Tolkien Journal

Tolkien Journal is a gen anthology of reviews, articles and art about J.R.R. Tolkien. For three issues, it was a dual-publication with Orcrist.
==Issue 1 ==
Tolkien Journal v.1 n.1 (#1) was published Spring 1965 and is a single sheet of paper, printed only on one side. 
It consists mainly of club rules and expectations for the journal. 
It is online: 
==Issue 2==
v.1 n.2 (#2) was published in "Winterfilth 1965" and contains 3 pages, printed on one side. This issue contains a short bibliography of articles by Alexis Levitin "of interest to Tolkien fans."
It is online: 
 
 
==Issue 3==
Tolkien Journal v.2 no.1 (#3) was published in 1966 and contains 11 pages. Front cover by Ann Kruger
It is online: 
==Issue 4==
It is online: 
==Issue 5==
Tolkien Journal v.2 no.3 (#5) was published in 1966 and contains 15 pages. Richard Plotz, ed. Front cover by Ann Kruger. It contains 15 pages.
It is online: 
* Tolkien Notes from All Over (2)
* The Lord of the Rings: A Christian Refounding of the Political Order by Donald Reinken (4)
* Letters (fictional letters, including a letter of acceptance to Harvard for Bilbo Baggins) (11)
* In Samarang by Jerome Z. Litt, M.D. (15)
* The Last Song Sung in Lórien by Bob Foster (15)
File:Tolkienjournal2-3-1.jpg|from v.2 n.3, illo by Diana Paxson
File:Tolkienjournal2-3-2.jpg|from v.2 n.3
File:Tolkienjournal2-3-3.jpg|from v.2 n.3, illo by Tamar Laks
==Issue 6==
Tolkien Journal v.2 no.4 (#6) was published in 1966. Richard Plotz, ed. It contains 15 pages. Front cover by Margie Reasenberg. Back cover by Dave Prestone - "Black Rider."
It is online: 
* J.R.R. Tolkien (poem) by Julian Davidson (2)
* The Role of Gollum, article by Alexis Levitin (2)
* Song of the Fourth Age, article and song ("The Queens Cry or The Swansong of Arwen Undomlel") by Cathleen Collett (6)
* Middle-earth Crossword - Names and Genealogy by Scott Smith (8)
* The Fall of Ugluk, poem by Judy Quinn (9)
* 3 letters from fans (11)
* List of Reviews of The Lord of the Rings in mainstream media (14)
* Notice of meeting (15)
==Issue 7==
Tolkien Journal v.3 no.1 (#7) was published in 1967 and contains 24 pages. Richard Plotz, ed. Titled HAPPY BIRTHDAY J.R.R. TOLKIEN. Front cover by Ann Kruger. Back cover by Tim Kirk. 
 
 
The art is by Ann Kruger, Tim Kirk, Dave Prestone, Judy Anker, and Albert Vanderburg.
It is online: 
* Dedication (3)
* Introduction (3)
* Smials (4)
* Good and Evil in The Lord of the Rings by W.H. Auden (5)
* Tolkien Notes from All Over (8) 
* Tolkien as Scholar and Artist by Clyde S. Kilby (9)
* Science Fiction Fans Salute Tolkien by Edmund R. Meskys (12)
* Tolkien Notes from All Over (13)
* A Birthday Menu for Professor Tolkien by Nancy Smith (14)
* Letters (15)
* Birthday greetings from Nan Scott, P.L. Travers, Howard Nemerov, Peter Beagle, Albert Vanderburg, Gilles Gerris, George Allen & Unwin, Houghton Mifflin, Ace Books, Ballantine Books (18)
 
* extract of first reader's report on The Hobbit from George Allen & Unwin, 1938 (21)
* Two pages of extracts from readers' reports from Houghton Mifflin Co. (22)
* full page ads from Ace Books and Ballantine (24)
* Green Dragon Two, things for sale from The Tolkien Society (26)
 
Image:tolkienjournal3-1-1.jpg|from v.3 n.1 
Image:tolkienjournal3-1-2.jpg|from v.3 n.1
Image:tolkienjournal3-1-3.jpg|from v.3 n.1 
Image:tolkienjournal3-1-4.jpg|from v.3 n.1 
==Issue 8==
Tolkien Journal v.3 no.2 (#8) was published in 1967 and contains 22 pages. 
All art is by Tim Kirk. Richard Plotz, ed. Front cover by Tim Kirk - "Last Homely House at Rivendell." The back cover is also by Kirk: "The Passage at the Dead Marshes."
It is online: 
It is the last issue edited by Plotz and he includes along letter of explanation. 
 
* Editorial by Dick Plotz (1)
* Solution to Scott Smith's Middle-earth crossword puzzle from v.2 n.4, amended in v.3 n.1 (2)
* The Elder Ages and the Later Glaciations of the Pleistocene Epoch by Margaret M. Howes (includes maps) (3)
* List of Tolkien Translations (15)
* Samwise-Halfwise? or Who is the Hero of The Lord of the Rings by Jan Wojcik, S.J. (16)
* Letter to the editor (actually to W.H. Auden) critiquing his characterization of Sauron and speculating on the latter's origins (19)
* Invitation to the TSA Meeting on September 2, 1967 at the First Unitarian Church in Brooklyn (advertises, among other things, "Mayhem! Food! Drink! Meet your favorite hobbit. Hear Ed Meskys, long Thain from N.N." as well as encouragement to go to NYCON 3.) (21)
* "Addendum to Mrs Howes's article" by Mrs Howes (21)
Richard Plotz' letter: 
 
Image:tolk3-2-1.jpg|from v.3 n.2, maps by Mrs. Howes
Image:tolk3-2-2.jpg|from v.3 n.2, maps by Mrs. Howes
Image:tolk3-2-3.jpg|from v.3 n.2, maps by Mrs. Howes
Image:tolk3-2-4.jpg|from v.3 n.2, maps by Mrs. Howes
==Issue 9==
Tolkien Journal v.3 no.3 (#9) was published in late summer 1968 and contains 15 pages. It was edited by Ed Meskys. Front cover by Bonnie Bergstom.
The front cover is by Bonnie Bergstrom, and the back cover is by Pierre Fournier. The interior art is by Vaughn Bodē and Tim Kirk.
It is online: 
From the editorial: 
 
* Editorial by Ed Meskys (2)
* The Rise of the Lord of the Rings, a Synopsis of Ancient Annals, by Christine Jones (4)
*The Singular Incompetence of the Valar, by Burt Randolph (11)
*Shire Post (letters) by Cory Seidman (14)
==Issue 10==
Tolkien Journal v.3 n.4 (#10) was published in November 1969 and contains 24 pages. Front cover by Bonnie Bergstrom, back cover by A. Harper. 
The art is by Steve Fabian, Tim Kirk, Bonnie Bergstrom, Anne Etkin, Cynthia Goldstone, A. Harper, Katherine MacFarlane, Glen Prim, F. Sibley, and Joni Stopa.
It is online: 
It was noted in the editorial that "United Artists does have a film agreement with Professor Tolkien, but I have no more information at this time."
From the editorial: 
Also from the editorial: 
From the essay by Bisenieks: 
* Editorial by Edmund R. Meskys (2)
* The Hobbit Habit in the Critic's Eye by Dainis Bisenieks (3)
* Proceedings of the First Annual Tolkien Conference, Part I
** Keynote Address by Fred Lerner (5)
** Tolkien Criticism by George Thomson (6)
** Old Irish Influences Upon the Language of Lord of the Rings by Cory Seidman Fanshin (7)
** The Good Guys and the Bad Guys by Gracia Fay Elwood (9)
** Mysticism in the Ring by Sister Pauline, CSM (previously presented at the 1968 Yule Moot) (12)
* Reviews
** The Tolkien Relation by William Ready, reviewed by Mrs. Veronica M. Kennedy and Bonniejean McGuire Christiansen (15)
** Tolkien by Lin Carter, reviewed by Sandra Miesel and Richard V. Knight (17)
* Friday the First by Alpajpuri (18)
* Shire Post, letters (19)
File:Tolkienjournal10-1.jpg|From issue #10, A. Harper
File:Tolkienjournal10-2.jpg|From issue #10, Glen Prim
File:Tolkienjournal10-3.jpg|From issue #10, F. Sibley
File:Tolkienjournal10-4.jpg|From issue #10, Cynthia Goldstone
==Issue 11==
Tolkien Journal v.4 n.1 (#11) (same as Orcrist #3. It was published in Jan 1970 and contains 24 pages. Editor: Richard West, Art Editor: Glen GoodKnight, front cover: "The Hornberg in Helm's Deep" -- Tim Kirk. Dedication: For Deborah Webster: critic, composer, poet: "who has heard the horns of elfland." 
The art is by George Barr, Bonnie Bergstrom, Steve Fabian, Tim Kirk, Bruce McMenomy, Diana Paxson, and Bernie Zuber.
It is online: 
* Introduction (editorial) (2)
* The Genre of The Lord of the Rings by Alexis Levitin (4)
* Contemporary Medieval Authors by Richard C. West (essay on J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and T. H. White) (9)
* Hobbits: Common Lens for Heroic Experience by David M. Miller (11)
* Tolkien and Coleridge by Clyde S. Kilby (Rime of the Ancient Mariner) (16)
* At the Back of the North Wind: George MacDonald: A Centennial Appreciation by Glenn E. Sadler (20)
* An Annotated Bibliography of Tolkien Criticism, Supplement Two by Richard West (22)
==Issue 12==
Tolkien Journal v.4 n.2 (#12) 
It is online: 
==Issue 13==
Tolkien Journal v.4 n.3 (issue #13) (same as Orcrist #4) was published in 1970. Richard C. West, ed., Art Editor: Ivor A. Rogers, front cover: Bilbo and giant spider -- Pete Poplaski, back cover: Nazgul in flight -- Laura Haglund. Dedication: In Memoriam: Francis Christensen: "He was gold that did not rust". 
It is online: 
* "Introduction" (editorial) p. 2 
* "Tolkien and Spiders" -- Bob Mesibov (pp. 3-5)
* "Errata to Orcrist no. 3" -- The Editor (p. 5) 
* "Progress Report on the Variorum Tolkien" -- Richard C. West (pp. 6-7) 
* "A Dose of Double Dactyls" -- Diverse Hands (pp. 8-10) [Royce Buehler, Carleton W. Carroll, Paulette Carroll, Duane Dobry, William F. Orr, Richard C. West]
* "Letters" from Lloyd Alexander (16 January 1969) and Bonniejean Christensen (3 December 1968)
* "Power in The Lord of the Rings" -- Alexis Levitin (pp. 11-14)
* "Report from the West: Exploitation of The Hobbit" -- Bonniejean Christensen (pp. 15-16) [Don and Fred Bluth musical, Down in Middle Earth]
* "An Ace Mystery: Did Tolkien Write His Own Retraction?" -- Bonniejean Christensen (p. 16) 
* "The Insurrection of the Toolies from Twee" -- Joe Snow (pp. 17-18)
* "Satire" -- Paulette Carroll (pp. 19-20) [Free University course on fantasy] 
* "A Proposal for a Doctoral Dissertation in the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison" -- Deborah Webster Rogers (pp. 21-23) [dissertation on J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis; proposal accepted 19 May 1970]
* Illustrations by: Laura Haglund, Pete Poplaski, Ivor Rogers and Deborah Webster, Sr.
==Issue 14==
Tolkien Journal v.4 v.4 (#14) Same as Orcrist 5. It was published in 1971. Richard C. West, ed., Art Editor: Ivor A. Rogers, front cover: "Mirkwood" -- etching by George D. Asdell, back cover: "At the Sign of the Prancing Pony" -- illustration by Deborah Webster, Sr. Dedication: For Duane and Peggy Jo Dobry: "Shire-folk from the science culture." 
It is online: 
* Errata to Orcrist no. 4 by The Editor (p. 2) 
* Introduction (editorial) (p. 2) 
* Eschata for Charles Williams by Jared Lobdell (p. 3)
* The Critics, and Tolkien, and C.S. Lewis: Reviews by Richard C. West [reviews of: 
* William Ready, The Tolkien Relation (Regnery, 1968) (4)
* Lin Carter, Tolkien: A Look Behind THE LORD OF THE RINGS (Ballantine, 1969) 
* Gracia Fay Ellwood, Good News from Tolkien's Middle Earth: Two Essays on the Applicability of THE LORD OF THE RINGS (Eerdmans, 1970) 
* Neil D. Isaacs and Rose A. Zimbardo, eds. Tolkien and the Critics: Essays on J.R.R. Tolkien's THE LORD OF THE RINGS (University of Notre Dame Press, 1969) 
* Mark R. Hillegas, Shadows of Imagination: The Fantasies of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams (Southern Illinois University Press, 1969) 
* Catharine R. Stimpson, J.R.R. Tolkien (Columbia University Press, 1969) 
* Peter Kreeft, C.S. Lewis: A Critical Essay (Eerdmans, 1969) 
* Nathan Comfort Starr, C.S. Lewis's TILL WE HAVE FACES: Introduction and Commentary (Seabury Press, 1968) 
* William Luther White, The Image of Man in C.S. Lewis (Abingdon Press, 1969) 
* Clyde S. Kilby, A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C.S. Lewis (Harcourt, Brace, and World, 1969) 
* C. S. Lewis, Narrative Poems, ed. Walter Hooper (Geoffrey Bles, 1969) 
* C. S. Lewis, Selected Literary Essays, ed. Walter Hooper (Cambridge University Press, 1969) 
* The Lay of Beren and Luthien -- musical setting by Laura Haglund (10) 
* An Interpretation of Gollum -- Stephen A. Gottlieb (11) 
* Moot Point" -- letter from Edward Felipe (5 March 1971) (13) 
* An Annotated Bibliography of Tolkien Criticism, Supplement Three" -- Richard C. West (pp. 14-15)
* Other, untitled illustrations by: Danny Frolich (pp. 7, 11, 13); Laura Haglund (p. 5); Pete Poplaski (pp. 8, 9, 12); Ivor Rogers (p. 4)
==Issue 15==
Summer 1972
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