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| Mallorn 5 | |
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| Publication Information | |
| Editor | Vera Chapman |
| Publisher | The Tolkien Society |
| Printer | "Fred" |
| Released | 1972 |
| Pages | 30 |
| ISSN | 0308-6674 |
| Preceded by | Mallorn 4 |
| Followed by | Mallorn 6 |
Mallorn 5 is the 5th issue of the Tolkien Society's journal Mallorn, published in 1972. It includes a short letter from J.R.R. Tolkien.
Contents
- Editorial
- Pro-Editorial from the Pro-Editor
- By Belladonna Took (Vera Chapman)
- Includes a letter from Tolkien to Vera Chapman and The Tolkien Society (p. 2).
- Letters to the Editors
- By Bob Borsley, Will Haven, Roger Johnson, Tony Fallone, John Abbott, James Ead, Hal Broome, Catherine McEvoy, and Dave Weldrake
- Belladonna's Postbag
- By Will Haven, John B. Abbott, and Belladonna Took (Vera Chapman)
- Pro-Editorial from the Pro-Editor
- Notes
- Flaws in the Tapestry of The Lord of the Rings
- By John Abbott
- Shields of Middle-earth
- By Helen Kerley
- Flaws in the Tapestry of The Lord of the Rings
- Creative
- Serial: "Sir John de Creke, His Quest" (short story)
- By Vera Chapman
- Tir Na Noge (poem)
- By A.R. Fallone
- The Professor at Oxford (poem)
- By Vera Chapman
- Nazgul (humorous vignettes)
- By John B. Abbott
- Serial: "Sir John de Creke, His Quest" (short story)
- Book Reviews
- Bored of the Rings by The Harvard Lampoon
- Reviewed by Jonathan Brown
- The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
- Reviewed by Belladonna Took (Vera Chapman)
- The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris
- Reviewed by Belladonna Took (Vera Chapman)
- Red Shadows by R.E. Howard
- Reviewed by Hal Broome
- The Whisper of Glocken by Carol Kendall
- Reviewed by Rosie Turner
- A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin
- Reviewed by Hartley Patterson
- Bored of the Rings by The Harvard Lampoon
See also
- Mallorn, the large tree after which the journal is named
- List of Mallorn issues
- Mallorn cover art gallery
- Amon Hen, the bi-monthly bulletin of The Tolkien Society