolute unit.

For Friday, a question...
Which Nazgûl are you?
(I'm top right at the back, if you're asking 😜💀)
Art by the awesome Allan Curless (c.1979)

Gandalf talks to Frodo in Rivendell

Original production cel art from #LordoftheRings (1978) is now at the shop: ebay.us/m/PhyMag

Have a great weekend!
#Galadriel #lotr #animationart

Guide to Tolkien's Letters: J.R.R. Tolkien to H . Cotton Minchin As with Tolkien's draft of this letter, this letter opens with Tolkien's ackowledgment of Minchin's suggestions and his note that he is n...

He calls the Synopsis a nuisance and does not see the value in them and explains that the only seperation intended was the 6 books within a single volume. He then concludes with some matters on names, his own origins, and gives a commentary of Cotton. (7/7)

volume. He is astonished by The Lord of the Rings success, as is the publisher. It is selling very well, inspite of the costs. Tolkien is very pelase that Minchin has welcomes the volumes, noting that they cost around £4,000 to produce and that has to be repaid before he sees any profits. (6/7)

asking for. Geological, Elvish grammah, musical notations, archeology. Others want information on political and historical matters, on ceramics, botony, and on. Tolkien says though that his wish is to conclude the matter of his Silmarillion. He says that it will result in a very large (5/7)

months on some facsimile images of the 'Book of Mazarbul', which modern readers will not look at when reading their copies, but time and costs prevented the inclusion of them, along with much of his material on Elvish languages. Tolkien then notes the various informations that readers are (4/7)

would have been largely about linquistics. Tolkien describes himself as a philologist, and sometime calligrapher. An index of Elvish names was intended to be produced, noting that his 'specialist' volume would have been largely about linquistics. He goes on to mention that he worked for (3/7)

reduces the mention of maps and simply asks Minchin to send notes on "faults, inconsistencies, or omissions, in maps or text." Tolkien describes himself as a philologist, and sometime calligrapher. An index of Elvish names was intended to be produced, noting that his 'specialist' volume (2/7)

Guide to Tolkien's Letters: J.R.R. Tolkien to H . Cotton Minchin As with Tolkien's draft of this letter, this letter opens with Tolkien's ackowledgment of Minchin's suggestions and his note that he is n...

#OnThisDay in 1956, #Tolkien writes to H [Humphrey]. Cotton Minchin.

As with Tolkien's draft of this letter, this letter opens with Tolkien's ackowledgment of Minchin's suggestions and his note that he is now more than ever under enormous pressure to finish long promised volumes. He (1/7)

『ロード・オブ・ザ・リング』の新作映画、アラゴルン役の変更が正式発表。ゴラムが主役の映画『The Hunt for Gollum』にて
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Jamie Dornan has been cast as Aragorn in ‘THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM’.

あの、ところでグロールフィンデルさんは…

Watercolour painting in landscape orientation showing Strider and the hobbits traversing an autumnal, rainy, hillside with mossy rocks, pine trees. Fodo is riding Bill the Pony.

“Journey to Rivendell” (watercolour, 2005)

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Cosplay at WonderCon in Anaheim was truly exceptional this year, with Middle-earth inspired craftsmanship on full display! Hobbits and Elves gathered at the fan meetup outside the convention center.

#cosplay #WonderCon #LOTR #TheHobbit #FanMeetup

New #LOTR cels are up!

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Guide to Tolkien's Letters: J.R.R. Tolkien to Stanley Unwin Relations between Tolkien and Allen & Unwin had begun to become strained as Tolkien felt that A&U were not open to publishing his work as he would have ...

#OnThisDay in 1950, #Tolkien writes to Stanley Unwin.

Relations between Tolkien and Allen & Unwin had begun to become strained as Tolkien felt that A&U were not open to publishing his work as he would have liked, and during this period Tolkien was introduced to Milton Waldman of the (1/5)

Guide to Tolkien's Letters: J.R.R. Tolkien to Tom Shippey Tolkien replies to Tom remarking on his paper 'The Author as Philologist'.

#OnThisDay in 1970, #Tolkien writes to Tom Shippey.

Tolkien replies to Tom remarking on his paper 'The Author as Philologist'.

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Guide to Tolkien's Letters: J.R.R. Tolkien to M. Wilson Tolkien responded to Mrs. Wilson stating that The Lord of the Rings should really be read by adults, as it was not a work aimed at children.

#OnThisDay in 1956, #Tolkien writes to M. Wilson.

Tolkien responded to Mrs. Wilson stating that The Lord of the Rings should really be read by adults, as it was not a work aimed at children.