From: paul@pj.tmc.edu (Thorongil)
Subject: Tolkien Societies & Re: List of Books
Organization: Mississippi State University ERC
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 21:32:52 GMT

Erik van de Tier writes:
>Thank's for this great list! But I still have a little problem.
>Could you give me the adress of `HG'. As I wrote I want to buy these book so
>I'd like to know where (how) to order them (the ones still for sale that is).
>In the Netherlands (where I live) it is very hard to get books like these.
>
>I would be even more thankfull (than I already am) if you could help me some
>more.
>
>PS. is there a tolkien fanclub still active somewhere ? If there is I'd like
>to know more about it!!

As to how to get the books, it is simple.  Go to your local bookstore
and order them using the ISBN numbers provided in the List of books I
posted.  For example :


  The Annotated Hobbit.  Annotated by Douglas A. Anderson; HM, 1988
      (ISBN 0-395-47690-9).
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Use this number to order the book.  Hmmm.  Now that I think about it, this
is how it works in the USA.  I would think it would work in other countries,
but I don't know.  Anyway it won't hurt to try.

Since you are in the Netherlands ( on the opposite side of the pond from 
me ) another place you could try is :

   HarperCollins Publishers
   77-85 Fulham Palace Road
   Hammersmith
   London W6 8JB
   UK

It is my understanding that this is the present publisher of Tolkien in the UK.
I think this would be the correct place to turn for all enquiries about Tolkien
publications nowadays.

As to other `societies' ( for lack of a better word ) that discuss
Tolkien, here are a few.  Note that some of these may be out of date, 
and if the English isn't just right it is because I'm cutting and pasting
from e-mail letters I;ve recieved from the Tolkien List.

There is a Tolkien List which covers topics like those here
and is available by e-mail.  Send a request to 
LISTSERV%JHUVM.bitnet@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU

There is a Tolkien Language Mailing List available by e-mail.
Just e-mail to TolkLang@DCS.Edinburgh.AC.UK for maore information.

In the USA there are some fanclubs.  The ones I know of are :


     The American Tolkien Society
     Box 373
     Highland, Mich.  48357-0373

     The New England Tolkien Society
     2030 San Pedro
     Arnold, Mo   63010

There is also the Mythopoeic Society, studying
the works of JRRT, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams and
generally the Inklings, publishes a quarterly journal _Mythlore_
and a monthly bulletin _Mythprint_, and also sponsors the annual
Mythopoeic Conference. Contact: PO Box 6707, Altadena, CA 91001,
USA.

The Tolkien Society publsihes an annual magazine called _Mallorn_ 
as well as the bimonthly _Amon Hen_. Contact: Chris Oakey, Membership 
Secretary, 357 High Street, Flat 5, Cheltenham, Glos. GL50 3NT, England 

Annual subscriptions to _Vinyar Tengwar_ are $12 in the USA, $15 Canada
and overseas surface mail, $18 overseas airmail. All payments
must be in US dollars (foreign subscribers may wish to use an
international postal money order); make all checks payable to
Carl F. Hostetter, and send your subscriptions to:

     Carl F. Hostetter
     2509 Ambling Circle
     Crofton, MD 21114
     USA

There are also Tolkien Language books available such as :
( big cut and paste here ) 

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>I have started re-reading The Lord of the Rings again, and I wonder if
>anyone knows of a lexicon and grammar of Tolkein's invented languages

[Tolkien, not Tolkein!!!]

For anybody else interested, here is a list of some Tolkien language-related
publications, both books and periodicals.

There is an occasional journal called `Parma Eldalamberon' devoted to
Elvish studies. Parma 9 has just appeared. It is available from
Christopher Gilson, 300 North Civic Drive #304, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 U.S.A.
(Cost of PE 9 is $7.00, including postage.)

There is `An Introduction to Elvish' by Jim Allan and others,
published by Bran's Head. This is pre-`Silmarillion'; ask your
friendly local bookshop! The ISBN is 0 905220 10 2.

There is my own `Dictionary of Quenya', which predates the History of
Middle-earth series, but covers everything else in Quenya. (If you
want to buy one, tell me, and I'll give you details!)

Paul Nolan Hyde of the Mythopoeic Society has produced two tomes, indexing
(rather incompletely, it appears---see review in Parma 7) Elvish word-elements
and English translations of Elvish (etc) words. However, I don't have these,
as he's charging more than I feel inclined to pay.

`Vinyar Tengwar' is published by Carl F. Hostetter, 2509 Ambling
Circle, Crofton, MD 21114, U.S.A. It appears every two months.
Subscriptions are $12 U.S.A., $15 Canada and surface elsewhere, $18
airmail outside North America. 

There is also a bulletin `Quettar', appearing two or three times a
year, produced by the Linguistic Fellowship of the Tolkien Society
(well, to be accurate the L.F. is defined by Quettar, rather than the
other way round!): I append some canned information on this. If you'd
like info on the Tolkien Society, let me know.

Julian Bradfield.

[ You have asked for information about the Tolkien Society's
linguistic bulletin. This file is adapted from the back page of Quettar.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask me.
e-mail:    jcb@lfcs.ed.ac.uk
post:      Julian Bradfield
           Dept. of Computer Science
           University of Edinburgh
           The King's Buildings
           Mayfield Road
           EDINBURGH
           U.K.      EH9  3JZ

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There are probably many more such societies, books, Lists, etc. that I
don't know about.  Hope this helps.

Thorongil

 
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