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September 13, 1 p.m. Central Time
Reading: The Silmarillion chapters 5 through 13, Of the Return of the Noldor
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--Meeting Announcement—
September 13, 1 p.m. Central Time
Reading: The Silmarillion chapters 5 through 13, Of the Return of the Noldor
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Passcode: Smial
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August 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
midwesttolkien.bsky.social
--Meeting Announcement—
September 13, 1 p.m. Central Time
Reading: The Silmarillion chapters 5 through 13, Of the Return of the Noldor
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**MEETING LOGIN DETAILS**
Meeting ID: 862 6418 6030
Passcode: Smial
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--Meeting Announcement—
September 13, 1 p.m. Central Time
Reading: The Silmarillion chapters 5 through 13, Of the Return of the Noldor
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**MEETING LOGIN DETAILS**
Meeting ID: 862 6418 6030
Passcode: Smial
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--Meeting Announcement—
August 9, 1 p.m. Central Time
Reading: The Silmarillion, through chapter 4, Of Thingol and Melian
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Meeting ID: 862 6418 6030
Passcode: Smial
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August 9, 1 p.m. Central Time
Reading: The Silmarillion, through chapter 4, Of Thingol and Melian
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Meeting ID: 862 6418 6030
Passcode: Smial
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July 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
--Meeting Announcement—
August 9, 1 p.m. Central Time
Reading: The Silmarillion, through chapter 4, Of Thingol and Melian
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**MEETING LOGIN DETAILS**
Meeting ID: 862 6418 6030
Passcode: Smial
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August 9, 1 p.m. Central Time
Reading: The Silmarillion, through chapter 4, Of Thingol and Melian
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**MEETING LOGIN DETAILS**
Meeting ID: 862 6418 6030
Passcode: Smial
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--Meeting Announcement--
June Meeting of Smial of Avallónë (Tolkien Society of Iowa City)
June 14, 1 p.m. Central Time
Reading:
• Verlyn Flieger’s Splintered Light (pp. 97–130)
• Tolkien: ”On Fairy-Stories,” “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics,” “Sigelwara Land”
June Meeting of Smial of Avallónë (Tolkien Society of Iowa City)
June 14, 1 p.m. Central Time
Reading:
• Verlyn Flieger’s Splintered Light (pp. 97–130)
• Tolkien: ”On Fairy-Stories,” “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics,” “Sigelwara Land”
May 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
--Meeting Announcement--
June Meeting of Smial of Avallónë (Tolkien Society of Iowa City)
June 14, 1 p.m. Central Time
Reading:
• Verlyn Flieger’s Splintered Light (pp. 97–130)
• Tolkien: ”On Fairy-Stories,” “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics,” “Sigelwara Land”
June Meeting of Smial of Avallónë (Tolkien Society of Iowa City)
June 14, 1 p.m. Central Time
Reading:
• Verlyn Flieger’s Splintered Light (pp. 97–130)
• Tolkien: ”On Fairy-Stories,” “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics,” “Sigelwara Land”
——May 2025 meeting announcement——
Saturday, May 10, 1–4 p.m. Central Time
Location: Zoom (us02web.zoom.us/j/8626418603...)
Reading: Flieger’s Splintered Light, chapters 8 to 11 (“A Disease of Mythology” to “amazing wine and cellar doors”)
Gá-tirianna ‘na lothron – Toukokuun kokoukseen asti!
Saturday, May 10, 1–4 p.m. Central Time
Location: Zoom (us02web.zoom.us/j/8626418603...)
Reading: Flieger’s Splintered Light, chapters 8 to 11 (“A Disease of Mythology” to “amazing wine and cellar doors”)
Gá-tirianna ‘na lothron – Toukokuun kokoukseen asti!
April 23, 2025 at 7:06 AM
——May 2025 meeting announcement——
Saturday, May 10, 1–4 p.m. Central Time
Location: Zoom (us02web.zoom.us/j/8626418603...)
Reading: Flieger’s Splintered Light, chapters 8 to 11 (“A Disease of Mythology” to “amazing wine and cellar doors”)
Gá-tirianna ‘na lothron – Toukokuun kokoukseen asti!
Saturday, May 10, 1–4 p.m. Central Time
Location: Zoom (us02web.zoom.us/j/8626418603...)
Reading: Flieger’s Splintered Light, chapters 8 to 11 (“A Disease of Mythology” to “amazing wine and cellar doors”)
Gá-tirianna ‘na lothron – Toukokuun kokoukseen asti!
——April 2025 meeting announcement——
Saturday, April 12, 1–4 p.m. Central Time
This month we’ll continue our conversation about Verlyn Flieger’s Splintered Light. Reading for the month is everything up to chapter 8, “A Disease of Mythology.”
Location: Zoom
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Saturday, April 12, 1–4 p.m. Central Time
This month we’ll continue our conversation about Verlyn Flieger’s Splintered Light. Reading for the month is everything up to chapter 8, “A Disease of Mythology.”
Location: Zoom
(Image: “Ainulindalë,” by Anubis1000)
April 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
——April 2025 meeting announcement——
Saturday, April 12, 1–4 p.m. Central Time
This month we’ll continue our conversation about Verlyn Flieger’s Splintered Light. Reading for the month is everything up to chapter 8, “A Disease of Mythology.”
Location: Zoom
(Image: “Ainulindalë,” by Anubis1000)
Saturday, April 12, 1–4 p.m. Central Time
This month we’ll continue our conversation about Verlyn Flieger’s Splintered Light. Reading for the month is everything up to chapter 8, “A Disease of Mythology.”
Location: Zoom
(Image: “Ainulindalë,” by Anubis1000)
Reposted
——March 2025 meeting announcement——
Date and time: Saturday, March 8, 1–4 p.m. Central Time
Description:
We’ll continue our close reading of Verlyn Flieger’s Splintered Light, chapters 5–11 (pp. 45–95, 2d edition).
Extra credit: Tolkien, “The Monsters and the Critics”
Location: Zoom
Date and time: Saturday, March 8, 1–4 p.m. Central Time
Description:
We’ll continue our close reading of Verlyn Flieger’s Splintered Light, chapters 5–11 (pp. 45–95, 2d edition).
Extra credit: Tolkien, “The Monsters and the Critics”
Location: Zoom
February 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
——March 2025 meeting announcement——
Date and time: Saturday, March 8, 1–4 p.m. Central Time
Description:
We’ll continue our close reading of Verlyn Flieger’s Splintered Light, chapters 5–11 (pp. 45–95, 2d edition).
Extra credit: Tolkien, “The Monsters and the Critics”
Location: Zoom
Date and time: Saturday, March 8, 1–4 p.m. Central Time
Description:
We’ll continue our close reading of Verlyn Flieger’s Splintered Light, chapters 5–11 (pp. 45–95, 2d edition).
Extra credit: Tolkien, “The Monsters and the Critics”
Location: Zoom
Reposted
Reposted
On 25 February, T.A. 3019 in Middle-earth: the Fellowship pass the Argonath, and then camp on the Parth Galen on the shores of Nen Hithoel.
The Argonath were erected around 1,800 years earlier and show Isildur and Anárion.
Image: The Argonath by Ted Nasmith #Tolkien
The Argonath were erected around 1,800 years earlier and show Isildur and Anárion.
Image: The Argonath by Ted Nasmith #Tolkien
February 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
On 25 February, T.A. 3019 in Middle-earth: the Fellowship pass the Argonath, and then camp on the Parth Galen on the shores of Nen Hithoel.
The Argonath were erected around 1,800 years earlier and show Isildur and Anárion.
Image: The Argonath by Ted Nasmith #Tolkien
The Argonath were erected around 1,800 years earlier and show Isildur and Anárion.
Image: The Argonath by Ted Nasmith #Tolkien
An excellent reading of “On Fairy-Stories.”
J.R.R. Tolkien - On Fairy-Stories (unabridged) | Catholic Culture Audiobooks
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February 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
An excellent reading of “On Fairy-Stories.”
——March 2025 meeting announcement——
Date and time: Saturday, March 8, 1–4 p.m. Central Time
Description:
We’ll continue our close reading of Verlyn Flieger’s Splintered Light, chapters 5–11 (pp. 45–95, 2d edition).
Extra credit: Tolkien, “The Monsters and the Critics”
Location: Zoom
Date and time: Saturday, March 8, 1–4 p.m. Central Time
Description:
We’ll continue our close reading of Verlyn Flieger’s Splintered Light, chapters 5–11 (pp. 45–95, 2d edition).
Extra credit: Tolkien, “The Monsters and the Critics”
Location: Zoom
February 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
——March 2025 meeting announcement——
Date and time: Saturday, March 8, 1–4 p.m. Central Time
Description:
We’ll continue our close reading of Verlyn Flieger’s Splintered Light, chapters 5–11 (pp. 45–95, 2d edition).
Extra credit: Tolkien, “The Monsters and the Critics”
Location: Zoom
Date and time: Saturday, March 8, 1–4 p.m. Central Time
Description:
We’ll continue our close reading of Verlyn Flieger’s Splintered Light, chapters 5–11 (pp. 45–95, 2d edition).
Extra credit: Tolkien, “The Monsters and the Critics”
Location: Zoom