The nature of the battle between good and evil in Tolkien is that good cannot triumph over evil, not ever.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vivisection of Bone, Part 2: Mytho-Bone-esis] Reference

Tolkien is a barrister, so he knows whereof he writes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angola calling : Bev Vincent] Reference

Another early work by Tolkien is going to be released.    From Wordnik.com.  [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Snippets] Reference

J.R.R. Tolkien is fun in part because he was a linguist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cheering the Home Team] Reference

And as in Tolkien, Rowling is also strong on the theme of death.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference

Your citation of the reviewer who despised Tolkien is unremarkable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Keeping the unicorns at bay] Reference

Tolkien is strongly racist, and yet Harvard tolerates his works on campus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » A View from an Incoming Harvard 1L] Reference

Simon Tolkien is the grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Simon Tolkien biography] Reference

Did the interest arise out of interest in Tolkien, or were the two interests side by side?.    From Wordnik.com.  [superversive: Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism] Reference

In Eragon the hero's on the side of dragons; in Tolkien, the dragons are always antagonistic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Penderwicks] Reference

Not classic literature per se, but since Tolkien is mentioned I thought I'd throw it out there.    From Wordnik.com.  [13 Examples of Literature in Song] Reference

LORD OF THE RINGS by JRR Tolkien is the book I have reread the most often and with greatest reward.    From Wordnik.com.  [UPDATED: I've Been Tagged] Reference

The voice of Edmund Wilson reviewing J R R Tolkien is still heard, bleating: "Oo, those awful Orcs!".    From Wordnik.com.  [December 21st, 2006] Reference

Tolkien is the grandson of the author of Lord of the Rings, but he is writing crime novels in the PD James vein.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angola calling : Bev Vincent] Reference

Yes, Tolkien is not talking about angst for the heck of it ... - rabid1st - Jul. 12th, 2009 06: 06 am (UTC) Expand.    From Wordnik.com.  [TORCHWOOD: CoE...Episode 5...Spoilers!] Reference

Re: Yes, Tolkien is not talking about angst for the heck of it ... - mls03j - Jul. 12th, 2009 11: 33 am (UTC) Expand.    From Wordnik.com.  [TORCHWOOD: CoE...Episode 5...Spoilers!] Reference

The estate of Lord of the Rings creator J.R.R. Tolkien is suing New Line Cinemas, putting the status of The Hobbit movies in limbo.    From Wordnik.com.  [LAWSUIT MAY END HOBBIT MOVIES] Reference

There are plenty of evil races in Tolkien, even if the “dwarves” are not one of them (and I use the term “races” advisedly).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Ongoing Debate Over Jewish Fantasy Literature] Reference

I love Pans Labrynith, Hellboy, Devils Backbone, and all his other films but i think every one can agree Tolkien is a touchy subject. haha.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest from Guillermo del Toro on The Hobbit - 'We Are All in Sync' « FirstShowing.net] Reference

As Christopher Tolkien is 82 years old and lives in France, he is not doing any promotional appearances or conducting a book signing tour.    From Wordnik.com.  [2007 April « Reading Copy] Reference

Unlike the prologues of fantasy writers who think they're following in Tolkien's tradition, it says nothing about the Great Conflict Ahead.    From Wordnik.com.  [Another Day in the Ketchup Mine] Reference

From Cinematical: Christopher Tolkien is trying to stop The Hobbit.    From Wordnik.com.  [SF Tidbits for 5/27/08] Reference

Was that fate whispering in Tolkien’s ear as he graded papers?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Industry Happenings] Reference

(This essay can be found in a collection of his works called The Tolkien Reader).    From Wordnik.com.  [George Elerick: What Is the Eucatastrophe and Why Should It Matter to Christianity?] Reference

Yet something like that did almost happen once; and this, too, has a parallel in Tolkien.    From Wordnik.com.  [superversive: Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism] Reference

To paraphrase Tolkien: One ring to find them, one ring to bind them, one ring to rule them all.    From Wordnik.com.  [Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » The Universal Library] Reference

To paraphrase Tolkien: "One ring to find them, one ring to bind them, one ring to rule them all.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: November 27, 2005 - December 3, 2005 Archives] Reference

Here's the big warning sign: the wording of someone who posted above and called Tolkien "a revered author".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Real Fantastic Stuff, an essay by Richard K. Morgan - Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games] Reference

She has published on the similarities between Rome and Tolkien's Minas Tirith in Tolkien Studies (vol. 2, no.    From Wordnik.com.  [MIND MELD: If We Ran Battlestar Galactica] Reference

Their earliest recorded leader, in fact, was called Vidugavia, a name Tolkien derived from the Gothic Widugawi.    From Wordnik.com.  [superversive: Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism] Reference

“the only difference between Rowling and Tolkien is that nobody asked him about it so people first found out a lot later on.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Dumbledore is Gay] Reference

Previous Post Will you read the new "Tolkien" novel?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The WB: Let's go back to the beginning | EW.com] Reference

The second problem was the very obvious "Tolkien" feel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference

But it seems he still equates "Tolkien" with "The Lord of the Rings.".    From Wordnik.com.  [China Miéville on J.R.R. Tolkien] Reference

Many authors such as Tolkien and Lewis found inspiration from his books for their works.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference

I thought shire was a word Tolkien had made up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Popular Posts Across MetaFilter] Reference

Tolkien is high fan­tasy; Lewis is fairy tale.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe… But Especially the Witch « Snarkmarket] Reference

I think the early "neglect" of Tolkien is simple.    From Wordnik.com.  [Defending the Tolkien Snobs] Reference

Loren Rosson has a great post, called Tolkien vs.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Hopeless Errand in a Long Defeat] Reference

So his father wrote a letter to Tolkien at Oxford requesting a visit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Avedon] Reference