Three new episodes of Middle-earth Talk Radio were released today, bringing the episode list up-to-date at Middle-earth Talk Radio. I could say many interesting things about these episodes but I want...
In case you have been sleeping under a rock this evening, and you’re just now getting around to checking your Tolkien, science fiction and fantasy, or Xenite.Org network blogs, we just launched...
Every now and then I find myself searching with great frustration for the blogs of people who, in my opinion, have something credible and interesting to say about J.R.R. Tolkien, Middle-earth, or som...
In November of 2003 noted Tolkien scholar Michael Drout stepped out from behind the iron curtain of academic snobbery and encouraged people who lack academic credentials but are nonetheless passionat...
These are not “scholarly” articles so your grandma doesn’t have to get out her shotgun, but a new series of articles being published under the aegis of Middle-earth Unplugged promis...
You may notice a few changes to Tolkien Studies on the Web, not the least of which is that this blog is now hosted on its own sub-domain. The old B2Evolution blog software had outlived its usefulness...
In case you’ve been sleeping under a rock or staring into the wind, SF-Fandom.com turned 10 years old today (March 6, 2011). We’ve been around longer than most science fiction forums and ...
Watch or listen to Hawke Robinson present his paper on Tolkien and his love for trees at this weekends Tolkien Moot. Hawke speaks at 1 PM Pacific Time (4 PM Eastern). The convention is broadcast as a...
Hawke Robinson sent out the following announcement and I am reposting it here. After another long hiatus, and the mysterious lost episode #33 (discussed in this new episode), a new episode of Middle-...
Tolkien Moot will be held next weekend in Spokane, WA. As always the conference will be live streamed over the Internet. Hawke Robinson will be presenting a paper he wrote a couple of years ago that ...
Hawke and I have been offline from the Talk Show for a few months. We just recorded another episode last night (I am waiting for the official announcement of its release) but as we were preparing for...
At the end of April TheOneRing.net put out a call for people who had organized line parties for Peter Jacksons "The Lord of the Rings" movies to get in touch with them. Its time to start thin...
Its not every day that an award-winning film-maker invites the public to participate in a new project. Believe it or not, you have until the morning of Friday, April 22, 2011 to make a worthwhile con...
You can now listen to or download Episode 32 of Middle-earth Talk Radio, recorded on Sunday, March 20, 2011. We do cover the start of filming on "The Hobbit" but we also talk about a YouTube ...
In case youve been sleeping under a rock or staring into the wind, SF-Fandom.com turned 10 years old today (March 6, 2011). Weve been around longer than most science fiction forums and weve outlasted...
Michael Martinez (thats me!) and Hawke Robinson are BACK!. Episode 30 of Middle-earth Talk Radio is now available for your listening pleasure. Weve been offline for a while so were a little rusty but...
I have been traveling a great deal over the past few months and have had little time to respond to my email. I have received multiple requests for comments and discussion on Tolkiens literature from ...
The Google Scholar search engine has been available for several years. It is not a generally useful search tool because it largely indexes subscription archives that are only available through educat...
I received an interesting email that prompted me to dig a little more deeply into the question of the Variags of Khand than I have previously. Its a question that has piqued the curiosity of many a T...
At some point in time, people will treat any essay concerning Balrogs with the utter disdain and dismay the topic thoroughly earns. Alas! It appears yet another misguided attempt to prove me wrong (a...
Rhett Allain is an Associate Professor of Physics at Southeastern Louisiana University. About a week ago, he wrote an interesting article on his personal blog asking how fast is the beacon of Gondor?...
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