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Episode Notes: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/fon-10
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Episode Notes: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/fon-9
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Episode Notes: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/fon-8
If you’d like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server.
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Episode Notes: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/fon-7
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To Hello, my friends! I’m so happy to share this recording of our live Q&A that was hosted in our discord yesterday. Dr. Holly Ordway was gracious enough to join us to chat all about her latest book, Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography. As a brief aside, I’m sorry my voice sounds a bit rough in this interview - I’m recovering from a pretty nasty illness, but I couldn’t miss this Q&A. I hope you enjoy it!
To join our discord, you can sign up with your email address at teawithtolkien.com/discord.
Dr. Ordway’s Website: https://hollyordway.com/
Order Tolkien’s Faith on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3qtie3m
Dr. Ordway Interview with Michael Ward: https://www.wordonfire.org/videos/tolkiens-faith-dr-michael-ward-interviews-holly-ordway/
Tea with Tolkien Website: www.teawithtolkien.com
Tea with Tolkien Discord: www.teawithtolkien.com/discord
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Episode Notes: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/fon-6
If you’d like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server.
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Episode Notes: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/fon-5
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Hello and welcome to Tea with Tolkien, an online community for the Hobbit at Heart. We are inspired by the works, life, and Catholic faith of JRR Tolkien and strive to encourage others towards a deeper love and understanding of Tolkien’s Legendarium by hosting a free book club, providing free resources such as our Silmarillion Reader’s guide, and cultivating a vibrant and positive online community. Our book club is currently reading through this newly released book, The Fall of Númenor, edited by Brian Sibley.
If you’d like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server.
If you’d like to support Tea with Tolkien by becoming a patron, you can learn more at www.patreon.com/teawithtolkien
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Hello and welcome to Tea with Tolkien, an online community for the Hobbit at Heart. We are inspired by the works, life, and Catholic faith of JRR Tolkien and strive to encourage others towards a deeper love and understanding of Tolkien’s Legendarium by hosting a free book club, providing free resources such as our Silmarillion Reader’s guide, and cultivating a vibrant and positive online community. Our book club is currently reading through this newly released book, The Fall of Númenor, edited by Brian Sibley.
If you’d like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server.
If you’d like to support Tea with Tolkien by becoming a patron, you can learn more at www.patreon.com/teawithtolkien
NEXT Session: Aldarion and Erendis, part one: “Aldarion and Erendis pg. 66 - 82”
Resources:
Part Three Blog Post: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/fon-3
Digital Tolkien: https://digitaltolkien.com/
Tolkien Gateway Page on Vardamir: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Vardamir
Gideon’s Timeline: https://gideonslife.com/tolkien/secondage
LOTR Project: http://lotrproject.com/
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Hello and welcome to Tea with Tolkien, an online community for the Hobbit at Heart. We are inspired by the works, life, and Catholic faith of JRR Tolkien and strive to encourage others towards a deeper love and understanding of Tolkien’s Legendarium by hosting a free book club, providing free resources such as our Silmarillion Reader’s guide, and cultivating a vibrant and positive online community. Our book club is currently reading through this newly released book, The Fall of Númenor, edited by Brian Sibley.
If you’d like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server.
For the sake of our book club, I’ve broken down The Fall of Numenor into ten sections and so today we’ll be covering the second ‘section’: Foundation of the Grey Havens through The Life of the Númenóreans (pg. 1- 42).
I’ll begin with a summary of each section, followed by a recap of our book club’s discussion for those who may have missed our live chat.
Resources:
Tea with Tolkien Section Two Notes: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/fon-2
Join our Book Club: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club
Dancing Bears of Numenor Artwork by MGCoco-Art: https://twitter.com/mgcoco_art/status/1432839127641178118
The Complete Guide to Middle-earth by Robert Foster: https://amzn.to/3XP0kmv
The Complete Tolkien Companion by J.E.A. Taylor: https://amzn.to/3D4Omxa
The Atlas of Middle-earth: https://amzn.to/3D86y96
The Nature of Middle-earth: https://amzn.to/3Hrk0Y8
Encyclopedia of Arda: https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/a/anadune.html
Tea with Tolkien Silmarillion Guide: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/shop
Tweet Discussing Numenorean Height: https://twitter.com/TeawithTolkien/status/1620142561422897153
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Hello and welcome to Tea with Tolkien, an online community for the Hobbit at Heart. We are inspired by the works, life, and Catholic faith of JRR Tolkien and strive to encourage others towards a deeper love and understanding of Tolkien’s Legendarium by hosting a free book club, providing free resources such as our Silmarillion Reader’s guide, and cultivating a vibrant and positive online community. Our book club is currently reading through this newly released book, The Fall of Númenor, edited by Brian Sibley. This book was released last November, so just a few months ago at the time of recording, and our community voted and chose to read this for our first book club of 2023. If you’d like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server. For the sake of our book club, I’ve broken down The Fall of Numenor into ten sections and so today we’ll be covering the first ‘section’: from “About this Book” through “Before the Second Age”. I’ll begin with a summary of each section, followed by a recap of our book club’s discussion for those who may have missed our live chat. This week we are covering Part One: Introduction: “About this Book” through “Before the Second Age” Resources: The Complete Guide to Middle-earth by Robert Foster: https://amzn.to/3XP0kmv The Complete Tolkien Companion by J.E.A. Taylor: https://amzn.to/3D4Omxa The Atlas of Middle-earth: https://amzn.to/3D86y96 The Nature of Middle-earth: https://amzn.to/3Hrk0Y8 Nerd of the Rings for Lore Videos (Youtube): https://www.youtube.com/c/NerdoftheRings Tea with Tolkien Silmarillion Guide: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/shop/silmarillion-readers-guide https://mythgard.org/academy/book-of-lost-tales-part-1/ https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Athrabeth_Finrod_ah_Andreth https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Host_of_the_Valar https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Notion_Club_Papers https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/Letter131 https://www.amazon.com/Toward-Gleam-T-M-Doran-ebook/dp/B004UC7K4S
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Book Six of The Lord of the Rings begins with Sam’s desperate search to
rescue Frodo from the Orc tower. As he begins to lose all hope, he realizes
Frodo is being kept in a secret tower above and quickly climbs up to find
him. Reunited, Sam returns the Ring to Frodo and they flee towards Mount
Doom. -
Book IV of The Lord of the Rings follows Frodo and Sam as they slowly
journey towards the Land of Mordor. After leaving the Fellowship behind,
they become lost as they wander through the wilderness. Gollum has been
pursuing them at length, and finally comes to them as they wander. Rather
than hiding or attacking, they take him in as their guide. Gollum guides
them eagerly through the Dead Marshes and to the Black Gate, however they
soon realize they will need to enter Mordor through a different path.
Gollum tells them of a different, secret path which will lead them through
a tunnel… -
Book IV of The Lord of the Rings follows Frodo and Sam as they slowly
journey towards the Land of Mordor. After leaving the Fellowship behind,
they become lost as they wander through the wilderness. Gollum has been
pursuing them at length, and finally comes to them as they wander. Rather
than hiding or attacking, they take him in as their guide. Gollum guides
them eagerly through the Dead Marshes and to the Black Gate, however they
soon realize they will need to enter Mordor through a different path.
Gollum tells them of a different, secret path which will lead them through
a tunnel… -
Book Three of The Lord of the Rings brings about many changes for the
members of the now-broken Fellowship. A lot of this book feels like
atonement for past mistakes -- for Boromir, he has paid with his life; for
Aragorn, he seems desperate to discern the correct path forward; for
Theoden, he has finally been freed from Grima’s influence; for Saruman, the
Ents have brought about his well-deserved destruction. And Gandalf has
returned against all hope! -
: In this book, we see the formation and departure of the Fellowship of the
Ring. Finally, the quest has fully begun. While Frodo is willing to take
the burden of the Ring onto himself, he acknowledges that he doesn’t even
know where to begin in terms of getting it to Mordor. And Elrond
understands that he cannot go alone. However, he doesn’t send him forth
with a host of great warriors -- rather he sends him in a small group meant
to represent all the peoples of Middle-Earth, a group formed largely around
friendship! So we see the theme of Fellowship carrying through into Book
II. The life-saving, life-giving virtue of friendship… -
You're listening to Tea with Tolkien, a Podcast for the Hobbit at Heart.
Join us as we chat about the works and faith of J.R.R. Tolkien, and strive to carry a little piece of Middle-Earth into our own daily lives.
This is the first in a seven-part book club series on The Lord of the Rings. These episodes will be released on the first of each month from now through March to accompany our Book Club as we’re reading The Lord of the Rings! If you’d like to join our book club, you can visit www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club.
This episode is a quick summary of The Lord of the Rings Book I, meant to spark a conversation about the book in our Discord server!
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For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm20
My full chapter notes can be read here:
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For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm19
My full chapter notes can be read here: Guide to The Silmarillion: Akallabêth: The Downfall of Númenor
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