J. R. R. Tolkien

Recommended reading:
by J. R. R. Tolkien at Reading Rat


Criticism (articles, essays, reviews):

The Return of the King by Elizabeth Hand, review of The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien
(via Arts & Letters Daily)

Baptizing Middle-Earth, review by Anna Mathie of The Gospel According to Tolkien: Visions of the Kingdom in Middle-Earth, by Ralph C. Wood, First Things, January 2004

J.R.R. Tolkien and the Reclamation of the Pre-modern West and the Vision Presented in Peter Jackson's Film Trilogy, by Bradley J. Birzer, ISI Forum, January 2004

The Passion According to Tolkien, by Sean McGrath, Godspy December 10, 2003

Tolkien and the Gift of Mortality, by Anna Mathie, First Things, November 2003

Beyond the Catholic Sandbox, by Sandra Miesel, review of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-earth, by Bradley J. Birzer, July/August 2003

The Universe According to Tolkien, by Sandra Miesel, Crisis, February 2003

Tolkien's Libertarian Vision, by Jeff Elkins, Lew Rockwell, December 24, 2002

Why The Lord of the Rings Is Dangerous: The authors of Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues and J. R. R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth talk about the Christian life in Faerie; A conversation between Brad Birzer and Mark Eddy Smith, Christianity Today, December 16, 2002

Reasons for Liking Tolkien, by Jenny Turner, London Review of Books, November 15, 2001

Tolkien’s Catholic Imagination, by Jason Boffetti, Crisis, November 2001

Goblin Market, review by Louis Menand, New York Review of Books, January 17, 2002

The Hobbit Habit, review by Robert M. Adams, New York Review of Books, November 24, 1977

Does Frodo Live? reviews by Janet Adam Smith, New York Review of Books, December 14, 1972

Kicking the Hobbit, reviews by Matthew Hodgart, New York Review of Books, May 4, 1967


Humor:

Fellowship 9/11, iFilm

The Old Man in the Hat Comes Back, by William H. Duquette, February 10, 2004

Timothy McSweeney's Unreserved Embrace: Unused audio commentary by Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky, recorded Summer, 2002, for The Fellowship of the Ring (Platinum Series Extended Edition) DVD; by Jeff Alexander and Tom Bissell, April 22, 2003

Blog of the Rings, by Alan K. Henderson, January 1, 2001

If Lord of the Rings Had Been Written by Someone Else, Straight Dope Message Board

Tolkien Sarcasm Page, by O. Sharp