1984

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1984.

February

• 24 - The Book of Lost Tales Part 1, the first book of The History of Middle-earth, is published in the US.
• 27 - Michael Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien's second son, dies.

April

• 18 - Francis de Wolff, who voiced Smaug in the 1968 radio series of The Hobbit, dies.

August

• 10-13 - Mythcon XV.
• 16 - The Book of Lost Tales Part 2 is published.

October

• 5-7 - Oxonmoot 1984.

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• ? - Johan de Meij begins work on his Symphony No. 1 "The Lord of the Rings"
• ? - Jane Johnson becomes Publisher of the Tolkien list at Allen and Unwin, Unwin Hyman and HarperCollins.
• ? - Åke Ohlmarks, Swedish translator, dies.
• ? - MERP: Moria, The Dwarven City is published.
• ? - MERP: Rangers of the North is published.
• ? - MERP: Bree and the Barrow-Downs is published.
• ? - MERP: Dagorlad and the Dead Marshes is published.
• ? - MERP: The Tower of Cirith Ungol and Shelob's Lair is published.
• ? - MERP: Hillmen of the Trollshaws is published.
• ? - The Manuscripts of J.R.R.T. is issued.

Years 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987