Lembas for the Soul: How The Lord of the Rings Enriches Everyday Life

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Although there are numerous Tolkien societies in different countries today, it should be noted that they are not endorsed or even authorized by the Tolkien Estate. Their first annual meeting was held at Pittcon, the Worldcon. Articles on The Lord of the Rings appeared regularly in the s science fiction fanzine Niekas , edited by Ed Meskys. By , Meskys had become Thain and the society boasted over 1, members, organized into local groups or smials , a pattern that would be followed by other Tolkien fan organizations.

In , the society sponsored the first Tolkien Conference at Belknap College. The Tolkien Conference was not a science fiction convention but rather a scholarly event. The University of Wisconsin Tolkien and Fantasy Society was founded in , and is best known for its journal Orcrist — , edited by Richard C. Across the continent, Glen GoodKnight founded the Mythopoeic Society in California in for the study, discussion, and enjoyment of fantastic and mythic literature, especially the works of Tolkien and fellow- Inklings C. Lewis , and Charles Williams. The society held its first Mythcon conference in , which featured readings, a costume competition, an art show, and other events typical of science fiction conventions of the day.

The society's three current periodicals are Mythprint , a monthly bulletin; Mythlore , originally a fanzine and now a peer-reviewed journal that publishes scholarly articles on mythic and fantastic literature; and The Mythic Circle , a literary annual of original poetry and short stories which replaced the Society's earlier publications Mythril and Mythellany.

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Orcrist and The Tolkien Journal published three joint issues — The Tolkien Journal and Mythlore published several joint issues in the later s and eventually merged. The society has two regular publications, a bi-monthly bulletin of news and information, Amon Hen , and an annual journal, Mallorn , featuring critical articles and essays on Tolkien's work. They host several annual events, including a conference held at Oxford, Oxonmoot. Both the UK Tolkien Society and the Mythopoeic Society were and remain organized into "Special Interest Groups", focusing on one area such as languages, and into local or regional groups who continue to meet on a regular basis.

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The journal Parma Eldalamberon , founded in , is a publication of one such special interest group of the Mythopoeic Society. There is also a long tradition of organized Tolkien fandoms in Scandinavia. Some fans, known as Tolkien tourists , travel for the purpose of visiting Lord of the Rings and Tolkien-related sites.

Isaac Asimov , who had read The Lord of the Rings three times by Tolkien's death in September , wrote a Black Widowers short story as tribute to the fellow author.

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A Biography and The Letters of J. Tolkien provided biographical information. These publications provided the raw material for in-depth Tolkien research , pioneered by Tom Shippey 's, The Road to Middle-earth Interest in The Lord of the Rings led to several attempts to adapt it for the film medium, most of which were largely unsuccessful. Filmmaker Ralph Bakshi succeeded in securing the rights to produce an animated feature film version, part one of what was originally planned as a two-part adaptation of the story. Bakshi produced the film using, among other animation techniques, rotoscoping , shooting a majority of the film in live-action first before transferring the live footage to animation.

While the film had, and continues to have, a mixed critical reaction, it was a financial success, costing USD 8 million to produce, and grossing over USD 30 million at the box office. Despite this fact, United Artists , the film's original distributor, refused to fund a sequel, leaving the project incomplete. The s saw the conclusion of The History of Middle-earth series.

A series of minor texts by Tolkien were edited in journals such as Parma Eldalamberon and Vinyar Tengwar , published by the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship since the early s. In the s, several encyclopedic projects have documented Tolkien's life and work in great detail, such as the J.

Tolkien Encyclopedia and the twin volumes The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion and The J. Tolkien Companion and Guide , The dedicated journal Tolkien Studies has been appearing from Translated into dozens of languages and spread across the globe, The Lord of the Rings has never been out of print since its publication. The existing fanbase in the mids consisted of devoted fans, completely unused to having truly new material or any sort of mass-media acknowledgement, who paid strict attention to detail and continuity within the legendarium.

Tolkien discussion took place in many newsgroups from the earliest days of Usenet. The Tolklang mailing list was started in Notable points of contention in online discussions surround the origin of orcs , whether elves have pointy ears, whether balrogs have wings, and the nature of Tom Bombadil. Following the announcement of Jackson's movies from , online fandom became divided between " Revisionists " and " Purists " over controversy surrounding changes to the novel made for the movies, such as those made to the character of Arwen and the absence of Tom Bombadil.

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These were released serially in three successive years, from December to December Since then, a large number of fans have also arisen who have not read any of the books, and have been only exposed to Tolkien through the films and its merchandise. Tolkien-related games , especially computer and video games have also increased in number and in popularity. Popular culture references to Middle-earth have also increased, as well as satires and parodies of it. One of the most prominent fansites of Jackson's movies is TheOneRing.

TORn, as it is called, was originally a small movie-news site that gained in prestige as movie-rumors became reality.

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The filmmakers put special effort into winning over the fans, not simply tolerating but actually actively supporting fansites. During the filming and release of Jackson's films the site was popular with many who might be considered to have a more purist bent and appealed to those irritated by the film's changes to the original text. A fan edit of the theatrical cut of The Lord of the Rings: Tolkienology is a term used by Tolkien fans to describe the study of the works of J.

Tolkien treating Middle-earth as a real ancient history , conducting research from an " in-universe " perspective.

This differs from Tolkien studies in that it ignores the real-world history of composition by the author, and necessarily needs to assume an underlying internally consistent canon. Tolkiennymy is a term coined by Tolkien scholar Mark T. There is no clear line dividing Tolkien fandom and scholarly Tolkien studies. Authors of academically published studies on Tolkien may still be motivated by private enthusiasm for his works, and various Tolkien societies combine scholarly study with fandom activities.

Thus, the Oxonmoot organised by The Tolkien Society includes talks, slide shows and an evening party with a costume masquerade. Similarly, the Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft caters to Tolkien fandom in German-speaking Europe , and also co-organized seminars on Tolkien studies hosted at Jena University in and Generic Tolkien fandom is separated from "serious" Tolkien studies by a sliding scale of awareness of Tolkien's lesser and posthumously published works.

Awareness of Tolkien's short stories, his non-fiction publication, and the detailed editions of his unpublished notes since the s is reserved for the more literary-minded demographic section of Tolkien fans. The studies of Tolkien's artistic languages notably Quenya and Sindarin is a field where "fandom" and scholarly Tolkien studies overlap.

The resulting friction between scholarly students of the languages focussing on their conceptual evolution and fandom-oriented students taking an " in-universe " view became visible notably in the " Elfconners " controversy of the late s.

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