Alas, not me

All literature enchants and delights us, recovers us from the 10,000 things that distract us. The unenchanted life is not worth living.

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10 February 2023

The Avoidance of 'Sin' in Tolkien

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" shortlisted for The Tolkien Society Best Book Award 2024

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...

09 January 2023

Two Paragraphs and Two Threats Converging in Tolkien (FR 2.ix.382)

Here's a piece of analysis I decided to take out of my book, To Rule the Fate of Many: Truth, Lies, Pity and the Ring of Power , about w...

28 November 2022

Tolkien between two publishers, feeling like a fool

14 April 1950 Dear Unwin, It was odd that our letters crossed. I might have waited a day longer; but the matter is for me becoming urgent. W...

20 November 2022

Hobbits and the Shire: The strength of the hills is theirs also.

Yesterday, a friend sent me something he was working on about The Lord of the Rings , and what he had to say about Hobbits and the Shire in ...

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