Tolkien fandom
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Tolkien fandom is an international, informal community of fans of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, especially of the Middle-earth legendarium which includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Si
Ted Johnstone (real name David McDaniel, seen here in 1974) founded the first Tolkien fan club.
A cosplay of Lord of the Rings characters
Enyalië meetings of Tolkien fans at his grave, here in 2008, have been described as an experience with religious form.
The Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey is renowned among scholars and Tolkienologists.
The Lord of the Rings
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The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by the English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's book The H
Tolkien fandom
…an international, informal community of fans of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, especially of the Middle-earth legendarium which includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. The concept of Tolkien fandom as a specific type of fan subculture sprang up in the United States in the 1960s, in the context…
Barbara Remington's cover illustrations for the Ballantine paperback version "achieved mass-cult status" on American college campuses in the 1960s. They were parodied by Michael K. Frith's cover design for the 1969 Bored of the Rings.
"Welcome to Hobbiton" sign in Matamata, New Zealand, where Peter Jackson's film version was shot
Sigmunds Schwert by Johannes Gehrts