Tag Archives: J.r.R. Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings [audio version, read by Rob Inglis]

Posted on 25th January 2024 by Diverse Voices

Rachel Manija Brown wrote this review. Yes, The Lord of the Rings audio version is expensive. It has to be: it’s on forty-five snugly packaged CDs. But if you’re a Tolkien fan who drives a lot, this may be one … Continue reading →

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J.R.R. Tolkien’s The J.R.R. Tolkien Audio Collection [audio, read by J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien]

Posted on 25th January 2024 by Diverse Voices

Rachel Manija Brown wrote this review. This four-CD set from Harper Audio/Caedmon is an odd mix in many ways. All the material is by J. R. R. Tolkien, but only two of the CDs, consisting of excerpts from The Hobbit, … Continue reading →

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J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion; Christopher Tolkien, editor

Posted on 25th January 2024 by Diverse Voices

Liz Milner wrote this review. The Silmarillion is often described as a difficult book. This is partly because its first readers went to it with the expectation that it would be an adventure story similar to J.R.R. Tolkien’s other works … Continue reading →

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J.R.R. Tolkien’s Smith of Wooten Major & Farmer Giles of Ham

Posted on 8th December 2016 by Kathleen Bartholomew

J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings burst on the consciousness of the United States in 1967, and occasioned an obsession that has never died. Its predecessor, The Hobbit, had been known in the U.S. for years, although not well. … Continue reading →

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J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Monsters and the Critics

Posted on 17th July 2016 by Diverse Voices

Liz Milner penned this review. These seven essays provide a glimpse into Tolkien’s intent as a scholar, translator of texts, and novelist. Just as Sir Gawain’s shield device, the pentangle, gave graphic evidence of how Gawain’s virtues were inextricably linked, this book … Continue reading →

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Ralph Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings

Posted on 31st May 2016 by Diverse Voices

Sarah Meador penned this review. Ralph Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings makes a startling assumption for an American cartoon feature. While most animated features seem to take it on faith that their audience will be musical-loving children, Lord of the Rings is geared towards … Continue reading →

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Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 

Posted on 31st May 2016 by Grey Walker

Yes, I had a press ticket. Yes, I went to the earliest possible showing yesterday, opening day (December 18), and refused to eat any popcorn or drink any soda, lest I be distracted even minutely from the film. Yes, I … Continue reading →

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Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Posted on 31st May 2016 by Grey Walker

When a reviewer makes specific comments about plot elements in a book or a movie, it is common internet convention to say, “Spoilers ahead!” I cannot think of a single movie made in recent years for which that warning has … Continue reading →

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J.E.A. Tyler’s The Complete Tolkien Companion 

Posted on 28th April 2016 by Grey Walker

This is the second revision of The Tolkien Companion, originally written by J.E.A. Tyler and published in 1976. Tyler first updated The Tolkien Companion in 1979 — entitling it The New Tolkien Companion — after the posthumous publication of The Silmarillion in 1978 (Tolkien died in 1973) … Continue reading →

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Verlyn Flieger and Carl F. Hostetter’s Tolkien’s Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle Earth

Posted on 28th April 2016 by Grey Walker

Very rarely does one man’s genius receive the benefit of two lifetimes’ work. Christopher Tolkien has devoted himself to transcribing and editing his father J. R. R. Tolkien’s working papers for the immense imagined universe of Middle Earth. His enormous … Continue reading →

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