For anyone interested in a more detailed look, the book A Secret Vice, edited by Dimitra Fimi and Andrew Higgins, was published back in 2016. The book delves into JRRTs vice for languages and how it relates to world building.
J.R.R. Tolkien talks about languages - 1968
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Necron 99
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Found this one from the BBC, in which Prof. Tolkien talks a bit about languages.
For anyone interested in a more detailed look, the book A Secret Vice, edited by Dimitra Fimi and Andrew Higgins, was published back in 2016. The book delves into JRRTs vice for languages and how it relates to world building.
For anyone interested in a more detailed look, the book A Secret Vice, edited by Dimitra Fimi and Andrew Higgins, was published back in 2016. The book delves into JRRTs vice for languages and how it relates to world building.
“He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.” - Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien
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grodog
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Thanks for the pointers, Jay---will check both of these out!
Aside: I was just using the Silmarillion to create some new elvish words earlier in the month =)
Allan.
Aside: I was just using the Silmarillion to create some new elvish words earlier in the month =)
Allan.
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Allan Grohe
Editor and Project Manager
https://www.facebook.com/BlackBladePublishing/
grodog@gmail.com
http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/greyhawk.html for my Greyhawk site
https://grodog.blogspot.com/ for my blog, From Kuroth's Quill