27 Aug, 2021
(edited)Edited by Trotter on 2021/8/30 17:02:29
Edited by Trotter on 2021/9/1 17:41:47
2021/8/27 15:49:26 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Starting a new thread for Interviews and Reviews of the book, as the review embargo ends tomorrow.
Please use The Nature of Middle-earth thread to talk about the book and this one to mention reviews, interviews, etc.
27 Aug, 2021
2021/8/27 15:50:47 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
The Tolkien Road Podcast - #251 - The Nature of Middle-earth - NEW JRR Tolkien Book - Interview with Carl Hostetter (editor)
27 Aug, 2021
2021/8/27 15:52:10 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Reminder of this event
If you have registered for Oxonmoot 2021 then you can attend this event on Thursday September 2nd at 10:30pm - 11:30pm (BST), 14:30-15:30pm (PST)
The Nature of Middle-earth - an interview with Carl F. HostetterThe Nature of Middle-earth brings together for the first time some of J.R.R. Tolkien’s final writings on Middle-earth, many never published before. This collection is being released in the UK and the USA on September 2nd, the same day that Oxonmoot 2021 is opening. Join Jeremy Edmunds (Urulókë) and Carl F. Hostetter (Aelfwine) as they discuss the book and how Carl came to be its editor.
30 Aug, 2021
2021/8/30 16:59:33 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
30 Aug, 2021
2021/8/30 18:44:25 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Dear Aelfwine, this book is a treasure indeed, thank you so much for making it happen!
1 Sep, 2021
2021/9/1 5:47:35 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
The OneRing.net talk about
The Nature of Middle-earth, starts at 9 minutes 50 seconds.
Don't watch if you don't like spoilers.
1 Sep, 2021
2021/9/1 17:07:04 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Aelfwine, When Tolkien refers to the "Sun-year" in
Valinorian Time-Divisions, did he indicate what measurement he was using, i.e.
Solar Year (365 days 5 hours 48 minutes 46 seconds) as you used in NoMe or
Sidereal Year (365 days 6 hours 9 minutes 10 seconds) which makes a difference in the calculations in that chapter?
Like most things other calculations of the length of a year also exist depending on what you use to calculate the exact length.
1 Sep, 2021
2021/9/1 17:34:56 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Tolkien specifies (p. 11):
"A Solar Year contains 365d. 5h. 48m. 46s. = 365d. 20,926 secs. or 365.242199074 days."
I've seen no indication that Tolkien used (or even knew about) the Sidereal Year. (But then, that's not something I thought of myself before now!)