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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
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Created on 2001-06-19 11:14:59 (#191893), last updated 2009-07-23
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Basic Info| Name: | John Ronald Reuel |
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| Location: | Oxford, United Kingdom |
| Membership: | Open |
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AboutThis community is for the celebration of JRR Tolkien and his works & worlds.
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Most of all, this group is for you! Enjoy!
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Chronological bibliography of Tolkien's works
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Short Biography:
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a major scholar of the English language, specialising in Old and Middle English. Twice Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford, he also wrote a number of stories, including most famously The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955), which are set in a pre-historic era in an invented version of the world which he called by the Middle English name of Middle-earth. This was peopled by Men (and women), Elves, Dwarves, Trolls, Orcs (or Goblins) and of course Hobbits. He has regularly been condemned by the Eng. Lit. establishment, with honourable exceptions, but loved by literally millions of readers worldwide.
In the 1960s he was taken up by many members of the nascent "counter-culture" largely because of his concern with environmental issues. In 1997 he came top of three British polls, organised respectively by Channel 4 / Waterstone's, the Folio Society, and SFX, the UK's leading science fiction media magazine, amongst discerning readers asked to vote for the greatest book of the 20th century. Please note also that his name is spelt Tolkien (there is no "Tolkein").
From the Tolkien Society. Read the rest of this biography here.
When you join:
- Introduce yourself, discuss your first reading of Tolkien's work.
- And then ask a question about Tolkien's work that you've long been pondering. Nothing like a good discussion to get your feet wet!
Most of all, this group is for you! Enjoy!
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Questions, comments, suggestions? Contact
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Chronological bibliography of Tolkien's works
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Short Biography:
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a major scholar of the English language, specialising in Old and Middle English. Twice Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford, he also wrote a number of stories, including most famously The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955), which are set in a pre-historic era in an invented version of the world which he called by the Middle English name of Middle-earth. This was peopled by Men (and women), Elves, Dwarves, Trolls, Orcs (or Goblins) and of course Hobbits. He has regularly been condemned by the Eng. Lit. establishment, with honourable exceptions, but loved by literally millions of readers worldwide.
In the 1960s he was taken up by many members of the nascent "counter-culture" largely because of his concern with environmental issues. In 1997 he came top of three British polls, organised respectively by Channel 4 / Waterstone's, the Folio Society, and SFX, the UK's leading science fiction media magazine, amongst discerning readers asked to vote for the greatest book of the 20th century. Please note also that his name is spelt Tolkien (there is no "Tolkein").
From the Tolkien Society. Read the rest of this biography here.
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