Category: Beowulf

Don’t even publish your book: Tolkien’s option

by Nick Owchar, posted in A Game of Thrones, Beowulf, Books, J.R.R. Tolkien, Myth - George R.R. Martin, Myth - Tolkien, Publishing, Reading, self-publishing, Writing

With my recent conversation with Jim Rossi about self-publishing in mind, I turn again to J.R.R. Tolkien, whom I've been reading lately because of the publication of his Beowulf translation in May. He published The Hobbit and LOTR, and more besides these, but his translation of Beowulf never saw the light of publication in his lifetime. Though complete, and though he … Continue reading Don’t even publish your book: Tolkien’s option

Hobbitwulf

by Nick Owchar, posted in A Game of Thrones, Beowulf, C.S. Lewis, George R.R. Martin, Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Myth - Tolkien, Tolkien

J.R.R. TOLKIEN  is certainly not the only person to ever translate  the word "middangeard" in Beowulf as "Middle-earth"  -- but his word choice, obviously, is more conspicuous (and interesting) to us than it is in other editions. The recent publication of his version of the epic poem is hardly a mere tiber to his fans — that's "gift" … Continue reading Hobbitwulf