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Suite 101 Tolkien and Middle-earth essays

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Michael Martinez wrote essays on Tolkien and Middle-earth for Suite101 from August 1998 through January 2003. He now writes about J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth for MERP.Com. You can view the most recent essays and discussions, as well as selected links of interest to Tolkien fans, at MERP.COM's Tolkien Essays section. The following list of articles is a concise index of Michael's essays published on Suite101.
Love in the treesJanuary 31, 2003
Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the wargs of fandom!December 18, 2002
Celeborn UnpluggedNovember 11, 2002
Something wicked this way comesOctober 6, 2002
Tip-toe through the toponymyAugust 28, 2002
Middle-earth revised, againJuly 27, 2002
The other way roundJune 26, 2002
The men who would be StewardMay 26, 2002
And now...for the rest of the poemApril 25, 2002
Mountains on the left, ruins on the rightMarch 25, 2002
Et tu, Faramir?February 25, 2002
Legolas, you're just so darn...CUTE!January 25, 2002
Who's afraid of the big bad purists?December 19, 2001
Life imitating art in The Lord of the Rings?December 8, 2001
Do Elves dream of eclectic sleep?November 30, 2001
Trick or Treat? Spooky Middle-earthOctober 31, 2001
The Middle-earth PropheciesOctober 26, 2001
The Sauron Strategies: One war to win them all, except...October 19, 2001
The Sauron Strategies: Footsteps into failureOctober 13, 2001
Riding in carts with HobbitsSeptember 30, 2001
All the king's horses, and all the king's menSeptember 24, 2001
Welcome to the new Middle-earth, pilgrim!September 14, 2001
The tip of the iceberg: New information about Middle-earthSeptember 7, 2001
It's all in the family: The FinweansAugust 31, 2001
It's all in the family: the Elweans and IngweansAugust 26, 2001
The Good, the Bad, and the OutlawedAugust 19, 2001
By this sword, I rule!August 10, 2001
Make room for dragonsAugust 4, 2001
Count, count, weigh, divideJuly 30, 2001
Browsing the compleat Middle-earth libraryJuly 26, 2001
Tolkien's time machine: when literary worlds collideJuly 22, 2001
In Feanor's FootstepsJuly 16, 2001
Good night, good RhudaurJuly 1, 2001
Simple Hobbits have lots of friendsJune 23, 2001
Scaling the walls of war in Middle-earthJune 17, 2001
Who is like the wise Elf?June 10, 2001
A History of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men, Part 3June 1, 2001
A History of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men, Part 2May 25, 2001
A History of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men, Part 1May 19, 2001
Life in an Elven fishing townMay 12, 2001
Is that an Orc in your pocket, or are you just happy to be evil?May 7, 2001
Notinole from Babylon to Middle-earthApril 27, 2001
He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of waterApril 20, 2001
Lonely wanderers and the tales that almost wereApril 14, 2001
Unwritten Tales of love and war in Middle-earthApril 6, 2001
Of thegns and kings and rangers and thingsMarch 30, 2001
The manly men of myth and Middle-earthMarch 23, 2001
A funny thing happened on the way to the canonMarch 17, 2001
The over the Bree-hill gang rides againMarch 14, 2001
A long time ago, in Middle-earth far, far away...March 3, 2001
Guess who's coming to the disasterFebruary 23, 2001
There are games afoot!February 18, 2001
Pasta la feasta, babyFebruary 11, 2001
Trampling the legacy, remaking the mythFebruary 2, 2001
Ithilien, Moon over GondorJanuary 26, 2001
Beware that baker in the kitchen!January 24, 2001
Shhh! It's a secret Ring!January 19, 2001
Look what they've done to the official Web site, MaJanuary 12, 2001
The Downfall of the Lore of the RingsDecember 29, 2000
Magic by Melkor, no returns acceptedDecember 22, 2000
Where have all the dragons gone?December 15, 2000
Elves by the numbersDecember 8, 2000
Moving sale: magic rings and other trinkets half offDecember 1, 2000
Does Barliman have a beard? and other important fannish issuesNovember 24, 2000
The wars of the GlorfindelsNovember 17, 2000
If I only had a BombadilNovember 10, 2000
And now it's time to say good-bye...November 3, 2000
Downloads and Dragons: Look what they've done to Fantasy, MaOctober 27, 2000
The Quests of Middle-earthOctober 20, 2000
Charting the Shire linesOctober 13, 2000
Ferthu Theoden Hal!October 6, 2000
Have you been to Valinor lately?September 29, 2000
Have island, will rebelSeptember 22, 2000
Before the Numenoreans cameSeptember 15, 2000
Seeking the wayward children of NumenorSeptember 9, 2000
The magic of the minstrelsSeptember 2, 2000
Razing Arnor: How real were the Dunadan conspiracies?August 25, 2000
Looking inside the Sauron ProjectAugust 18, 2000
Is your canon on the loose?August 11, 2000
Gil-galad was an Elven-kingAugust 4, 2000
The Captains Crazy of Middle-earthJuly 28, 2000
Looking Beyond Peter Jackson to...J.R.R. TolkienJuly 21, 2000
Middle-earth Connections: Lore of the RingsJuly 14, 2000
The Historic BaranduinJuly 9, 2000
Oh, the things we do for the things we love...July 1, 2000
Indiana Jones and the Treasures of Middle-earthJune 23, 2000
Introducing "Ancanar", A Mid-Summer's Film FantasyJune 16, 2000
Online Fandom: Have we gone too far or not far enough?June 9, 2000
Resurrecting Dale: City of a Thousand Untold StoriesJune 2, 2000
LOTR Films: Will the scenery steal the show?May 26, 2000
The Middle-earth MysteriesMay 19, 2000
The Wild, Wild, Wood-elf WestMay 12, 2000
Dragoncon will be the Tolkien/SF event of the year!May 5, 2000
Kryptic Tales of Middle-earthApril 28, 2000
And now for the other love story...April 21, 2000
Snoopy Versus the Lord of the NazgulApril 14, 2000
Look what they've done to Middle-earth, MaApril 7, 2000
Speaking of Legolas...March 31, 2000
Keep the faith, if you canMarch 24, 2000
It is a dark and stormy movie...March 17, 2000
Are We Ready For Peter Jackson's Aragorn?March 10, 2000
Much Ado About Arwen: Elven PrincessMarch 3, 2000
Introducing Middle-earth Television Entertainment GroupFebruary 25, 2000
Which parts of Middle-earth will we not see?February 18, 2000
When is a movie not just a movie?February 11, 2000
In search of the online Tolkien communityFebruary 4, 2000
Just Whose Middle-earth Is It, Anyway?January 28, 2000
Love, Middle-earth StyleJanuary 21, 2000
Beorning QuestionsJanuary 14, 2000
Exploring Tolkien's Fourth AgeJanuary 7, 2000
Tracking Hobbits Through Space...December 31, 1999
Have A Happy Hobbit HolidayDecember 24, 1999
Ranger For Hire: Have Horse, Will Travel December 17, 1999
Hobbit Tales, or Never There And Back AgainDecember 10, 1999
Strange as news from Bree...December 03, 1999
Them Dwarves, Them Dwarves, Part TwoNovember 26, 1999
Them Dwarves, Them Dwarves!November 19, 1999
Who were the real heroes of Middle-earth?November 12, 1999
The Merchants of Middle-earthNovember 05, 1999
So you want to learn Elvish?...October 29, 1999
How did Tolkien actually portray the RohirrimOctober 22, 1999
Tolkien's Middle-earth doesn't look like Medieval EuropeOctober 15, 1999
Would Sandra Bullock be a good Mrs. Isildur?October 08, 1999
Dear Gandalf ...October 01, 1999
Where Are the Aragorn and Arwen Web sites?September 23, 1999
Hey guys, how's the weather down there?September 17, 1999
Garn, Garn, It's an Orc's life for meSeptember 10, 1999
What Can We Expect From the Upcoming Movies?September 03, 1999
Can Middle-earth survive the commercialization of Tolkien?August 27, 1999
Welcome to Tolkien's Middle-earthAugust 10, 1999
Inquiries about use of these essays should be sent to: Michael Martinez. All essays are Copyright © 1999 - 2003 by Michael Martinez. All rights reserved.

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