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Indie #Tolkien scholar | Founder GermanTolkSoc #TolkienFolk | Travelling Tolkienist | Crowdfund me via Steady https://steady.page/thetolkienist 🧙‍♂️🧝✨ he/him
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Including:

German TS fighting the New Right; Oxonmoot open; Lure happening; Forodrim 54; A Light in the Darkness; a tide of ill; Tolkien doesn't like the plate; his macaroni; and more...

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The One hundred and seventy-fourth Roving Ranger
The Roving Ranger #174 brings you all the interesting things Tolkienian of the last week and the weeks upcoming, curated by the Tolkienist.
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I think I will be using my Substack for only one thing...

To inform people about the strategic abuse of writers like Tolkien for neo-fascist ends - to change the narrative to a pro-extremist-right stance.

These two quotes by JRRT were abused by one of the most dangerous groups - only months ago.
February 13, 2026 at 11:32 AM
New acronym for me:

ai;dr 😁

Thanks to @lenafalkenhagen.bsky.social ☺️
February 13, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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Here is my latest Substack where I give a friendly and critical response to “Between Mount Doom and the Wall of ‘Likes’” by Paola Castagno and Leandro Pascual, which was published in the latest issue of Amon Hen, the bulletin of the @tolkiensociety.org open.substack.com/pub/tolkienp...
A Critical Response to “Between Mount Doom and the Wall of ‘Likes’” in Amon Hen #317
A Critical Response to “Between Mount Doom and the Wall of ‘Likes’” by Paola Castagno and Leandro Pascual in Amon Hen: The Bulletin of the Tolkien Society #317
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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🗻 Dos cimas literarias se encuentran: el Heike Monogatari en Japón y El Señor de los Anillos en Occidente. Joel Mayordomo 'Beleg Cúthalion' nos guía por sus sorprendentes conexiones.

www.sociedadtolkien.org/blog/2026/02...
Heike Monogatari y El Señor de los Anillos: Un Puente entre Oriente y Occidente - Sociedad Tolkien Española (STE)
Heike Monogatari y El Señor de los Anillos ¿Qué tienen en común una épica medieval japonesa del siglo XIII y la obra maestra de J.R.R. Tolkien?
www.sociedadtolkien.org
February 10, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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Mis amigos de la Sociedad #Tolkien Colombia "Orodruin", con quienes he tenido el gran placer de colaborar en varias ocasiones, me han enviado este precioso regalo en forma de calendario con ilustraciones del artista Freddy Jaramillo.
¡Que nunca se les caiga el pelo de los pies!
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Guess why I'm reposting this 🍻😅
Valley
Woo hoo! It's the valley tap list!
February 11, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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Omentielva Minquëa will be held at Marquette University, Milwaukee, from July 30 to August 2, 2026
omentielva.com/next.htm
Omentielva : Omentielva Minquea
The International Conference on J.R.R. Tolkien's Invented Languages.
omentielva.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:13 AM
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Congratulations Dr. @mariebreta.bsky.social !
What better occasion for my first post on Bluesky than my brilliant friend @mariebreta.bsky.social defending her PhD thesis on #Tolkien and #TolkienIllustrations at @upecofficiel.bsky.social today.
Marie, you are amazing!
#TolkienScholarship
February 10, 2026 at 9:18 PM
YES! YES!!!! WOOOHOOOO! WELL DONE, MARIE! 😇
What better occasion for my first post on Bluesky than my brilliant friend @mariebreta.bsky.social defending her PhD thesis on #Tolkien and #TolkienIllustrations at @upecofficiel.bsky.social today.
Marie, you are amazing!
#TolkienScholarship
February 10, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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🌟News to share! My publisher, Uppsala Books, has just shared a first announcement of my second book. Please join me on an immersive hobbit walking-party through their history, culture, and homelands later this year. Please, help me share this news. Thank you for all the encouragement!

#Tolkien
February 10, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Heute Abend, 19 Uhr, in Frankfurt a.M. @dnb-aktuelles.bsky.social und online: ›Ich wünschte, es wäre nicht zu meiner Zeit geschehen. Wie J.R.R. Tolkiens ‚Herr der Ringe‘ heute Mut machen kann‹. Alle Infos und Link zum Livestream: www.dnb.de/DE/Kulturell... #SelbstverteidigungLiterarisch #Tolkien
February 10, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent to its subscribers.

Including:

German TS fighting the New Right; Oxonmoot open; Lure happening; Forodrim 54; A Light in the Darkness; a tide of ill; Tolkien doesn't like the plate; his macaroni; and more...

steady.page/en/thetolkie...
The One hundred and seventy-fourth Roving Ranger
The Roving Ranger #174 brings you all the interesting things Tolkienian of the last week and the weeks upcoming, curated by the Tolkienist.
steady.page
February 10, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Imagine this in the USA.

Your olympic team wins gold - the next day first class train travel (if you bought a card for 39,99€) is FREE in all of the country.

I am on my way to Salzburg, Austria, right now. Then Frankfurt. For #Tolkien.

Because we can.

And I want to.
February 10, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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🧙‍♂️ #TolkienTrewsday
📆 Week 154 (10/02/26): “All of them, deceived”.

Halbrand/Sauron actor (Rings of Power) Charlie Vickers is born on 10 February 1992.

#TolkienTuesday #Tolkien
February 9, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Felicitationes 🤩🎉🎈🥳
9 febrero: (STE) fundación de la Sociedad Tolkien Española en 1991

A raíz del germen plantado por el equipo editor del fanzine "Elfstone" y las conexiones entre asistentes a las Hispacones de la época, tuvo lugar en una cafetería de Alicante una reunión que marcaría el inicio
February 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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To me, that's probably the only thing of interest in this particular superb owl edition. Had a quick look at the ads and they were basically all spectacularly uninspiring.

And that 80s, 90s series inspired ad?

Cringe af, I think, is the technical term.

The Ents, though...

Glorious 😀🌳
‘Well, in the early night we crept down a long ravine into the upper end of the Wizard’s Vale, the Ents with all their rustling Huorns behind. We could not see them, of course, but the whole air was full of creaking.’

J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings
the bushes were people 😂
February 9, 2026 at 4:35 AM
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Here's a follow up to my post on how helpful @digitaltolkien.com is.
Foalókë & The Digital Tolkien Project -- How it Helps my Work, part 2
alasnotme.blogspot.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Might not update again until I’m off the plane lol #hourlycomicday
February 8, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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The new Deluxe editions from @harpercollins.bsky.social The Letters of J.R.R. #Tolkien and J.R.R. #Tolkien A Biography edited by Christopher Tolkien and Humphrey Carpenter.
February 7, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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The Olympic Winter Games begin today! 🥇

To mark the occasion, we're looking back at how past host cities were mapped.

Many Olympic maps were designed for visitors, combining practical information with practical information about the games.

Here are some highlights from our collection ⬇️

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February 6, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/miscellaneou...
February 6, 2026 at 8:08 PM
One of those sites that prove to be either truly helpful or simply the entrance to a damned rabbit hole... 😅

And that French film, turning the Hobbit into a battle for cheese... ☺️

steady.page/en/thetolkie...
Fingolfin's Findings LXXVIII: The Movie Database
Having a look through a huge database on the hunt for "The Hobbit", "Lord of the Rings", and Tolkien.
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February 6, 2026 at 2:16 AM