Charles Noad

Charles E. Noad
Biographical information
Born	1947
Died	13 July 2023
Occupation	Programmer, proofreader, writer

Charles E. Noad (1947-13 July 2023) 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.

Quotes

"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."

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

Bibliography, selected

Books

• 1977: The Trees, the Jewels and the Rings: A Discursive Enquiry Into Things Little Known on Middle-earth

Articles

• 1979: Amon Hen 38
  • "A Note on the Geography of the First Age"
• 1982: Amon Hen 57
  • "And Still They Come"
• 1988: Amon Hen 91
  • “‘Tolkien Reconsidered’: A Talk by Humphrey Carpenter Given at the Cheltenham Literary Festival,”
• 1990: Mallorn 27
  • "A Note on the Geography of the First Age" (reprinted from Amon Hen 38)
• 1990: A Long-expected Party: Progress Report 1
  • "The Early Days of the Tolkien Society"
• 1991: Leaves from the Tree
  • "The Natures of Tom Bombadil - A Summary"
• 1992: Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992
  • "The Tolkien Society"
• 1994: Amon Hen 127
  • "Donald Swann Obituary"
• 1995: Amon Hen 131
  • "Some Thoughts on the Matter of Turin"
• 1995: Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference
  • "Frodo and His Spectre: Blakean Resonances in Tolkien"
• 1996: Amon Hen 140
  • "TS's Official Vera Chapman Obituary"
• 1998: Amon Hen 150
  • "The History of Amon Hen"
• 2000: 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
  • "On the Construction of The Silmarillion"
• 2001: Amon Hen 167
  • "Obituary: Rayner Unwin"
• 2002: The Best of Amon Hen Part 2
  • "A Tower in Beleriand"
• 2005: Amon Hen 192
  • "Obituary: Humphrey Carpenter" (with Jessica Yates)
• 2007: Amon Hen 205
  • "Report: The Children of Húrin Launch" (with Jessica Yates)
• 2010: Mallorn 50
  • "The Tolkien Society - the early days"
• 2010: Amon Hen 226
  • "R.G. Collingwood - Another Tolkien Reference"
• 2011: Amon Hen 227
  • "Obituary: Glen GoodKnight"
  • "Maurice Bowra and the Inklings"
• 2011: 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
  • "Obituary: Keith Bridges"
• 2013: Amon Hen 242
  • "Obituary: Howard Rosenblum"
• 2015: Amon Hen 255
  • "Rath Dínen: Rikki Breem" (with Jessica Yates)
• 2016: Amon Hen 260
  • "Rath Dínen: John Archdall Ellison"
• 2018: Amon Hen 272
  • "Obituary: Robert Murray SJ"
• 2020: Amon Hen 281
  • "Obituary: Christopher Tolkien"

Reviews

• 1978: Mallorn 12
  • The Silmarillion
• 1980: Mallorn 14
  • J.R.R. Tolkien: Scholar and Storyteller
• 1981: Mallorn 17
  • The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
• 1982: Mallorn 18
  • Tolkien Criticism: An Annotated Checklist
• 1983: Mallorn 20
  • The Monsters and the Critics and other essays
• 1984: Mallorn 21
  • The Book of Lost Tales Part One
• 1984: Mallorn 22
  • The Book of Lost Tales Part Two
• 1986: Mallorn 23
  • The Lays of Beleriand
• 1987: Mallorn 24
  • The Shaping of Middle-earth
• 1988: Mallorn 25
  • The Lost Road and Other Writings
• 1989: Mallorn 26
  • The Return of the Shadow
• 1990: Mallorn 27
  • The Treason of Isengard
• 1991: Mallorn 28
  • The War of the Ring
• 1992: Mallorn 29
  • Sauron Defeated
• 1993: Mallorn 30
  • Morgoth's Ring
• 1994: Mallorn 31
  • The War of the Jewels
• 1996: Mallorn 34
  • The Peoples of Middle-earth
• 1999: Amon Hen 159
  • Arda Special
  • Root and Branch
• 2002: Mallorn 40
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• 2003: Mallorn 41
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• 2004: Mallorn 42
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• 2006: Amon Hen 201
  • The Ring of Words
• 2008: Mallorn 46
  • "Of Baggins, Bladorthin and Pryftan" (review of The History of The Hobbit)
• 2013: Amon Hen 240
  • "Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: J.R.R. Tolkien"
• 2013: Mallorn 54
  • "A journey to the cinema" (review of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)

External links

• Obituary: Charles Noad on the Tolkien Society's website