The Consolation of Philosophy
"If you want to be a philosopher, write novels." ―Albert Camus One decade ago, with the release of New Line Cinema's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey imminent, Christopher Tolkien gave a rare interview to French newspaper Le Monde. In it he expressed the sense of alienation he...
A Second Age Onomasticon – Part II: People
A little more than half a year after the deal between the Tolkien Estate and Amazon Studios was announced, Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke gave a little bit of information on what to expect from the new series in an interview with Deadline. In a...
A Second Age Onomasticon – Part I: Places
Amazon Studios' streaming series, The Rings of Power, is set to premiere in a little over two months from now. Set in a period Tolkien referred to as the "Second Age", many of the characters are different from those beloved by fans of Tolkien's most...
The Rings of Power Dialect Coach and a War of the Rohirrim Original Name
Dialect Coach Leith McPherson Marketing for Amazon Studios' The Rings of Power series finally seems to be picking up, but many mysteries remain. One long-standing mystery has been the identity of the linguist or linguists Amazon has been consulting for the show. As this is a...