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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 12h

I have come to the conclusion over the years the English(-speaking) ear cannot cope with the spelling anomaly in expecting a -keen - but as they know it's not that they seem, emotionally speaking, opting for -kein. I wouldn't know whey, thow. 😂

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 12h

By the way - a person who shall not be named has had the URL to the Westminster Abbey memorial of JRRT corrected 🤣 From Tolkeinmemorial to TOLKIENmemorial 🎉 The online version is corrected but the link in your email shall ETERNALLY be wrong 😳😅

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 15h

Thank you for the likes and reposts - it really helps sharing the news 👍🎉🙏

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 30/09/2026

Another edition of the all things Tolkien newsletter, the Roving Ranger, has just been sent to its subscribers. Any shares are highly welcome! More on the memorial; a lovely family story; new day of the week for the RR; and tons more... steady.page/en/thetolkie...

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The Two-hundred and second Roving Ranger

The Roving Ranger #202 brings you all the interesting things Tolkienian of the last week and the weeks upcoming, curated by the Tolkienist.

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Brian Weaver @brianitguy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Aqcuired another poster. Had never seen this before. 1974 Hobbit art by Rob Brown and Ken Sanders. Pen and ink drawing. Created using cross hatching. I think that's the term, maybe somebody artistic will know the correct term @joelmerriner.bsky.social #Tolkien #TheHobbit

1974 Hobbit poster by Rob Brown & Ken Sanders

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Tolkienista @tolkienista.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This e-book brings together ten articles by researchers and scholars of J. R. R. Tolkien’s works, written in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the publication of The Lord of the Rings, a milestone commemorated in 2024 and 2025.

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Brian Weaver @brianitguy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Journey's End. Sam Says Farewell by Joan Wyatt. Find this painting really captures the mood of the moment. #Tolkien #TolkienTrewsday @timbolton.bsky.social

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Will Sherwood @willsherwood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm thrilled and proud to announce that I completed and submitted my PhD thesis on #Tolkien and British #Romanticism this morning. What an incredible start to a sunny week! Now, does anyone have any jobs for someone with extensive teaching experience?! Time to put this knowledge to good use!

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James K. Tauber @jtauber.com · 28/09/2026

ICYMI, a short video about my doctoral research...

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MGCoco★ @mgcoco.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Tolkientober 2026 themes are here! 🎨🖌️ A Tolkien-themed October art challenge, and welcomes artists of all mediums and skill levels. Tag your works with #Tolkientober to join! Prompts are totally up to your interpretation, and you can do as many or as little as you like!

Tolkientober 2026 prompts

1. Mortality
2. Luck
3. Forge
4. Poetry
5. Birds
6. Bows*
7. Warm
8. East
9. Hope
10. Entwives
11. Mountains
12. Axes
13. Memorials*
14. Rivers
15. Gardens
16. Creepy
17. Siblings
18. Family ties
19. Orcs
20. Lords of Gondolin
21. Gratitude
22. Harvest
23. Dancing
24. Jewels & Gemstones
25. Dark Creatures
26. Beacon
27. Queens*
28. Dread
29. Faery
30. Spiders
31. Immortality

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 22/09/2026

Correction 😂 Over HALF a dozen smials. Literary society. First ever film trilogy convention. Only Tolkien students' association DE ever. The Seminar, Thing, Tolkien Tage, the Middle-earth Gaming Day etc. Never alone, obviously. Volunteer work is all about cooperation. But someone has to start 😂

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 22/09/2026

... at my Alma Mater, the University of Cologne, and from there on planned my first ever participation in a Tolkien event: Oxonmoot. It's been fun and wonderful and fascinating - to many more years! TO BILBO AND FRODO 🎉😂🎂🎊💐

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 22/09/2026

... that has had my back for 33+ years now. HARD TO BELIEVE that after having become the European Representative of the Tolkien Society at the beginning of the '90s I would meet Alex, later on treasurer of the GTS, who was a students' representative in English literature and linguistics...

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 22/09/2026

... but at the same time the second-largest Tolkien-event in the German-speaking countries will happen in Jena - the Thuringian Tolkien Days. 🙏✅🎉 I AM SO GRATEFUL for the many lovely people in the Tolkien community who have helped me, supported me, volunteered with me for a fandom...

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 22/09/2026

SO I DID what I always do. I founded a smial (it's a running gag with @germantolksoc that wherever Marcel is, there is a smial. Have founded over a dozen - and counting 😂 🍻 🍾) TODAY we celebrated these five years. Next weekend I'll be at Sur Les Terres de L'Uniques in Brittany...

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 22/09/2026

... and a move away from the city that had become my home (Berlin) I had start all over again. ALMOST 50. Didn't know anyone. From a city with 3,5 million inhabitants, a metropolis, to a city with barely 100,000. Far away from family, far away from friends. Alone.

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 22/09/2026

CHÄPPI BÖRFDEI, FRODO & BILBO 🎉🎂 FIVE years ago today I got lucky. Again. FIVE years ago I (re-) founded the smial in Jena, Thuringia, Germany @tolkienstammtischjena 🎉 AFTER my separation and divorce ('19/'21), after living through the pandemic,...

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 22/09/2026

Chäppi Börfdei, Frodo & Bilbo Baggins 🎂 🍰 🎉 🥳 Issue 201 of the all things Tolkien newsletter, the Roving Ranger, is out now. Any shares are most welcome! ☺️ Events, shows, scholarship, fandom, and JRRT soon in Westminster Abbey 🔜☕🍵🎉 steady.page/en/thetolkie...

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The Two-hundred and first Roving Ranger

The Roving Ranger #201 brings you all the interesting things Tolkienian of the last week and the weeks upcoming, curated by the Tolkienist.

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Digital Tolkien Project @digitaltolkien.com · 22/09/2026

On this Hobbit Day, enjoy the over 100 covers that have been used on the UK editions alone. Which is your favourite? books.digitaltolkien.com/work/hobbit/...

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The Hobbit

Bibliographic data for The Hobbit.

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 21/09/2026

These are hot topics right now. The level of absurdity is... beyond measure. P.S. Your film could have been hilarious if Robin Williams had played Mrs. Doubtfire again to get things sorted...

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 20/09/2026

... intentionally cuts down on interaction so I'm forced to pay for ads which I will not do. So it's more important than ever to have blogs and newsletters independent of the walled gardens. steady.page/en/thetolkie...

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The Tolkienist's Roving Ranger and more

creating reports, reviews & rants on all things Tolkienian + the free weekly newsletter, the 'Roving Ranger: Strange as News from Bree'

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 20/09/2026

Thank you for kind words, James, and yes - it is getting more difficult by the minute to find relevant and independent voices on the net. If you are not a content creator with at least tens of thousands you may as well not exist. I have just sunset Facebook as a channel as it obviously...

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Jeremy @uruloke.tolkienguide.com · 19/09/2026

Hey @middle-earthents.bsky.social we’re celebrating our 20th anniversary next month with a marathon livestream - would love to have you join us for a bit to talk about what you’ve been up to for those 20 years, and now! www.tolkienguide.com/TG20

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TolkienGuide 20th Anniversary

J. R. R. Tolkien Collecting guides, forums, articles, and news. A database of Tolkien related collectibles, rare items, ephemera. A community of like-minded collectors who share ideas, trade, and st...

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 18/09/2026

We'd like your help with something. The one hundredth anniversary of Ursula's birth will take place in 2029. This may seem a long time away, but we’re already starting to think about how to celebrate Ursula’s life and art. We’d love to add your ideas to the mix—there's a brief survey here:

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Centenary event planning

Please click the link to complete this form.

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 18/09/2026

See you soon, O Canada 🍁 with love from Europe, Marcel 🇪🇺 🇩🇪 #europe #canada #letsworktogether

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 18/09/2026

Now, I do believe that some things in life are meant to be - and after having visited Toronto twenty years ago I was thinking of visiting again next year for MythCon Now, that awesome Canada is going to be the first associate member if the EU - I'm saving money to make that happen.

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Tom Emanuel @realtomemanuel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I had the opportunity to chat with the Sociedad Tolkiendili de México about Tolkien, religion, and the power of his work to enchant readers of many faiths and no faith at all. I was thrilled by the incisiveness of their questions - I only hope the interview is as much fun to watch as it was to do!

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Secondary Faith: Tolkien on the Limits of Belief - An Interview with Reverend Dr. Tom Emanuel

YouTube video by Tolkiendilimexico

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 18/09/2026

Proud to have bought it way back then... :)

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Digital Tolkien Project @digitaltolkien.com · 17/09/2026

This is such a good example of one of the main things we're trying to do at the Digital Tolkien Project: textual scholarship --> data --> visualization @kenhernden.bsky.social annotations.digitaltolkien.com/viewers/nazg...

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The Nazgûl, together and apart

Explore the nine riders’ paths in an interactive tube map based on Ken Hernden’s chronology. 22 September–20 October 3018.

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Digital Tolkien Project @digitaltolkien.com · 17/09/2026

I have a more compact, graphical visualization coming soon!

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Mónica Sanz-Rodríguez @finduriel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

¿Cuál es vuestra librería favorita? @blackwelloxford.bsky.social es una maravilla, pero empata en mi ranking con @hatchards.bsky.social

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 16/09/2026

Today I just want to say... THANK YOU. For subscribing to this wild and weird thing that I started a few years ago - the Roving Ranger, the all things Tolkien newsletter. We have reached edition TWO HUNDRED. Enjoy. steady.page/en/thetolkie...

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The Two hundredth Roving Ranger

The Roving Ranger #200 brings you all the interesting things Tolkienian of the last week and the weeks upcoming, curated by the Tolkienist.

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 16/09/2026

I am so incredibly sorry to read this, Vivien, this should have been your project, indeed! It seems to be a deplorable fact that publishing doesn't go for the wisest of choices - or only rarely. My sympathies!

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 16/09/2026

I have titled this FREEDOM as I am now allowed to leave the bed 😂 One more day to go, bar complications, but things are looking good so far 🎉

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 16/09/2026

I've been told I have an exquisitely sleep-inducing voice 😂 So if anybody needs help with that I can record that chapter... 😂

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 16/09/2026

Good lord, we had Apple IIs in school, completely forgot about that. Early attempts at doing some programming... 😅

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 16/09/2026

I've made it a running joke that I live only 150 meters away from Thuringia's only university clinics so if I ever needed medical attention I could give 'em a shout - and it's true 😂 So Thursday I'll be able to walk home in five minutes, that's the plan for now 👍

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 16/09/2026

I'm keeping fingers crossed, surgery went well, everything will be dealt with in the next couple of days and weeks 👍💪

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 16/09/2026

Are you kidding me? A SILMARILLION renewal date every year? Omg, a DREAM 😂

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 15/09/2026

Best chapter? OF BELERIAND AND ITS REALMS 😅😂🎉📚💪

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