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TCG Letter #803


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Dick Plotz
Date
8 April 1968
Type
Typed Letter Signed
Transcript
Complete
Tolkien wrote to the President of the Tolkien Society (of America - Dick Plotz) to express his displeasure at the forthcoming publication The Tolkien Relation. He was not consulted and it contains various errors.
Notes
A summary of the letter is reproduced in Tolkien Journal vol 3, no 3, and some quotes in Tolkien Journal vol 3 no 4.

The entire letter is reproduced in Tolkien in aller Welt: Eine Ausstellung der Inklings-Gesellschaft anlässlich des 100. Geburtstags von J. R. R. Tolkien und des Internationalen Tolkien-Symposions in Aachen
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References
Marquette archive details., See 7/1/10
J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Dii12, p, 355
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 757
The Tolkien Relation: A Personal Inquiry
"The Other Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien", compiled by Jorge Quinonez (early 1990s), pp. 7-8
Published in The Tolkien Journal 9, 1969, p. 3
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