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The #Tolkien Great Tales Deluxe editions coming out in June and July 2026, edited by Christopher Tolkien and illustrated by Alan Lee. www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb...
Hobbit 50th Anniversary stuff, some of which I bought at the time in my youth, others picked up later. Guessing they will be producing 90th anniversary editions next year and 10 years after that ....... #Tolkien #TheHobbit
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Given that @johngarthwriter.bsky.social only recently had a look back at 2025...
There is nothing wrong with being in good company.
Here we go.
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very nice!
Thank you! I should have picked funnier material, but something about Turin having so many names made me think of that song
People like @alas-not-me.bsky.social are doing serious research on Turin and I’m out here butchering Tolkien and country music at the same time for entertainment
And I'll mess things up as long as Morgoth makes me,
But I'll forever be known as Glaurung's Bane.
But you don't have to call me Túrin, darlin',
I've never even called me
Well, I wonder why I don't call me,
Why don't I ever call me by my name?
/end
Well, I was gone the day Morwen came to Doriath,
And I was fighting with Gurthang out in the wild.
But before she could find me in Brethil or Nargothrond,
I'd already married her other child!
Well, he sat down and wrote another verse to the song and he sent it to me, and after reading it, I realized that my friend had written the perfect Children of Húrin song. And I felt obliged to share it with you.
The last verse goes like this here:
Well, a friend of mine named Dírhaval wrote that song. And he told me it was the perfect Children of Húrin song. I told him it was not the perfect Children of Húrin song because he hadn't said anything about mama, or swords, or sisters, or Nargothrond, or gettin' married.
So I'll mess things up as long as Morgoth makes me,
But I'll forever be known as Glaurung's Bane.
But you don't have to call me Túrin, darlin',
I've never even called me by my name.
Well, I've fought as "The Dread-Helm of Dor-Lómin,"
And I lived my youth in Thingol's Doriath.
But the only time I know, I'll say "Túrin son of Húrin"
Is when I come to the Dagor Dagorath!
And I'll mess things up as long as Morgoth makes me,
But I'll forever be known as Glaurung's Bane.
But you don't have to call me Túrin, darlin',
I've never even called me by my name.
You don't have to call me Adanedhel,
And you don't have to call me Turambar,
And you don't have to call me Mormegil anymore,
Even though we're still in Arda Marred.
Well, it was all that I could do to keep from cryin'
Sometimes it seemed so useless to remain
But you don't have to call me Túrin, darlin'
I've never even called me by my name.
With apologies to Steve Goodman, John Prine, and David Allen Coe, this is...
The Perfect Children of Húrin Song 🎶 1/x
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Mathoms No. 2 is out! Some Tolkien recommendations and reading for the weekend t.co/QNWKMIHuC2
Mathoms No. 2 is out! Some Tolkien recommendations and reading for the weekend t.co/QNWKMIHuC2
A new issue of my Mathoms newsletter will be going out this weekend. Please subscribe if you’re interested! thoughtsontolkien.substack.com
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Tolkien scholars Christina Scull and Wayne Hammond have updated their addenda and corrigenda web pages. These pages are a tremendous work of scholarship, and I'm honored and humbled that they considered a few of my own thoughts worthy to include.
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My new blog post is a long, deep dive into the many details that are overlooked about Merry Brandybuck, and why he is one of the most underrated characters of The Lord of the Rings thoughtsontolkien.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/m...
My new blog post is a long, deep dive into the many details that are overlooked about Merry Brandybuck, and why he is one of the most underrated characters of The Lord of the Rings thoughtsontolkien.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/m...
The praise of the praiseworthy!
Current status of my Beowulf shelf after a few recent additions
In case you missed the announcement, my publisher has posted a first description of my forthcoming book in their catalogue. Please, check back for more news soon! Happy Valentine's Day, my friends! uppsalabooks.com/catalog
I’ve been reading Beowulf so much lately, I decided to treat myself to the Easton Press edition of Tolkien’s Beowulf. It’s gorgeous.
Great review!