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{{short description|Fifth chairman of the Tolkien Society}}
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'''Alex Lewis''', born and raised in [[Oxford]], England, joined [[The Tolkien Society]] in [[1976]] and was the fifth chairman of the society during [[1988]]-[[1992]]. He was also the editor for the magazine ''[[Nigglings]]''.

He is also a composer known for his song cycles inspired by Tolkien’s First Age tales, The Fall of Gondolin and The Flight of the Noldor.<ref>{{Webcite|articleurl=http://songsofmiddleearth.net/author_en?authorid=192|articlename=Alex Lewis|website=Songs of Middle-earth}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
===Books===

*[[1987]]: ''[[The Tale of Gondolin]]'' (editor)
*?: ''[[The Complete Ruins of Osgiliath]]''
*[[2002]]: ''[[The Uncharted Realms of Tolkien]]'' (with [[Elizabeth Currie]])
*[[2005]]: ''[[The Forsaken Realm of Tolkien]]'' (with [[Elizabeth Currie]])
*[[2005]]: ''[[The Ruins of Osgiliath]]''
*[[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]])
*[[2019]]: ''[[Tolkien's Switzerland: A Biography of One Special Summer]]'' (with [[Elizabeth Currie]])

===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]]''
**"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]]
**"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]]''
**"The Lost Heart of the Little Kingdom" (pages 33–44)
*[[1991]]: [[Mallorn 28|''Mallorn'' 28]]
**"Sordid Suburbia"
*[[1992]]: ''[[The First and Second Ages]]''
**"Good People" - Elves of the First Age"
*[[1992]]: [[Mallorn 29|''Mallorn'' 29]]
**"Sauron's Darkness"
*[[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"
*[[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]] 
**"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]]
**"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]]
**"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]]
**"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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