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Showing posts with label Pity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pity. Show all posts
23 August 2025

Tolkien: The Monsters and the Fascists

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  War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor...
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20 February 2023

Pre-order 'Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many'

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Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many  now has a publication date -- 12/12/2023 -- and an ISBN: 9781606354711 . A fe...
10 February 2023

The Avoidance of 'Sin' in Tolkien

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          In my forthcoming book, Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many , I discuss Tolkien's use of the Greek w...
21 January 2023

"Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring" finalist for The Tolkien Society Best Book Award 2024

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  Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring:   To Rule the Fate of Many by   Thomas P. Hillman A brief description As the magical ring Bilbo found...
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06 April 2022

The failure of memory and the untold tale (RK 6.iii.937-38)

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‘Do you remember that bit of rabbit, Mr. Frodo?’ he said. ‘And our place under the warm bank in Captain Faramir’s country, the day I saw an ...
27 February 2022

The true gift to the foes of Mordor

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Here's just a wee bit from right near the very end  of the conclusion of my book, To Rule the Fate of Many: Truth, Lies, Pity, and the R...
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15 October 2021

Sméagol-Gollum and the Legacy of Pity, part 2

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In my last  post I pointed out that the author of 'The Tale of Years' 'sees the moment of final transition from Sméagol-Gollum ...
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