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The Fall of Númenor: Introduction to The Fall of Númenor & The Second Age Feb 08, 2023

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Hello and welcome to Tea with Tolkien, an online community for the Hobbit at Heart. We are inspired by the works, life, and Catholic faith of JRR Tolkien and strive to encourage others towards a deeper love and understanding of Tolkien’s Legendarium by hosting a free book club, providing free resources such as our Silmarillion Reader’s guide, and cultivating a vibrant and positive online community. Our book club is currently reading through this newly released book, The Fall of Númenor, edited by Brian Sibley. This book was released last November, so just a few months ago at the time of recording, and our community voted and chose to read this for our first book club of 2023. If you’d like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server. For the sake of our book club, I’ve broken down The Fall of Numenor into ten sections and so today we’ll be covering the first ‘section’: from “About this Book” through “Before the Second Age”. I’ll begin with a summary of each section, followed by a recap of our book club’s discussion for those who may have missed our live chat. This week we are covering Part One: Introduction: “About this Book” through “Before the Second Age” Resources: The Complete Guide to Middle-earth by Robert Foster: https://amzn.to/3XP0kmv The Complete Tolkien Companion by J.E.A. Taylor: https://amzn.to/3D4Omxa The Atlas of Middle-earth: https://amzn.to/3D86y96 The Nature of Middle-earth: https://amzn.to/3Hrk0Y8 Nerd of the Rings for Lore Videos (Youtube): https://www.youtube.com/c/NerdoftheRings Tea with Tolkien Silmarillion Guide: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/shop/silmarillion-readers-guide https://mythgard.org/academy/book-of-lost-tales-part-1/ https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Athrabeth_Finrod_ah_Andreth https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Host_of_the_Valar https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Notion_Club_Papers https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/Letter131 https://www.amazon.com/Toward-Gleam-T-M-Doran-ebook/dp/B004UC7K4S

The Lord of the Rings Book Club: Book VI Feb 01, 2022

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Book Six of The Lord of the Rings begins with Sam’s desperate search to rescue Frodo from the Orc tower. As he begins to lose all hope, he realizes Frodo is being kept in a secret tower above and quickly climbs up to find him. Reunited, Sam returns the Ring to Frodo and they flee towards Mount Doom.

The Lord of the Rings Book Club: Book V Jan 01, 2022

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Book IV of The Lord of the Rings follows Frodo and Sam as they slowly journey towards the Land of Mordor. After leaving the Fellowship behind, they become lost as they wander through the wilderness. Gollum has been pursuing them at length, and finally comes to them as they wander. Rather than hiding or attacking, they take him in as their guide. Gollum guides them eagerly through the Dead Marshes and to the Black Gate, however they soon realize they will need to enter Mordor through a different path. Gollum tells them of a different, secret path which will lead them through a tunnel…

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The Lord of the Rings Book Club: Book IV Dec 01, 2021

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The Lord of the Rings Book Club: Book III Nov 01, 2021

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Book Three of The Lord of the Rings brings about many changes for the members of the now-broken Fellowship. A lot of this book feels like atonement for past mistakes -- for Boromir, he has paid with his life; for Aragorn, he seems desperate to discern the correct path forward; for Theoden, he has finally been freed from Grima’s influence; for Saruman, the Ents have brought about his well-deserved destruction. And Gandalf has returned against all hope!

The Lord of the Rings Book Club: Book II Oct 01, 2021

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: In this book, we see the formation and departure of the Fellowship of the Ring. Finally, the quest has fully begun. While Frodo is willing to take the burden of the Ring onto himself, he acknowledges that he doesn’t even know where to begin in terms of getting it to Mordor. And Elrond understands that he cannot go alone. However, he doesn’t send him forth with a host of great warriors -- rather he sends him in a small group meant to represent all the peoples of Middle-Earth, a group formed largely around friendship! So we see the theme of Fellowship carrying through into Book II. The life-saving, life-giving virtue of friendship…

The Lord of the Rings Book Club: Book I Sep 01, 2021

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You're listening to Tea with Tolkien, a Podcast for the Hobbit at Heart.

Join us as we chat about the works and faith of J.R.R. Tolkien, and strive to carry a little piece of Middle-Earth into our own daily lives.

This is the first in a seven-part book club series on The Lord of the Rings. These episodes will be released on the first of each month from now through March to accompany our Book Club as we’re reading The Lord of the Rings! If you’d like to join our book club, you can visit www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club.

This episode is a quick summary of The Lord of the Rings Book I, meant to spark a conversation about the book in our Discord server!

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Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age (Silmarillion Study, Part 20) May 24, 2021

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My full chapter notes can be read here:

Akallabêth pt. 2 (Silmarillion Study, Part 19) May 18, 2021

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My full chapter notes can be read here: Guide to The Silmarillion: Akallabêth: The Downfall of Númenor

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