# Christopher Tolkien

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Episode 98: Lesser-trod Histories 14: The Peoples of Middle-earth

Join us this month for a look at the final book in the History of Middle-earth series, The History of Middle-earth volume 12, The Peoples of Middle-earth. We delve into Tolkien’s unfinished story, Tal-Elmar, discussing themes of colonization, racial stereotypes, and the good guy/bad guy dichotomy. …

90. Morgoth Or Whatever, I Don’t Want To Deadname Him.

Jared, Oriana and Ned talk about Jared’s choice of topic: bodies. Tolkien is, putting it plainly, not the most dedicated writer when it comes to the physical forms we all inhabit – his contemporary D. H. Lawrence would have had some things to say about it had the subject ever come up, say. But at t…

On Fairy Stories and Fantasy in Tolkien and Le Guin

Off camera before Tim and I launched in to our discussion of the speculative imaginations of J.R.R. Tolkien and Ursula Le Guin, we had a brief personal catch up about some difficult things happening in our lives (losing beloved pets, if you must know). Tim reflected on the strange relationship betw…

424 – Your Song

Christopher Tolkien believes that the book he was working on was “in no conceivable way publishable”. Alan and Sara sometimes think the same about the podcast. Join The Man of the West and The Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we begin Season 11 and our year-long journey through Beren and Lúthien. Christoph…

Three Major Problems With The Silmarillion (Episode 0253 Revisited)

Is The Silmarillion harder to read than it needs to be?In this episode of The Tolkien Road, we take a loving but critical look at three major problems with the published Silmarillion — and how a future edition might make Tolkien’s mythology far more accessible to first-time readers. 00:00 — Introd…

426 – Tiny Dancer

Christopher Tolkien points out the ‘undercurrent of sardonic humor’ in Tolkien’s earliest version of this story; Alan and Sara’s sardonic humor is more like a whirlpool. Join The Man of the West and The Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we finish our walk through of Christopher’s introduction to the story o…

0230: Unfinished Tales » Overview & Background

What exactly is Unfinished Tales—and why did Christopher Tolkien choose to publish his father’s unfinished writings at all?In this episode of The Tolkien Road, we begin a new journey into Tolkien’s posthumously published legendarium by exploring the history, purpose, and editorial philosophy behind…

0231: Unfinished Tales » What’s In The Book?

What exactly is inside Unfinished Tales—and why did Christopher Tolkien include these particular writings?In this episode of The Tolkien Road, we continue our After the Silmarillion series with a guided tour through Unfinished Tales, covering material from the First, Second, and Third Ages, along w…

0232: The Book of Lost Tales I » How Tolkien’s Middle-earth Really Began

What exactly is The Book of Lost Tales—and why did Christopher Tolkien decide to publish the long, complicated history of his father’s evolving mythology?In this episode of The Tolkien Road, John and Greta begin their journey through The History of Middle-earth with Volume 1, The Book of Lost Tales…