I'm delighted to share a sample of my recent conversation with Echoes of Eternity, a new-ish podcast from animator Ben West and evangelist Matthew Cantrell. We had a blast, and you're going to love this conversation (1 hour plus).

Check out the whole thing here: https://echoesofeternitypodcast.com/episodes/019-john-carswell-the-tolkien-road-adaptations

Make sure to check it out! Coming soon from The Tolkien Road:

• Smith of Wootton Major
• Athrabeth Finrod Ah Andreth
• Some great interviews
• And more!

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We're joined by Solomon Schmidt, the man behind HistoryBites.com.

Solomon is leading a Tolkien-themed tour to the UK (England and Scotland) in July of 2023, and we sit down with to hear all about the plans.

Seriously folks, this looks like the adventure of the lifetime. If not now, ask yourself: WHEN???

THIS SOUNDS AMAZING. Do yourself a favor and take it all in, and then head on over to https://historybites.com/tour-uk/ to learn more!

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• https://historybites.com/tour-new-zealand/

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Merry Christmas, fellow travelers! Let's take a close look at the Middle-earth / Christmas connection as well as the recent Rings of Power discussion with Amazon Studios' Vernon Sanders. Join us!

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What was the purpose of Númenor? In this episode, we explore that question through the lens of the song of Númenor.

Many of you know that I have argued that Númenor’s purpose went beyond being a mere reward for the descendants of the Edain, and seemed to be filled with symbolism and rituals intended to point them to a greater destiny both in this world and beyond it.

"Lovely is Númenor. But my heart resteth not here for ever;
for here is ending, and there will be an end and the Fading,
when all is counted, and all numbered at last,
but yet it will not be enough, not enough.
What will the Father, O Father, give me in that day beyond the end when my Sun faileth?"

- JRR Tolkien, The Lost Road and Other Writings

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Have you ever asked yourself how the Rings of Power work? In other words, WHY did Sauron’s Ring bring him mastery over the other Rings? What sorts of power did the Rings convey? Let's take a close look at these questions!

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2022 was a pretty busy year for this podcast and for Tolkiendom on a broad scale! It was pretty intense to cover both The Silmarillion and The Rings of Power.

And, to quote Bilbo, it's made me feel like butter scraped over too much bread. I may have been TOO HASTY at times!

There’s so much Tolkien still to cover. And to re-read!

But sometimes you need to slow down and breath a little deeper...

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In a 1963 letter, we find this remarkable line from Tolkien:

“Frodo indeed ‘failed’.”

What did he mean by that? Is there a deeper message that Tolkien himself took away from writing the scene of Frodo’s failure? What bits of wisdom can we glean from Tolkien’s commentary on Frodo’s failure at Mt Doom?

We’ll dive into these questions and seek to understand what deeper truths about mercy, justice, and suffering Tolkien took away from the stark reality of Frodo’s failure.

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- The Tolkien Estate » https://www.tolkienestate.com/
- Letter to Eileen Elgar, September 1963 » https://www.tolkienestate.com/letters/letter-to-eileen-elgar-september-1963/
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Is the latest Tolkien book worth your time and money? In this episode, I take a close look at The Fall of Númenor and tell you what I think!

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“Of Númenor [Elrond] spoke, its glory and its fall, and the return of the Kings of Men to Middle-earth out of the deeps of the Sea, borne upon the wings of storm.” - The Lord of the Rings

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- Timeline of Arda » https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline_of_Arda
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In this episode, we will be looking back on The Rings of Power season 1, and most importantly, discussing some of the in-depth feedback we’ve received along the way!

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TOLKIEN, 1957: "You will receive on Monday the copy of the ‘Story Line’ or synopsis of the proposed film version of The Lord of the Rings. I could not get it off yesterday. . . . . An abridgement by selection with some good picture-work would be pleasant, & perhaps worth a good deal in publicity; but the present script is rather a compression with resultant over-crowding and confusion, blurring of climaxes, and general degradation: a pull-back towards more conventional ‘fairy-stories’. People gallop about on Eagles at the least provocation; Lórien becomes a fairy-castle with ‘delicate minarets’, and all that sort of thing."

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- Timeline of Arda » https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline_of_Arda
- EXPLORING THE SECOND AGE PLAYLIST » https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqUat2OcwnPAA9xTbKdL0rQ4rKMzplEKt

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- Ish of the Hammer
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Join us for an in-depth discussion as we explore "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age", an account that covers six millennia of Middle-earth history, from the beginning of the Second Age to the end of the Third.

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This final chapter of The Silmarillion is really something completely separate from the rest of the book: an Age-spanning synopsis of the events leading up to and including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. With this chapter, Tolkien connects the legends of The Silmarillion with the events of The Lord of the Rings, and we learn a great deal of the historical background to Tolkien’s magnum opus. Join us!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

from Christopher Tolkien's Foreword to The Silmarillion...

"[Akallabêth and Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age] are included according to my father’s explicit intention, and by their inclusion the entire history is set forth from the Music of the Ainur in which the world began to the passing of the Ringbearers from the Havens of Mithlond at the end of the Third Age."

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- Timeline of Arda » https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline_of_Arda
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