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TCG Letter #387 / Carpenter Letter #315

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J.R.R. Tolkien

Michael George Tolkien

Date

1 January 1970

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien discusses his problems with progressing the Silmarillion.

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LECTURE ON J.R.R. TOLKIEN GIVEN TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY SOCIETY ON 2nd MAY, 1989, by Michael George Tolkien

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), p. 404, p. 453 (Carpenter note)

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), p. 566, p. 635 (Carpenter note)

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 785

J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Di1, p. 350

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 576, p. 646 (notas de Carpenter)

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