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The Prancing Pony Podcast @prancingponypod.bsky.social · 1h

A Prancing Pony Podcast reunion is happening this weekend! Join Alan and Shawn at 4p Eastern as they reunite for a special roundtable celebrating 20 years of the @tolkienguide.com, alongside @knewbettadobetta.bsky.social, @podcast.athrabeth.com, @queerlodgings.bsky.social,

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Jeremy @uruloke.tolkienguide.com · 29/09/2026

Dust contains human skin cells. We ingest/inhale motes of dust all the time. I guess… we’re all passive cannibals? 😅

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Jeremy @uruloke.tolkienguide.com · 24/09/2026

Our school has just simultaneously enacted (1) a no phones during school hours policy and (2) a hall pass phone app to allow kids to move around campus during class time 🤷‍♂️

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mythsoc.bsky.social @mythsoc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A journalist at a local OK NPR station visited our archives during Mythcon and just released this video for Hobbit Day 🍄 www.instagram.com/reel/DdmQycl...

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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Like Bilbo, our 1st edition of The Hobbit has been ‘There and Back Again’! In 89 years at the UL, it’s seen multiple class marks, locations & exhibitions. What adventure should it embark on next? Drop your Tolkien/UL puns below, ready for the eleventy-first anniversary (in 22 years!). #HobbitDay

A person in a denim jacket holds a first edition copy of The Hobbit in a green cloth cover with dark ink illustrations of mountains and a dragon

The title page of a 1937 first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, showing crossed-out library call numbers and a Cambridge University Library stamp dated October 6, 1937.

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Chuck Groenink @cgroenink.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Realised I never posted this Rivendell drawing I did from my Lord of the Rings phase last year.

a black and white drawing of a grand house built against a cliff with waterfalls, some blue colour was added for added lighting and to suggest evening.

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Jeremy @uruloke.tolkienguide.com · 20/09/2026

Join us on YouTube now to see Chad Bornholdt’s excellent presentation on the Hunt for the Ring! www.youtube.com/live/WHoLc9Q...

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Chad Bornholdt New Info on The Hunt for the Ring

YouTube video by TolkienGuide

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Tolkien Books Database @books.digitaltolkien.com · 20/09/2026

If you have this paperback copy of the Two Towers, we need your help! Can you look at your copyright page and report: a) whether "This paperback edition ____" says 2011 or 2020 b) what impression number is shown underneath. e.g. 2020 and 35 2011 and 42 books.digitaltolkien.com/SQQR/

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The Two Towers, 2020 Paperback Edition, impressions 35–37+

HarperCollins, 2020, B-Format Paperback, ISBN 0-261-10358-X.

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Daily bunny no.3446 is not left-handed

Bunnies re-enact the duel between Inigo and Wesley in "The Princess Bride", with a masked bunny fighting against a dashing shaggy bunny with a gold sword. The masked bunny is cornered, near the edge of a rocky cliffside, but still has a trick up his sleeve

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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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Jeremy @uruloke.tolkienguide.com · 18/09/2026

HarperCollins have provided us at @tolkienguide.com with 20 prizes for us to give away, one per hour for our 20 hour livestream celebrating 20 year anniversary for the website. Tune in whenever you feel like, and we will probably be running a random draw for something really cool!

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

LEOPARDS DO NOT JUST EAT ONE FACE.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I dont think younger people realize just how massively popular and culturally significant the Lord of the Rings books were in the 1970s in the USA. Millenials experienced but a fraction of this when the Peter Jackson trilogy released.

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Jeremy @uruloke.tolkienguide.com · 18/09/2026

The Lord of the Rings 60th anniversary boxed set, The one volume Lord of the Rings illustrated by the Author edition, Unfinished tales special edition, The Letters of JRR Tolkien 2nd edition, Myths and Legends Boxed Set 2, and (not shown) The Collected Poems of JRR Tolkien.

The last five Tolkien book prizes laid out on a table. The Lord of the Rings 60th anniversary boxed set, The one volume Lord of the Rings illustrated by the Author edition, Unfinished tales special edition, The Letters of JRR Tolkien 2nd edition, Myths and Legends Boxed Set 2, and (not shown) The Collected Poems of JRR Tolkien.

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Jeremy @uruloke.tolkienguide.com · 18/09/2026

Two sets of the deluxe Great Tales of Middle-earth, The Hobbit Deluxe, The Silmarillion Deluxe illustrated by the Author, and The Fall of Númenor deluxe.

Five deluxe slipcased Tolkien editions laid out - two sets of the deluxe Great Tales of Middle-earth, The Hobbit Deluxe, The Silmarillion Deluxe illustrated by the Author, and The Fall of Númenor deluxe.

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Jeremy @uruloke.tolkienguide.com · 18/09/2026

The facsimile 1st Hobbit, The Annotated Hobbit, The Hobbit Sketchbook, The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook, and The Bovadium Fragments.

Five more Tolkien books laid out on a table showing their covers, in front of other prize books. Shown are the facsimile 1st Hobbit, The Annotated Hobbit, The Hobbit Sketchbook, The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook, and The Bovadium Fragments.

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Jeremy @uruloke.tolkienguide.com · 18/09/2026

The forthcoming Tove Jansson Hobbit is awesome of course! Also The Art of the Hobbit, The Maps of Middle-earth, Doomed To Die, and Pictures by JRR Tolkien.

The covers of five books laid out in front of the prize pool - The Art of the Hobbit, The Tove Jansson Hobbit being published later this month, The Maps of Middle-earth, Doomed To Die, and Pictures by JRR Tolkien

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Jeremy @uruloke.tolkienguide.com · 16/09/2026

Might not apply to your particular use case, but you can block any number even if it hasn't ever messaged/called you: Settings -> Apps -> Phone -> Blocked Contacts -> Add

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TolkienGuide @tolkienguide.com · 16/09/2026

#OnThisDay in 1934, #Tolkien writes to David Nichol Smith. Tolkien sends his essay Chaucer as a Philologist: The Reeve's Tale, to David Nichol Smith. He hopes that Smith will be available to meet him before term starts. Tolkien described Chaucer as a Philologist as "laborious and clumsy"

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J.R.R. Tolkien to David Nichol Smith

Tolkien sends his essay Chaucer as a Philologist: The Reeve's Tale, to David Nichol Smith. He hopes that Smith will be available to meet him before term...

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Jeremy @uruloke.tolkienguide.com · 15/09/2026

Happy Silmarillion publishing birthday, 49 years ago today. Which means next year will be the 50th anniversary. Maybe we should celebrate that too! Pre-order your 2027 Beyond Bree Silmarillion Calendar today. beyondbree.org Featuring "Ancalagon the Black" by @khorazir.bsky.social

Draft cover image for the 2027 Beyond Bree Silmarillion Calendar, featuring Anke Eissmann's "Ancalagon the Black" new artwork, showing a massive black dragon breathing fire towards a white swan-shaped ship sailing the air, surrounded by birds.

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Dr Grace Khuri @gracekhuri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

On September 15, 1977, what is arguably J.R.R. Tolkien's magnum opus was published (or at least the work of his heart). It turns 49 today. The earliest version of this work was the subject of my doctoral thesis -- the first on Tolkien at Oxford University. #Tolkien #Silmarillion

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Jeremy @uruloke.tolkienguide.com · 16/09/2026

So happy to have @mgcoco.bsky.social in the 2027 Beyond Bree Silmarillion Calendar!

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Clare Moore @clarelmoore.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The @tolkiensociety.org’s Big Read starts Return of the King on Monday! Don’t miss our guest speaker Alina Himango Fairbanks discussing the events leading up to the Battle of the Pelennor Fields with a focus on the role of Ghân-buri-Ghân from an Indigenous perspective. See you soon! 📖

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The Prancing Pony Podcast @prancingponypod.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hey, folks - I wanted to take a moment to thank so very many of you for generously giving to my colleague and good friend, Katie. In case you missed it, though, Katie's been in a bit of a rough spot recently: her A/C is out and needs to be repaired,

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Steuard Jensen @steuard.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I am so utterly thrilled with this, a 50th birthday gift to myself: the Awakening of the Elves on the shores of Cuiviénen, from Tolkien's Silmarillion. I trusted Amy to do something wonderful, and she really has. (She was incredibly patient with my excessive Tolkien lore dump for background, too.)

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Jeremy @uruloke.tolkienguide.com · 11/09/2026

That’s a gelatinous cube, isn’t it. Where’s your 10’ pole?

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026

Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).

A crescent Moon seen during the day, arcing from upper left to lower right of the frame. At lower centre is the full disk of Jupiter; the small dots to its upper left and lower right and Io and Ganymede, respectively.

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Tolkien Books Database @books.digitaltolkien.com · 06/09/2026

If anyone has this cover (with or without the film call out), we'd love to know the edition year and impression number you have. books.digitaltolkien.com/ZXVZ/

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The Hobbit, 2013 Children’s Edition, impressions 1–22+

HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2013, Paperback, ISBN 978-0-00-745842-4. cover illustration by John Howe.

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Jeremy @uruloke.tolkienguide.com · 05/09/2026

I will forever and always mention dragons as a possibility

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Jeremy @uruloke.tolkienguide.com · 03/09/2026

Vell, he’s just zis Guy, you know

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Robin Propst @robinpropst.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

YES! The indomitable @digitaltolkien.com have now published it online. The blog entry is now live at: annotations.digitaltolkien.com/articles/unl... you ever been interested in the practice of annotating such a complex work as The Lord of The Ring works in practice - here you go :)

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Unlikely Heroes: Annotating the horses in Lord of The Rings | Tolkien Annotations

Annotation datasets, articles, and interactive viewers from the Digital Tolkien Project.

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Middle-earth Ent. @middle-earthents.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

THE LORD OF THE RINGS musical is coming to HCT as a 2027 Season Exclusive! Watch Bilbo's ring set an epic quest in motion, with music by A.R. Rahman, Värttinä, and Christopher Nightingale. We'll be providing an inside look here on social all the way to the 2027 debut! #MiddleEarth #WestEnd

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Tom @alas-not-me.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

40 % off right now on my book from @ksupress.bsky.social , which keeps bouncing back to #1 New Release in British and Irish Literary Criticism. Inconceivable.

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Jeremy @uruloke.tolkienguide.com · 28/08/2026

I block the (fake) numbers every time. I figure in a few years I’ll have the entire 8xx toll free numbers blocked and can use the phone function again

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Miriam Ellis @miriamellis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🌟Today is the day! A Shire Walking-Party is now available in the US at Amazon.com and will be available soon at multiple sellers and in multiple countries. You're invited on an immersive walk through hobbit homelands, history, and culture! www.amazon.com/Shire-Walkin... More info in comments!

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

One bean to rule them all One bean to find them One bean to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

The One Bean Dietitians
Recommend for Brain, heart, and gut health.
The darker the bean, the deeper the benefits.

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