Wotans Musings
Blog URL http://wotanselvishmusings.blogspot.com/
Located London, London United Kingdom
Tags Tolkien, Language, Opera, History, Dark Shadows
Blog about my passions - Tolkien, Opera, Languages and ancient/medieval History - links to my Twitter page as well
Latest Blog Posts
- The Tolkien Professor on Jul 11, 2009 in JRR Tolkien the hobbitt Lord of the Rings Tolkien The Tolkien Professor
Over the course of the last week I have been listening to a wonderful new IPOD lecture series called The Tolkien Professor. Its the work of Corey Olsen Professor of Medieval Lit and an English PhD. Professor Olsen has started his series with several...
- Great New Book about Con-Languages on Jun 28, 2009 in In the Land of Artifiical Languages Arika Okrent Klingon Con-langs
One of the reading joys of this summer (thanks to the Amazon "we think you would enjoy option") is a new book about the world of artifical languages (or con-langs) called In the Land of Artifical Languages by Arika Okrent.As an avid although I fear h...
- Tolkien Pause - Let's Watch The Bloody Apprentice on Jun 7, 2009 in Sir Alan Sugar The Apprentice Sugar BBC
In the middle of much reading on the new mass of Tolkien books that have passed my mailbox from Amazon! So on the eve of the final of the UK Apprentice let's take a break from this world and watch a really fun film by Cassette Boy called "The Bloody...
- Arda Reconstructed: The Creation of the Published Silmarillion on May 2, 2009 in The Legend of Sigurd und Gudrun Arda Reconstructed Good Reads Tolkien Silmarillion
Just in time for the arrival of the new Tolkien book - The Legend of Sigurd und Gudrun - I finished (well first time as this is a book that is definately to return to and highlight!) - Douglas Kane's Arda Reconstructed - The Creation of the Published...
- Tolkien's Sigurd and Gudrun - Coming in May!! on Apr 12, 2009 in The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun Tolkien Norse Mythology
Well last year the guardians of the Tolkien corpus favored us with the publishing of The Children of Hurin - and now coming up this May we have what I hope will be a a continuing series of Tolkiens unpublished works - this one The Legend of Sigurd an...
- Romani in podcasto sunt! Maxime! on Mar 29, 2009 in The History of Rome Podcast Roman History Itunes Mike Duncan
I've been meaning to blog about this for a while - one of the joys of my morning commute down to Lewes has been some excellent podcasts - and one of the best has been a home grown podcast from the States called The History of Rome.The author is Mike...
- New Tolkien Book Coming Soon on Mar 17, 2009 in Niflung The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun Richard Wagner Norse Myth Tolkien
Just noticed on Amazon.co.uk that there is now cover artwork for the new Tolkien book - The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun based on work did around the Niflung poem in the 1920's-1930's. An eagerly awaited publishing event for all Tolkien lovers! I'm...
