J.R.R. Tolkien Archives

Lord Of The Rings Fan Site Implies That J.R.R. Tolkien, As A Catholic, Would Celebrate LGBTQ

June 14, 2021

The Lord of the Rings fan site, TheOneRing.net, recently implied that author J.R.R. Tolkien would celebrate LGBTQ. https://youtu.be/wZfjkiTwTfY TheOneRing.Net made the claim on Twitter in early June after...

The Tolkien Society’s Summer Seminar 2021 Will Focus On “Tolkien And Diversity”

John F. Trent

June 11, 2021

Books, Movies, Television, Video Games

The Tolkien Society's second seminar of 2021 will have a focus on "Tolkien And Diversity." Source: The Lord of the Rings The Tolkien Society describes their seminars as "short academic conference of both...

Lord Of The Rings Fan Site Describes J.R.R. Tolkien As Woke

John F. Trent

June 2, 2021

Books, Celebrity, Movies, Television

Lord of the Rings fan site, The One Ring, recently described Lord of the Rings writer J.R.R. Tolkien as woke in a recent Twitter thread. https://youtu.be/_Q7K8CWt-LA Related: Official Synopsis For Amazon’...

Amazon Studios Chief Jennifer Salke Says Lord of the Rings TV Series Needs A “Giant, Global Audience”

John F. Trent

May 13, 2021

Television

Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke recently discussed the upcoming Lord of the Rings TV series and the show's rumored first budget. Source: The Hobbit In a Zoom call with The Hollywood Reporter's Lacey R...

The Tolkien Society Announces “Tolkien and Diversity” Theme For Summer Seminar

Spencer Baculi

February 23, 2021

Books

The Tolkien Society, the famous “educational charity, literary society, and international fan club, devoted to promoting the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien,” has announced that the theme of their second annua...

Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, John Rhys-Davies, and Others Call For The Lord of the Rings Fans To Help Purchase The Tolkien House

John F. Trent

December 2, 2020

Books, Movies

Actors Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, and John Rhys-Davies issued a call for Lord of the Rings fans to participate in Project Northmoor to help purchase the Tolkien House that has recently gone up for sale. M...

Progressive ‘Nerd Culture’ Outlets and Table Top Creators Claim Depictions of Orcs are “Problematic” and “Racist”

Spencer Baculi

April 27, 2020

Books, Tabletop Games & RPGs

Orcs, the monstorous fictional fantasy race, are once again under attack by ‘nerd’ culture outlets and creators who are unable to separate fiction from reality for failing to conform to very specific standards ...

Former Star Wars Author Chuck Wendig Attacks Epic Fantasy: “Your World is Too White and Male and Straight”

John F. Trent

March 28, 2019

Comic Culture

Former Star Wars author Chuck Wendig recently took to Twitter to attack an entire genre of fiction in epic fantasy and decided to throw in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy for good measure. Wendig,...

Science Fiction and Fantasy Author Fonda Lee Decries Barnes & Noble Stocking J.R.R. Tolkien and Robert Jordan Books: We are Competing with “Dead Guys”

John F. Trent

March 25, 2019

Comic Books

Science Fiction and Fantasy author Fonda Lee, the writer of theGreen Bone Saga, decried Barnes & Noble for stocking popular fantasy authors J.R.R. Tolkien and Robert Jordan. For those unfamiliar with J.R...

Tolkien and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Accused of Promoting Racism Due to Orc Discrimination

Spencer Baculi

November 26, 2018

Comic Culture

J.R.R. Tolkien’s famous and influential series, The Lord of the Rings, has been accused of purporting racism and discrimination due to its depiction of orcs. Appearing on the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podca...

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