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Fingolfin challenges Morgoth at the Gates of Angband, by Pete Amachree

Re-sharing this stunning depiction by artist Pete Amachree, paired with the passage it brings to life — a glimpse of the high, mythic tone that runs through Tolkien’s writings beyond The Lord of the Rings. Digital artwork inspired by Fingolfin’s final ride and his courage meeting shadow at the very gates of darkness. This sceneContinueContinue reading “Fingolfin challenges Morgoth at the Gates of Angband, by Pete Amachree”

October 20: Tolkien’s Story, His Myth, His Life

A Quietly Magical Date Some anniversaries sneak up on you. October 20 is one of those.On this day, in four different years, four very different books came into the world: 1949 — Farmer Giles of Ham, a playful tale of an unlikely hero 1955 — The Return of the King, the grand finale of The Lord of theContinueContinue reading “October 20: Tolkien’s Story, His Myth, His Life”

Links added to ‘New Trails’ page

Two new links have been added to the New Trails page: Middle-earth Blog — Michael Martinez has been writing Tolkien essays for about 26 years, starting with online posts in the late 1990s and notably on Suite101 from 1999 to 2003, continuing through his blog and books to the present. TuneFind — If you’ve everContinueContinue reading “Links added to ‘New Trails’ page”

J. R. R. Tolkien Remembered: When the Last Ship Departed the Grey Havens

On September 2, 1973, J. R. R. Tolkien died in Bournemouth (a seaside town on the southern coast of England) at the age of eighty-one. The New York Times remembered him the next day as a “linguist, scholar and author of The Lord of the Rings,” a man who cast “a spell over tens of thousands of AmericansContinueContinue reading “J. R. R. Tolkien Remembered: When the Last Ship Departed the Grey Havens”