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A Tolkienian Mathomium is the first volume in a collection of analytic articles on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, written by Tolkien scholar and Comparative Translationist Mark T. Hooker, most famous, perhaps, for his application of Comparative Translation to the study of Tolkien in his book Tolkien Through Russian Eyes.

Amazon.com says: "It is one of most unique set of essays on Tolkien I have read in the past 10 years. Some are about language and others about literature references. The book is attractive because each chapter is a unique essay. You don't need to commit yourself to a book-length essay. A second positive aspect is that the essays are written during the post-HOME (History of Middle Earth) era."

The Hobbitonian Anthology is the second volume in a collection of analytic articles on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, by Tolkien scholar and Comparative Translationist Mark T. Hooker.

An early review by The Lord of the Rings Fanatics Plaza of the analysis of the origin of the name Tom Bombadil appearing in The Hobbitonian Anthology ranks it as “the best explanation yet of how the name Tom Bombadil came into being.”

Forthcoming in the summer of 2012

Tolkien and Welsh (Tolkien a Chymraeg) is a collection of articles on J.R.R. Tolkien's use of Welsh language and culture by Mark T. Hooker. It supplements, rather than competes with, the excellent Tolkien and Wales by Carl Phelpstead.

“I find the Welsh language specially attractive.”
— J.R.R. Tolkien (L.218)

Tolkien and Welsh looks for the Welsh linguistic and literary sources behind Tolkien’s Legendarium. There are Welsh etymologies for the names Boffin, Took, and Goldberry. The most famous rivers of Middle-earth—the Anduin and Baranduin—are traced to The Mabinogion, as are some thematic elements in The Hobbit. The classifications “Q-Elvish” and “P-Elvish,” are introduced to aid in the analysis of Sindarin, which was based on the “P-Celtic” Welsh. Quenya, however, is “Q-Elvish,” and shares some linguistic traits with “Q-Celtic” Irish. The enigma of the lenition of ‘S’ to ‘H’ in Sindarin, but not in Welsh, is resolved.

252 pages, B&W illustrations, Index, Trade Paper, $14.95.

Czarodziej, Volshebnik & Mag

eNursery Rhymes by Mother Mouse

The rhymes teach the necessary little lessons of life in the computer age with an infectious rhythm that makes them hard to forget.

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