by Jonathan | Jan 1, 2003 | A Tolkien Virgin, Reading Room
It’s been a long time coming, but our Tolkien Virgin, Mark-Edmond, has submitted his final review. Yes, he finished the books long ago with his many notes and thoughts intact, so it truly didn’t take him 3 years to finish the books. I...
by Jonathan | Dec 15, 2002 | A Tolkien Virgin, Reading Room
Book VIChapter 8The Scouring of the Shire “I did not,” said Frodo. “But I might have guessed. A little mischif in a mean way: Gandalf warned me that you were still capable of it.”So they finally come to the Shire and sure enough...
by Jonathan | Dec 1, 2002 | A Tolkien Virgin, Reading Room
Book VIChapter 7Homeward Bound “I never expected to see any of you folk again, and that’s a fact: going off into the Wild with that Strider, and all those Black men about.”So there’s a little more drama to be had yet. Trouble in Bree and...
by Jonathan | Oct 7, 2002 | A Tolkien Virgin, Reading Room
Book VI Chapter 6 Many Partings “All the stone-circle had been thrown down and removed, and the land within was made into a garden filled with orchards and trees, and a stream ran through it; but in the midst of all there was a lake of clear water, and out of it...
by Jonathan | Aug 13, 2002 | A Tolkien Virgin, Reading Room
Book VIChapter 5The Steward and the King <!–±1045|right|”Faramir met Aragorn in the midst of those there assembled, and he knelt, and said: ‘The last Steward of Gondor begs leave to surrender his office…'”±–>The...
by Jonathan | Jun 28, 2002 | A Tolkien Virgin, Reading Room
Book VIChapter 4The Field of Cormallen “But even while [Sam] spoke, to keep fear away until the very last, his eyes strayed north, north into the eye of the wind, to where the sky far off was clear, as the cold blast, rising to a gale, drove back the darkness...