27 Aug, 2021
(edited)Edited by Trotter on 2021-8-30 5:02:29 PM UTC
Edited by Trotter on 2021-9-1 5:41:47 PM UTC
2021-8-27 3:49:26 PM UTC
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 3:50:47 PM UTC
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 3:52:10 PM UTC
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 (@uruloke) and Carl F. Hostetter (@aelfwine) as they discuss the book and how Carl came to be its editor.
30 Aug, 2021
2021-8-30 4:59:33 PM UTC
30 Aug, 2021
2021-8-30 6:44:25 PM UTC
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 AM UTC
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 5:07:04 PM UTC
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 5:34:56 PM UTC
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!)
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