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[[Image:Alex lewis.jpg|thumb|Lewis at [[Oxonmoot]] [[2002]].]]
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'''Alex Lewis''', born and raised in [[Oxford]], England, joined [[The Tolkien Society]] in [[1976]] and was chairman from [[1988]]-[[1992]]. He was also the editor for the magazine ''[[Nigglings]]''.
'''Alex Lewis''', born and raised in [[Oxford]], England, joined [[The Tolkien Society]] in [[1976]] and was chairman from [[1988]]-[[1992]]. He was also the editor for the magazine ''[[Nigglings]]''.


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*[[2005]]: ''[[The Ruins of Osgiliath]]''
*[[2005]]: ''[[The Ruins of Osgiliath]]''
*[[2009]]: ''[[The Epic Realm of Tolkien|The Epic Realm of Tolkien, Part One - Beren and Lúthien]]'' (with [[Elizabeth Currie]])
*[[2009]]: ''[[The Epic Realm of Tolkien|The Epic Realm of Tolkien, Part One - Beren and Lúthien]]'' (with [[Elizabeth Currie]])
*[[2015]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: Codemaker, Spy-Master, Hero]]'' (consultant editor with [[Elizabeth Currie]])


===Articles===
===Articles===
 
*[[1985]]: [[Amon Hen 71|''Amon Hen'' 71]]
**"The Moving Mountains of Mirkwood"
*[[1985]]: [[Amon Hen 74|''Amon Hen'' 74]]
**"The Dark Usurper"
*[[1986]]: [[Amon Hen 78|''Amon Hen'' 78]]
**"The Breaking of Frodo"
*[[1986]]: [[Amon Hen 81|''Amon Hen'' 81]]
**"The Breaking of Frodo II"
*[[1988]]: ''[[Tolkien and Romanticism]]''
*[[1988]]: ''[[Tolkien and Romanticism]]''
**"Tolkien and the Development of Romance"  
**"Tolkien and the Development of Romance"  
*[[1988]]: [[Amon Hen 93|''Amon Hen'' 93]]
**"The Melian Dilemma"
*[[1989]]: [[Amon Hen 98|''Amon Hen'' 98]]
**"A Trick of the Tall"
*[[1989]]: [[Mallorn 26|''Mallorn'' 26]]
*[[1989]]: [[Mallorn 26|''Mallorn'' 26]]
**"Splintered Darkness"
**"Splintered Darkness"
* [[1990]]: [[Amon Hen 102|''Amon Hen'' 102]]
** "The Icing on the Cape"
* [[1991]]: [[Amon Hen 108|''Amon Hen'' 108]]
** "Feanor - archetype and prototype"
*[[1991]]: ''[[Leaves from the Tree]]''
*[[1991]]: ''[[Leaves from the Tree]]''
**"The Lost Heart of the Little Kingdom" (pages 33-44)
**"The Lost Heart of the Little Kingdom" (pages 33-44)
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*[[1992]]: [[Mallorn 29|''Mallorn'' 29]]
*[[1992]]: [[Mallorn 29|''Mallorn'' 29]]
**"Sauron's Darkness"
**"Sauron's Darkness"
*[[1995]]: ''[[Travel and Communication in Tolkien's Worlds]]''
*[[1992]]: [[Amon Hen 117|''Amon Hen'' 117]]
**"Were Dwarves Vegetarians?"
*[[1993]]: [[Amon Hen 122|''Amon Hen'' 122]]
**"Stir-fired Balrogs Wings"
*[[1994]]: [[Amon Hen 127|''Amon Hen'' 127]]
**"A Plate-tectonic Theory for the Drowning of Beleriand"
*[[1995]]: ''[[Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference]]''
** "Historical Bias in the Making of ''The Silmarillion''"
*[[1996]]: ''[[Travel and Communication in Tolkien's Worlds]]''
**"The Palantíri - a study"
**"The Palantíri - a study"
*[[1996]]: [[Amon Hen 138|''Amon Hen'' 138]]
**"Of Wars Real and Imaginary"
*[[1997]]: [[Amon Hen 144|''Amon Hen'' 144]]
**"Dragons and Daylight"
*[[1997]]: [[Amon Hen 147|''Amon Hen'' 147]]
**"Thoughts on the worth of a Warg"
*[[1998]]: [[Mallorn 36|''Mallorn'' 36]]  
*[[1998]]: [[Mallorn 36|''Mallorn'' 36]]  
**"A fiftieth anniversary walk (or There and Back Again, an academics' day out)"
**"A fiftieth anniversary walk (or There and Back Again, an academics' day out)"
*[[1999]]: [[Amon Hen 155|''Amon Hen'' 155]]
**"Orcish Blood"
*[[1999]]: [[Amon Hen 156|''Amon Hen'' 156]]
**"A State of Mind"
*[[1999]]: ''[[Tolkien, the Sea and Scandinavia]]''
**"Seas and Shores: A Study of Cataclysms in Middle-earth"
*[[2000]]: [[Amon Hen 161|''Amon Hen'' 161]]
**"Elvish Seduction by Orcs"
*[[2002]]: [[Amon Hen 175|''Amon Hen'' 175]]
**"Report: Tolkien and Middle-earth in Brescia"
*[[2002]]: [[The Best of Amon Hen|''The Best of Amon Hen'' Part 2]]
** "The Icing on the Cape"
*[[2003]]: [[Mallorn 41|''Mallorn'' 41]]
*[[2003]]: [[Mallorn 41|''Mallorn'' 41]]
**"The Lost Heart of the Little Kingdom"
**"The Lost Heart of the Little Kingdom"
*[[2003]]: [[Amon Hen 181|''Amon Hen'' 181]]
**"Report: Greek Tolkien Symposium"
**"Report: Brescia Conference"
*[[2004]]: [[Amon Hen 187|''Amon Hen'' 187]]
**"Report: Tolkien in 'Gondor' (Italian event)"
*[[2006]]: [[Amon Hen 197|''Amon Hen'' 197]]
**"Review: [[Ted Nasmith]] Exhibition in the Cotswolds"
*[[2009]]: [[Mallorn 47|''Mallorn'' 47]]
*[[2009]]: [[Mallorn 47|''Mallorn'' 47]]
**"The ogre in the dungeon"
**"The ogre in the dungeon"
*[[2011]]: [[Amon Hen 230|''Amon Hen'' 230]]
**"The Oliphaunt in the Last Homely House"
*[[2011]]: [[Lembas Extra 2011|''Lembas Extra'' 2011]]
*[[2011]]: [[Lembas Extra 2011|''Lembas Extra'' 2011]]
**"An Unexpected Party"
**"An Unexpected Party"
*[[2013]]: [[Amon Hen 240|''Amon Hen'' 240]]
**"Report: TolkienCon Prague"
**"Copy-wrong"
*[[2013]]: [[Amon Hen 243|''Amon Hen'' 243]]
** Report: Czech Fantasy Festival 2013
** Behind Glass Doors
*[[2013]]: [[Amon Hen 244|''Amon Hen'' 244]]
** Report: The Road to the Misty Mountains
** Behind Glass Doors
*[[2014]]: [[Amon Hen 245|''Amon Hen'' 245]]
** Behind Glass Doors
*[[2014]]: [[Amon Hen 246|''Amon Hen'' 246]]
** Behind Glass Doors


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Latest revision as of 18:42, 13 January 2019

Alex Lewis

Alex Lewis, born and raised in Oxford, England, joined The Tolkien Society in 1976 and was chairman from 1988-1992. He was also the editor for the magazine Nigglings.

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Alex Lewis
Preceded by:
Brin Dunsire
5th Chairman of The Tolkien Society
17 April 1988 - 11 April 1992
Followed by:
Amanda Fingleson


The Tolkien Society
President: J.R.R. Tolkien · Vice-president: Priscilla Tolkien · Chair: Shaun Gunner
Topics History (Letter to Vera Chapman and the Tolkien Society) · Archives · Awards · Enyalië · Smials · Tolkien to the World · Tolkien fandom
Chairs Vera Chapman (1970) · Keith Bridges (1970-1973) · Hartley Patterson (1973-1974) · Jonathan Simons (1974-1984) · Brin Dunsire (1984-1988) · Alex Lewis (1988-1992) · Amanda Fingleson (1992-1996) · Chris Crawshaw (1996-2008) · Matthew Vernon (2008-2009) · Sally Kennett (2009-2013) · Shaun Gunner (2013-present)
Annual Events Birthday Toast (3 January) · Tolkien Reading Day (25 March) · AGM and Springmoot (April) · Seminar (July) · Oxonmoot (September)
Conferences Oxonmoot (annual, 1974-present) · J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference (1992) · Tolkien 2005: The Ring Goes Ever On (2005) · The Return of the Ring (2012) · Tolkien 2019 (2019)
Publications Journals Belladonna's Broadsheet (1969-1970) · Mallorn (1970-present) · The Tolkien Society Bulletin (1970-1971) · Andúril (1972) · Amon Hen (1972-present) · Quettar (1980-1995)
Books An Extrapolation on The Silmarillion (1975) · The Trees, the Jewels and the Rings (1977) · Tolkien in Oxford: The Tolkien Society Guide (1978) · The Tolkien Society Songbook (1985) · Tolkien and Romanticism (1988) · Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference (1995) · The Oxonmoot Songbook (1997) · The Filking Songbook (2001) · The Tolkien Society Guide to Oxford (2005) · Proceedings of the Tolkien 2005 Conference (2008) · Tolkien 2005 Souvenir Book (2009) · Proceedings of the Tolkien Society Conference 2012 (2016)
Peter Roe Books 1. Some Light on Middle-earth (1985) · 2. Leaves from the Tree (1991) · 3. The First and Second Ages (1992) · 4. Travel and Communication in Tolkien's Worlds (1996) · 5. Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees, vol. 1 (1997) · 6. Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees, vol. 2 (1998) · 7. Tolkien, the Sea and Scandinavia (1999) · 8. The Ways of Creative Mythologies (2000) · 9. Tolkien: A Mythology for England? (2000) · 10. The Best of Amon Hen, vol. 1 (2000) · 11. Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees, vol. 3 (2001) · 12. Sindarin Lexicon (2001) · 13. The Best of Amon Hen, vol. 2 (2002) · 14. Tolkien: Influenced and Influencing (2005)· 15. Freedom, Fate and Choice in Middle-earth (2012) · 16. Journeys & Destinations (2015) · 17. Death and Immortality in Middle-earth (2017) · 18. Poetry and Song in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien (2018) · 19. Tolkien the Pagan? (2019) · 20. Adapting Tolkien (2021) · 21. Twenty-first Century Receptions of Tolkien (2022) · 22. Tolkien and Diversity (2023)