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This website contains archives of the Tolkien Discussion Group from 2009 to early 2013.

The discussion group continues to meet
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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Assorted Links We Have Found

A real-life ship with an Elvish (Sindarin) name:
http://www.turanor.eu/en.html


Interesting issues about Tolkien's (probably unconscious) attitudes toward race, status, and genetics:
http://www.colorq.org/PetSins/page.php?y=2004&m=5&x=intermarriage


an old favorite:
If Lord of the Rings had been Written by Someone Else:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=138905
"My name is Baggins. Frodo Baggins. 00Hobbit, license to quest. "
Dr. Seuss, Homer, Louisa May Alcott, Tom Clancy, Iron Chef  -- forty pages of entries


Lord of the Rings, as a Russian historical novel:
http://ymarkov.livejournal.com/270570.html
Use the link in the third paragraph to download the pdf. The "Download Now" button just takes you to the translation software.


added June 23, 2011 Some people still don't get it:
http://notalwaysright.com/best-not-to-be-tolkien-too-seriously/12147


added June 29, 2011 Legos of Middle Earth
Barad Dur  http://www.flickr.com/photos/41823416@N08/sets/72157627009168190/
The entire group  http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/276793
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1030176@N20/pool/with/5683297828/
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/276793