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'''Charles E. Noad''', a retired computer programmer, is a proofreader and writer. He has proofread ''[[The History of Middle-earth]]'' series and [[John D. Rateliff]]'s ''[[The History of The Hobbit]]''.<ref>[http://www.lotrplaza.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=234548 Three Tolkien Book Reviews-Charles Noad] at [http://www.lotrplaza.com Lotrplaza.com] (accessed 13 April 2011)</ref>
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'''Charles E. Noad''' (1 September 1947-[[13 July]] [[2023]])<ref> [[Douglas A. Anderson]], ''[https://tolkienandfantasy.blogspot.com/2023/07/rip-charles-e-noad-1947-2023.html R.I.P. Charles E. Noad (1947-2023)]'' on tolkienandfantasy.blogspot.com (accessed 6 July 2023) </ref>  was a computer programmer, a proofreader and writer. He proofread [[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The History of Middle-earth]]'' series, and [[John D. Rateliff]]'s ''[[The History of The Hobbit]]''.<ref name=plaza>[http://web.archive.org/web/20100201112835/http://lotrplaza.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=234548 Three Tolkien Book Reviews-Charles Noad] at the Internet Archive (accessed 6 July 2023)</ref>
==Quotes==
{{blockquote|"Charles Noad is a retired computer programmer and sometime proofreader. He read The Lord of the Rings in 1961 and has more or less stuck with it since.
There isn't really terribly much beyond that to say, really, and I doubt if the Plaza's good readers would want a detailed life of Noad in any case."<ref name=plaza></ref>}} <small>[[Charles Noad]] in 2009, when asked to give biographical information on LOTRplaza.com </small>
==Bibliography, selected==
==Bibliography, selected==
*[[1977]]: ''The Trees, the Jewels and the Rings: A Discursive Enquiry Into Things Little Known on Middle-earth''  
===Books===
*[[1981]]: [[Mallorn 17|''Mallorn'' 17]]
*[[1977]]: ''[[The Trees, the Jewels and the Rings|The Trees, the Jewels and the Rings: A Discursive Enquiry Into Things Little Known on Middle-earth]]''  
**Review of ''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]''
===Articles===
* [[1979]]: [[Amon Hen 38|''Amon Hen'' 38]]
** "A Note on the Geography of the [[First Age]]"
* [[1982]]: [[Amon Hen 57|''Amon Hen'' 57]]
** "And Still They Come"
*[[1988]]: [[Amon Hen 91|''Amon Hen'' 91]]
** “‘Tolkien Reconsidered’: A Talk by [[Humphrey Carpenter]] Given at the Cheltenham Literary Festival,”
*[[1990]]: [[Mallorn 27|''Mallorn'' 27]]
**"A Note on the Geography of the First Age" (reprinted from ''Amon Hen'' 38)
*[[1990]]: [[A Long-expected Party: Progress Report 1|''A Long-expected Party: Progress Report'' 1]]
**"The Early Days of the Tolkien Society"
*[[1991]]: ''[[Leaves from the Tree]]''
*[[1991]]: ''[[Leaves from the Tree]]''
**"The Natures of Tom Bombadil - A Summary"
**"The Natures of Tom Bombadil - A Summary"
*[[1992]]: ''[[Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992]]''
*[[1992]]: ''[[Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992]]''
**"The Tolkien Society"
**"The Tolkien Society"
*[[1994]]: [[Amon Hen 127|''Amon Hen'' 127]]
**"[[Donald Swann]] Obituary"
*[[1995]]: [[Amon Hen 131|''Amon Hen'' 131]]
**"Some Thoughts on the Matter of Turin"
*[[1995]]: ''[[Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference]]''
*[[1995]]: ''[[Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference]]''
**"Frodo and His Spectre: Blakean Resonances in Tolkien"
**"Frodo and His Spectre: Blakean Resonances in Tolkien"
*[[1996]]: [[Amon Hen 140|''Amon Hen'' 140]]
**"[[The Tolkien Society|TS]]'s Official [[Vera Chapman]] Obituary"
*[[1998]]: [[Amon Hen 150|''Amon Hen'' 150]]
**"The History of Amon Hen"
*[[2000]]: [[The Best of Amon Hen|''The Best of Amon Hen'' Part 1]]
**"Some Thoughts on the Matter of Turin"
**"[[Vera Chapman]] - 'Belladonna Took'"
**"Amon Hen - A Short History"
*[[2000]]: ''[[Tolkien's Legendarium]]''
*[[2000]]: ''[[Tolkien's Legendarium]]''
**"On the Construction of ''The Silmarillion''"
**"On the Construction of ''The Silmarillion''"
*[[2001]]: [[Amon Hen 167|''Amon Hen'' 167]]
**"Obituary: [[Rayner Unwin]]"
*[[2002]]: [[The Best of Amon Hen|''The Best of Amon Hen'' Part 2]]
**"A Tower in Beleriand"
*[[2005]]: [[Amon Hen 192|''Amon Hen'' 192]]
**"Obituary: [[Humphrey Carpenter]]" (with Jessica Yates)
*[[2007]]: [[Amon Hen 205|''Amon Hen'' 205]]
**"Report: ''The Children of Húrin'' Launch" (with Jessica Yates)
*[[2010]]: [[Mallorn 50|''Mallorn'' 50]]
**"The Tolkien Society - the early days"
*[[2010]]: [[Amon Hen 226|''Amon Hen'' 226]]
**"R.G. Collingwood - Another Tolkien Reference"
*[[2011]]: [[Amon Hen 227|''Amon Hen'' 227]]
**"Obituary: [[Glen GoodKnight]]"
**"Maurice Bowra and the Inklings"
*[[2011]]: [[Amon Hen 229|''Amon Hen'' 229]]
**"Report: Annual Dinner Speech"
*[[2012]]: ''[[Freedom, Fate and Choice in Middle-earth]]''
**"Fate and Freedom in Tolkien's World: Unresolvable Paradox?"
*[[2013]]: [[Amon Hen 240|''Amon Hen'' 240]]
**"Obituary: [[Keith Bridges]]"
*[[2013]]: [[Amon Hen 242|''Amon Hen'' 242]]
**"Obituary: Howard Rosenblum"
*[[2015]]: [[Amon Hen 255|''Amon Hen'' 255]]
**"Rath Dínen: Rikki Breem" (with Jessica Yates)
*[[2016]]: [[Amon Hen 260|''Amon Hen'' 260]]
** "Rath Dínen: [[John Ellison|John Archdall Ellison]]"
*[[2018]]: [[Amon Hen 272|''Amon Hen'' 272]]
** "Obituary: Robert Murray SJ"
*[[2020]]: [[Amon Hen 281|''Amon Hen'' 281]]
** "Obituary: [[Christopher Tolkien]]"
===Reviews===
*[[1978]]: [[Mallorn 12|''Mallorn'' 12]]
**''[[The Silmarillion]]''
*[[1980]]: [[Mallorn 14|''Mallorn'' 14]]
**''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: Scholar and Storyteller]]''
*[[1981]]: [[Mallorn 17|''Mallorn'' 17]]
**''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]''
*[[1982]]: [[Mallorn 18|''Mallorn'' 18]]
**''[[Tolkien Criticism: An Annotated Checklist]]''
*[[1983]]: [[Mallorn 20|''Mallorn'' 20]]
**''[[The Monsters and the Critics|The Monsters and the Critics and other essays]]''
*[[1984]]: [[Mallorn 21|''Mallorn'' 21]]
**''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part One]]''
*[[1984]]: [[Mallorn 22|''Mallorn'' 22]]
**''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part Two]]''
*[[1986]]: [[Mallorn 23|''Mallorn'' 23]]
**''[[The Lays of Beleriand]]''
*[[1987]]: [[Mallorn 24|''Mallorn'' 24]]
**''[[The Shaping of Middle-earth]]''
*[[1988]]: [[Mallorn 25|''Mallorn'' 25]]
**''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]''
*[[1989]]: [[Mallorn 26|''Mallorn'' 26]]
**''[[The Return of the Shadow]]''
*[[1990]]: [[Mallorn 27|''Mallorn'' 27]]
**''[[The Treason of Isengard]]''
*[[1991]]: [[Mallorn 28|''Mallorn'' 28]]
**''[[The War of the Ring]]''
*[[1992]]: [[Mallorn 29|''Mallorn'' 29]]
**''[[Sauron Defeated]]''
*[[1993]]: [[Mallorn 30|''Mallorn'' 30]]
**''[[Morgoth's Ring]]''
*[[1994]]: [[Mallorn 31|''Mallorn'' 31]]
**''[[The War of the Jewels]]''
*[[1996]]: [[Mallorn 34|''Mallorn'' 34]]
**''[[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]''
*[[1999]]: [[Amon Hen 159|''Amon Hen'' 159]]
**''Arda Special''
**''[[Root and Branch - Approaches towards Understanding Tolkien|Root and Branch]]''
*[[2002]]: [[Mallorn 40|''Mallorn'' 40]]
**''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''
*[[2003]]: [[Mallorn 41|''Mallorn'' 41]]
**''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''
*[[2004]]: [[Mallorn 42|''Mallorn'' 42]]
**''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''
*[[2006]]: [[Amon Hen 201|''Amon Hen'' 201]]
**''[[The Ring of Words]]''
*[[2008]]: [[Mallorn 46|''Mallorn'' 46]]
*[[2008]]: [[Mallorn 46|''Mallorn'' 46]]
**"Of Baggins, Bladorthin and Pryftan" [Review]
**"Of Baggins, Bladorthin and Pryftan" (review of ''[[The History of The Hobbit]]'')
{{references}}
*[[2013]]: [[Amon Hen 240|''Amon Hen'' 240]]
** "Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: J.R.R. Tolkien"
* [[2013]]: [[Mallorn 54|''Mallorn'' 54]]
** "A journey to the cinema" (review of ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'')
 
==External links==
* [https://www.tolkiensociety.org/2023/07/obituary-charles-noad/ Obituary: Charles Noad] on the [[The Tolkien Society|Tolkien Society]]'s website
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Charles E. Noad
Biographical information
Born1 September 1947
Died13 July 2023
OccupationProgrammer, proofreader, writer

Charles E. Noad (1 September 1947-13 July 2023)[1] was a computer programmer, a proofreader and writer. He proofread The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, The History of Middle-earth series, and John D. Rateliff's The History of The Hobbit.[2]

Quotes[edit | edit source]

"Charles Noad is a retired computer programmer and sometime proofreader. He read The Lord of the Rings in 1961 and has more or less stuck with it since. There isn't really terribly much beyond that to say, really, and I doubt if the Plaza's good readers would want a detailed life of Noad in any case."[2]

Charles Noad in 2009, when asked to give biographical information on LOTRplaza.com

Bibliography, selected[edit | edit source]

Books[edit | edit source]

Articles[edit | edit source]

Reviews[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]

References

  1. ↑ Douglas A. Anderson, R.I.P. Charles E. Noad (1947-2023) on tolkienandfantasy.blogspot.com (accessed 6 July 2023)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Three Tolkien Book Reviews-Charles Noad at the Internet Archive (accessed 6 July 2023)
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