Tag Archives: J.R.R. Tolkien

Book Review: The Lay Of Aotrou & Itroun

Posted on February 2, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Lay Of Aotrou & Itroun, by J.R.R. Tolkien I’m not sure how I feel about this book.  The poem at the heart of this book is compelling, to be sure, but it doesn’t really feel as if the poem … Continue reading →

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The Roots Of The Mountains: A Missing Piece Of The Puzzle

Posted on February 1, 2019 by nathanalbright

Sometimes important books do not make their presence obvious.  What if I told you there was a book, a reasonably sized book of about 400 pages of reading that managed to explain three different but interconnected historical mysteries.  One, where … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The One Ring Roleplaying Game

Posted on January 27, 2019 by nathanalbright

The One Ring Roleplaying Game, by Francesco Nepitello It is an intensely frustrating and Nathanish experience to read a book that consists of two books that one has already read under a different name.  At any rate, if you have … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Adventures In Middle Earth: Wilderland Adventures

Posted on January 27, 2019 by nathanalbright

Adventures In Middle Eearth:  Wilderland Adventures, by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, Francesco Nepitello, Jon Hodgson, and Steve Emmott I happen to greatly enjoy books like this for a few reasons.  For one, I am an avid, if not very frequent, tabletop role … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Adventures In Middle Earth: Player’s Guide

Posted on January 17, 2019 by nathanalbright

Adventures In Middle Earth:  Player’s Guide, by Cubicle 7 As someone who greatly appreciates the universe of Middle Earth and is always looking to master new rulebooks for role playing games, both for playing purposes and to help keep my … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Adventures In Middle Earth: Loremaster’s Guide

Posted on January 17, 2019 by nathanalbright

Adventures In Middle Earth:  Loremaster’s Guide, by Amanda Valentine As someone who is fond of the universe of Tolkien’s novel’s, and of tabletop roleplaying games in particular, I suppose it was only a matter of time before I came across … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Atlas Of Middle Earth

Posted on July 16, 2017 by nathanalbright

The Atlas Of Middle Earth, by Karen Wynn Fonstad In the lengthy introduction to this book, the author comments about how much in-demand an updated and revised and paperback version of this book had been in demand from the time … Continue reading →

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There And Back Again

Posted on August 27, 2016 by nathanalbright

While doing some online reading [1], as I am prone to do from time to time [2], I came across an article that discussed literary cartography, beginning with its context in the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien [3].  In its original … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Fellowship: The Literary Lives Of The Inklings

Posted on April 13, 2016 by nathanalbright

The Fellowship: The Literary Lives Of The Inklines, by Philip & Carol Zaleski This ambitions book, coming in at more than 500 pages of text and ample endnotes that demonstrate the authors’ command of the sources of the Inklings’ goings … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Hobbit, A Wardrobe, And A Great War

Posted on March 16, 2016 by nathanalbright

A Hobbit, A Wardrobe, And A Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien And C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, And Heroism In The Cataclysm Of 1914-1918, by Joseph Loconte At the end of this remarkable book, the author speaks about the bravery … Continue reading →

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