Extollager
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Here are Tolkien-related blogs that I check frequently. None of them will overwhelm you with frequent postings.
Do other Chronsfolk have ones they would recommend?
1.Douglas Anderson -- Tolkien and Fantasy
Tolkien and Fantasy
The only problem with this one is that Mr. Anderson posts only a few times a year. If you haven't worked your way through his back postings, though, you might much enjoy doing so.
Anderson prepared The Annotated Hobbit.
2.Christina Scull and Wayne Hammond -- Too Many Books and Never Enough
Too Many Books and Never Enough | **The Weblog of Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull
They produced a book about Tolkien's art that is one of the indispensable studies, and several thick volumes of commentary, chronology, etc. They are in-depth collectors of Tolkien editions & edit an occasional 'zine, The Tolkien Collector.
3.John Rateliff -- Sacnoth's Scriptorium
Sacnoth's Scriptorium
I could wish that Mr. Rateliff posted less often; I could do without his political remarks, his cat reports, etc.; but he posts occasional Tolkien-related bits that are really interesting. He's also interested in fantasy writers such as Eddison, Lovecraft, etc.
He prepared The History of The Hobbit.
4.Jason Fisher -- Lingwë
Lingwë - Musings of a Fish - The blog of Tolkien scholar and philologist Jason Fisher
Mr. Fisher edited an anthology of papers on Tolkien's sources and, till recently, edited Mythprint.
5.Troels -- Parma-Kenta
Parma-kenta
Monthly notes on Tolkien-related news and notes.
6.Michael Drout -- Wormtalk and Slugspeak
Wormtalk and Slugspeak
Only a few postings a year and those not all on Tolkien, from a scholar in Tolkien's own field of Old English. Drout edited the J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia.
7.Bruce Charlton -- Notion Club Papers blog
Tolkien's The Notion Club Papers
The author has been fascinated by Tolkien's unfinished mid-1940s novel The Notion Club Papers as well as better-known works by JRRT. He takes Tolkien's thought more seriously than many of JRRT's fans do.
8.David Bratman -- Kalimac's Corner
http://kalimac.blogspot.com/
I wouldn't want to exasperate the somewhat touchy Mr. Bratman, but he does post occasional Tolkien-related comments of interest. Lots of reviews of classical music concerts. Bratman has been involved with the Mythopoeic Society for over 40 years, I suppose, and knows a lot about fantasy. I appreciate his dim view of the Peter Jackson movies.
Do other Chronsfolk have ones they would recommend?
1.Douglas Anderson -- Tolkien and Fantasy
Tolkien and Fantasy
The only problem with this one is that Mr. Anderson posts only a few times a year. If you haven't worked your way through his back postings, though, you might much enjoy doing so.
Anderson prepared The Annotated Hobbit.
2.Christina Scull and Wayne Hammond -- Too Many Books and Never Enough
Too Many Books and Never Enough | **The Weblog of Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull
They produced a book about Tolkien's art that is one of the indispensable studies, and several thick volumes of commentary, chronology, etc. They are in-depth collectors of Tolkien editions & edit an occasional 'zine, The Tolkien Collector.
3.John Rateliff -- Sacnoth's Scriptorium
Sacnoth's Scriptorium
I could wish that Mr. Rateliff posted less often; I could do without his political remarks, his cat reports, etc.; but he posts occasional Tolkien-related bits that are really interesting. He's also interested in fantasy writers such as Eddison, Lovecraft, etc.
He prepared The History of The Hobbit.
4.Jason Fisher -- Lingwë
Lingwë - Musings of a Fish - The blog of Tolkien scholar and philologist Jason Fisher
Mr. Fisher edited an anthology of papers on Tolkien's sources and, till recently, edited Mythprint.
5.Troels -- Parma-Kenta
Parma-kenta
Monthly notes on Tolkien-related news and notes.
6.Michael Drout -- Wormtalk and Slugspeak
Wormtalk and Slugspeak
Only a few postings a year and those not all on Tolkien, from a scholar in Tolkien's own field of Old English. Drout edited the J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia.
7.Bruce Charlton -- Notion Club Papers blog
Tolkien's The Notion Club Papers
The author has been fascinated by Tolkien's unfinished mid-1940s novel The Notion Club Papers as well as better-known works by JRRT. He takes Tolkien's thought more seriously than many of JRRT's fans do.
8.David Bratman -- Kalimac's Corner
http://kalimac.blogspot.com/
I wouldn't want to exasperate the somewhat touchy Mr. Bratman, but he does post occasional Tolkien-related comments of interest. Lots of reviews of classical music concerts. Bratman has been involved with the Mythopoeic Society for over 40 years, I suppose, and knows a lot about fantasy. I appreciate his dim view of the Peter Jackson movies.
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