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Week 6 - Mailbag Monday: Mission:Impossible — Gollum’s Escape From Moria Jun 19, 2023

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Today’s Tolkien Times begins its sixth week with a close look at all of Gollum’s options for escaping Moria and following the Company: windows, following the Orcs, public transport, rideshare?

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Week 5 - Silmarillion Saturday: Tuor Meets Ecthelion Jun 17, 2023

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The Man of the West returns to Unfinished Tales to complete the tale of Tour’s arrival to the Hidden Kingdom, as he meets Ecthelion, Lord of the Fountains. Tuor, that is — the Man of the West has never met Ecthelion.

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Week 5 - Fandom Friday: Silmarillieanne Jun 16, 2023

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The Man of the West welcome TikTok’s Silmarilleanne to Today’s Tolkien Times to chat about her lore videos, the Tolkien fandom, and cosplay — Star Trek might be mentioned.

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Week 5 - Third Age Thursday: The Gifts of Galadriel, part 2 Jun 15, 2023

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The Man of the West reads about Galadriel’s gift to Gimli, bringing to light a bit about Fëanor to help explain its significance. He also looks at her gift to Frodo, including the fastest version of the Eärendil story ever.

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Week 5 - Word-nerd Wednesday: A Fellowship of Philology Jun 14, 2023

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Join The Man of the West as he dives into Old English and Old Norse to explore this week’s word: fellowship. Quick question: how many times does the text refer to the Company as “the Fellowship of the Ring”?

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Week 5 - Tolkien Tuesday: Don’t Drop the Ball Jun 13, 2023

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Tolkien is free to take The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion to another publisher: so what happened? How Collins dropped the ball for two years, as The Man of the West reads Carpenter’s biography to get more on the story.

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Week 5 - Mailbag Monday: Reading Order for All Things Tolkien Jun 12, 2023

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Today’s Tolkien Times starts the week off with The Man of the West answering a question about the best order in which to read Tolkien: chronological, published, or only as I advise?

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Week 4 - Silmarillion Saturday: Tuor and the Orfalch Echor Jun 10, 2023

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The Man of the West opens up Unfinished Tales for today’s Silmarillion Saturday, as we journey with Tuor through the first few gates of the Orfalch Echor!

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Week 4 - Fandom Friday: A Long-Expected Guest Jun 09, 2023

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Today’s Tolkien Times welcomes the composer, musician, and engineer behind the incredible project, A Long-Expected Soundscape: Jordan Rannells! For 25% off the entire 3-volume collection, use code PPP25 at checkout at https://jordanrannells.com/soundscapes or use PPP10 for 10% off one title.

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Week 4 - Third Age Thursday: The Gifts of Galadriel, part 1 Jun 08, 2023

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Today’s Third Age Thursday finds the Company on the banks of the Great River, drinking the cup of farewell with the Lord and Lady!

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