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[Tolkien] also had a great pessimism, or rather, a melancholy about him and a lack of confidence in mankind. Which is really part of what he was venting about. He was aware of and frustrated with how flawed we are. He created the Elvish race as his perfect ideal beings. They were wise, they were artistic, they were noble, they were sensible, basically. They were full of common sense, if you want to describe the Elves in the other direction. They embody basic common sense. The world was ok as long as the Elves were in charge, but of course, The Lord of the Rings is about the time when the Elves were departing.
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Animated “The War of the Rohirrim” Film Announced
A new anime film based on Helm Hammerhand and the story of Helm’s Deep, set 250 years before The Lord of the Rings.
Unfinished Tales Audiobook Released
HarperCollins has just released an audiobook of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Unfinished Tales, a collection of narratives from all the ages of Middle-earth.
Tolkien Letter Describing his Vision of Hobbits to Sell for $25,000
A letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to illustrator Doris Sykes will be sold by Hermitage Fine Art Monaco for £15,000 ($25,0000).
Tolkien Society Posts Theme for Summer Seminar : Tolkien and Diversity
The Tolkien Society–an”educational charity, literary society, and international fan club, devoted to promoting the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien–has announced the theme for this year’s Summer Seminar: Tolkien and Diversity.
The Babylon Bee reads The Lord of the Rings: Chapter 8, Fog on the Barrow Downs
The Hobbits leave Tom Bombadil and Goldberry, and quickly encounter one of the most frightening sequences in The Lord of the Rings.
The Babylon Bee reads The Lord of the Rings: Chapter 7, In the House of Tom Bombadil
This week, we’re reading Chapters 5 and 6, A Conspiracy Unmasked and The Old Forest, and we look at how the first steps of the Hobbit fellowship are begun, and their initial encounter with Tom Bombadil.
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