Today's Tolkien Times

The Man of the West joins the Tolkiens on their vacation and looks at the concerns Tolkien had with the Appendices and the printers. More perfect Tolkien impatience, and the reviews for The Lord of the Rings begin to come in. Venice moves higher up Alan’s bucket list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West starts off this week of the TTT with a… clarification, an addendum, a follow-up on dragons’ ability to carry treasure. He also answers a mailbag question on the Doom of the Dwarves, concluding that maybe we shouldn’t always trust the Elves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for the bittersweet conclusion of Húrin’s tale as he reads from both The Silmarillion and The Children of Húrin versions of the story. Also: TTT’s new Patreon launches today, with special offers for the next five weeks!(Just a quick note that it turns out the annual plan won't be available at launch due to Patreon policies; the special offer will be made to anyone signing...

The Man of the West is joined by published author, filmmaker, YouTuber and all-around amazing person Kellie Rice on this week’s Fandom Friday. Check out the following places on social media to keep up with Kellie and follow all of the cool things she has going on! Facebook: KMRiceAuthor (https://www.facebook.com/KMRiceAuthor/) Instagram: WildAuthoress (https://instagram.com/wildauthoress?igshid=YW...

One advantage of hosting your own show is that you can cheat a little: join The Man of the West as he manages to get a First Age story in on a Third Age Thursday as he reads Aragorn’s telling of the Tale of Tinúviel.(Just a quick note that it turns out the annual plan won't be available at launch due to Patreon policies; the special offer will be made to anyone signing up on the top two tiers.) Le...

In a TTT first, The Man of the West reads a word on Mailbag Monday and dives into its etymology on Word-nerd Wednesday. Join him as he butchers Middle English in his red-hot look at glede. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he takes a deeper look into Tolkien’s process of writing the Appendices, as seen in the Letters and Carpenter’s biography. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West starts Week 11 off with Isildur, the King of Gondor Pain, and a closer look at why the One Ring hurts him, but not Frodo. Also: an exciting announcement about the future of the TTT! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he continues Húrin’s tale after his capture by Morgoth. You think it was brave to fight an endless horde of Orcs? Try facing off against the mightiest being in Arda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West is joined by Elise Trudel Cedeño from Teaching With Magic, who has cleverly found a way to use Tolkien — and other fantasy literature — as a teaching tool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The talking purse is off discussing his future with his agent while the trolls continue to fight — and capture dwarves. The fight continues until dawn as Bert, Tom, and William eventually get uh, stoned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West visits Turkey, Greece, and a 19th century Boston theater to find out the meaning of a word we all thought we already knew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tolkien loves the new dust jackets, is pleasantly surprised by the reviews, and stands by C.S. Lewis. The Man of the West reads the 1954 equivalent of ‘mean tweets’ and finds some good ones, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West starts a new week of Today’s Tolkien Times by visiting the second half of The Shelves of the West! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Indeed, day will come again — but it may be a long time before our featured character feels anything but darkness. Join The Man of the West as he reads Húrin’s Last Stand from The Silmarillion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West welcomes writer, editor, and Dungeon Master extraordinare Jeff LaSala to the TTT to talk about the publication of his Silmarillion Primer. If you want more details about the Primer, check out https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/press/work/silmprimer/. Art credit for the cover belongs to David Delagardelle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for more villain dialog — this time from everyone’s three favorite trolls: Bert, Tom, and Bill. And don’t forget the talking purse! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West opens up the OED and The Ring of Words to help shed light on these fantastically descriptive words from The Hobbit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tolkien explains the importance of cartography, expresses fears about hack critics, returns some. very ugly dust-jacket proofs, and promises to not become like Mr. Toad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West opens this new series of Today’s Tolkien Times by answering the most-asked question so far on the TTT: can you show us your library? The answer is yes, but not quickly! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West wraps up the first 8-week series of Today’s Tolkien Times by finishing the story of Aulë and Yavanna. Now that the Dwarves are a done deal, what does Aulë’s wife think? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West is joined by Fornad, the project lead for ArdaCraft, a truly massive project creating the whole of Middle-earth in Minecraft! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We rejoin Bilbo as he wraps up his chat with Smaug: something he should have done with four fewer words. But it’s not all bad: he’s caught Smaug monologuing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A quick study of lingustic dilution: or how Modern English has taken a word meaning “a worker of death” and turned it into a word meaning “that’s annoying”. The Man of the West likely butchers multiple languages in today’s episode, but he’s trying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan wraps up this first series’ Tolkien Tuesdays with a last look at the pre-publication challenges Tolkien faced with The Lord of the Rings. Titles, maps, spoilers, and hobbit hospitality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices