As many of you may know, today is International Tolkien Reading Day. Many fans and scholars are getting together today to read sections of his work. I had the pleasure to attend the Inkling Folk Fellowship's reading event, where people read from The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and Lord of the Rings. A few people read …
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Today, September 2, is a sad day for J.R.R. Tolkien fans. It marks the day he passed away, full of life and accomplishments (including a Nobel Prize nomination). Plenty of people talk about The Lord of the Rings and its impact on literature, but not many realize how many smaller-scale stories he wrote. Along with …
(Transcript of speech given on October 7, 2016, at the Center for the Study of C.S. Lewis and Friends. Taylor University, Upland IN). 1. Introduction a. Most of you probably know J.R.R. Tolkien was a Christian and he played a part in leading C.S. Lewis to faith. Many people have noted that Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia …
G. Connor Salter 