The One hundred and forty-ninth Roving Ranger

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Life and Works

The Great Tales of Middle-earth Boxed Set: The Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien & The Fall of Gondolin, “sixth and final in a series of collectible boxed sets celebrating the literary achievement of Christopher Tolkien”, will be published on Aug 14.

TolkienGuide (Abre numa nova janela) has everything on The Lord of the Rings: 70th Anniversary Deluxe (signed limited edition) (Abre numa nova janela).

Visit East Yorkshire’s official video of the unveiling of Tolkien’s Statues in Roos is available with Youtube (Abre numa nova janela). Do listen to Michael Flower’s podcast interview Tolkien in East Yorkshire (Abre numa nova janela) for more on the background. [Acast] Please also note: Roos Church is open on Saturdays during August and September between 10am and 3pm . Refreshments available.¹

PLEASE NOTE

The Roving Ranger will see a few additions and improvements starting with #151, celebrating another milestone.

More information with #150.

This lovely Party Tree comes to you by kind permission of MGCoco (Abre numa nova janela).

Events & Shows

David Bratman has a short MythCon report (Abre numa nova janela). [LiveJournal]

Christopher Tuthill has a recap from the New York Tolkien Conference (Abre numa nova janela).

John D. Rateliff notes the upcoming stage play: C. S. Lewis at the Taproot (Abre numa nova janela).

TheOneRing.net (Abre numa nova janela) has Looking for Middle-earth: San Diego Comic-con 2025 Wrap up (Abre numa nova janela) as well as Collecting The Precious – San Diego Comic-Con 2025 Middle-earth Tour (Abre numa nova janela).

Tolkien Society Seminar 2025 – Arda’s Entangled Bodies and Environments (Abre numa nova janela) has the list of papers and registration options online.²

Westmoot will be returning in 2026 (Abre numa nova janela).³

Eleanor Parker will be talking about ‘On the gathering tide of darkness ride’: Tolkien and the Autumnal Equinox (Abre numa nova janela). [Sept 17, Fintry Trust, Fintry, Brook, Godalming, Surrey]⁴

The Lord of the Rings Musical is now in Singapore (Abre numa nova janela) [Aug 12 ff.]

Theater Review: CCTC/HJT’s ‘Hobbit’ An Innovative Take On The Tolkien Classic (Abre numa nova janela) [Cape Cod Chronicle]

The Rangers of the North (Abre numa nova janela) are holding a moot to visit the "Magic of Middle-earth" exhibition at the Atkinson, Southport on Saturday 16th August 2025 (Abre numa nova janela), including a talk by Tolkien Society CEO Shaun Gunner. [Facebook]

For all events check out the International Tolkien Fellowship (Abre numa nova janela) [FB] and the Tolkien Guide Calendar (Abre numa nova janela).

Scholarship & Fandom

Tom Hillman has The Sad Tale Behind Tolkien's Famous 1938 Letter to a German Publisher (Abre numa nova janela).

The Tales after Tolkien Society has About "Carnap Finds the One Ring" (Abre numa nova janela) and an An Irregular Update (Abre numa nova janela). including the CfP for Kalamazoo 2026.

The latest issue of Fafnir – Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research has a number of reviews on Tolkien research, including The Romantic Spirit in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien (Abre numa nova janela)⁵, Celebrating Tolkien’s Legacy (Abre numa nova janela), and Mapping Middle-earth: Environmental and Political Narratives in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Cartographies (Abre numa nova janela).

Thoughts on Tolkien has Tolkien’s Early Letters (Abre numa nova janela).

"Things That Were, Things That Are, and Things That Yet May Be": The Matter of Time in the Faërie Realms of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (Abre numa nova janela) is available with the Journal of Tolkien Research.

Miriam Ellis has The High Garden and Architecture of Tolkien's Rivendell.

https://www.miriamellis.com/post/the-high-garden-and-architecture-of-tolkien-s-rivendell (Abre numa nova janela)

Andrew Higgins has Mommie Dearest. aiþei - A Gothic/Tolkienian Crux (Abre numa nova janela). [Substack]

Dimitra Fimi has Tolkien Tuesday: Tolkien, Landscape Archaeology, and the First Age of Middle-earth (Abre numa nova janela). [Substack]

Jeff LaSala has From Dice to Darkwood (Abre numa nova janela).

Joel Merriner’s Illustrating The Lord of the Rings in the Soviet Bloc (Abre numa nova janela) is up for pre-order.

The 2024 Mythopoeic Awards Winners have been announced (Abre numa nova janela).

Marc Wilhelm Küster has Fantastic Letters. Writing in a Fictional World (Abre numa nova janela) [PDF; Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century/gʁafematik/ June 8-10, 2022. Proceedings, 2022, Part II [Fluxus Editions (Abre numa nova janela)]⁶

The Dead Language Society is making The case for Middle English (Abre numa nova janela), including Tolkien mentions. [Substack]

Stephen C. Winter has “The Lady’s Gift! The Star-glass! A Light to You in Dark Places, She Said it Was To Be.” (Abre numa nova janela)

doubtfulsea has Simple Words (Abre numa nova janela).

Merchandise & Franchise

Free League Publishing with one of its latest releases, The One Ring: Moria™ – Through the Doors of Durin, has won big with the Ennies (Abre numa nova janela). [FLP newsletter]

Humble Bundle is offering WB Games, including Shadows of Mordor (Abre numa nova janela).

Tales Of The Shire Isn't As Bad As You Think It Is (Abre numa nova janela) [The Gamer]

Weta Workshop seem to have outdone themselves with this piece.

https://www.wetanz.com/fellowship-in-moria-masters-collection?utm_campaign=644947_Masters%20Collection%202025%20Pre-order%20Announcement&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Weta%20Workshop%20Limited&dm_i=6XI1,DTN7,3Q856C,1YCPC,1 (Abre numa nova janela)

Inter alia

The “Hugo Rocket” given to Tolkien - here is the history to it (Abre numa nova janela). [File 770]

Artist Michael Whelan has an interesting post on Setting Type: Exploring book cover layout from the illustrator's perspectiv (Abre numa nova janela)e. [Substack]

Ansible 457 (Abre numa nova janela) has been published.

You need to read the alt text to this xkcd comic (Abre numa nova janela). [hint: Tom Bombadil!]

Elon Musk, J. R. R. Tolkien et une guerre culturelle et politique sans merci (Abre numa nova janela)⁷ [Le Monde, paywall]

Girlguiding unveils 72 new badges including 'fandoms' and 'laughter' (Abre numa nova janela)[BBC]

Author for Sale’s 40 Favourite Books: 39 – ‘The Book of the New Sun’ by Gene Wolfe (Abre numa nova janela).

The Book of the New Sun [by Gene Wolfe (Abre numa nova janela)], as the collective story is known, is the only book I have read as often as Lord of the Rings, or perhaps more often.

St John Henry Newman set to become newest Doctor of the Church (Abre numa nova janela) [Vatican News (Abre numa nova janela)]

For all you Black Sabbath and Ozzy fans out there - this exhibition’s run has been extended until January 2026. Use your time in Birmingham to visit some of the Tolkien places as well!

https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/exhibitions/working-class-hero?utm_campaign=83921136-Curiosity%202025&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=114735410&utm_content=114735410&utm_source=hs_email (Abre numa nova janela)

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Have a look at all Roving Rangers published so far. (Abre numa nova janela)

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