1986
Preceded by
1987
Year
1988
Followed by
April
- 7 - Actor Ismael Cruz Córdova is born.
- 23 - Pictures under Discussion is published.
July
- 24-27 - Mythcon 18.
- 25 Christopher Wiseman dies.
August
- 27 - The Lost Road and Other Writings is published in the UK.
- 28 - Actor John Huston dies.
September
- 25-27 - Oxonmoot 1987.
- ? - Mallorn 24 is published.
October
- 8 - Roger Lancelyn Green, Inkling and biographer, dies.
- 15-16 - The Great Storm, which had been "predicted" by Tolkien in a curious coincidence; in The Notion Club Papers (written in 1945) Tolkien mentions a Great Storm on Thursday, June 12 of 1987, which however actually occurs during October.
November
- 30 - The Lost Road and Other Writings is published in the US.
December
- 24 - Terence Tiller, writer of the 1955 radio series of The Lord of the Rings, dies.
?
- ? - Mithril Miniatures is founded.
- ? - The Tale of Gondolin is released.
- ? - Gates of Mordor (book) is published.
- ? - Lords of Middle-earth: Vol. II is published.
- ? - Pirates of Pelargir is published.
- ? - Woses of the Black Wood is published.
- ? - Rivendell: The House of Elrond is published.
- ? - Havens of Gondor is published.
- ? - Ents of Fangorn is published.
- ? - Dunland and the Southern Misty Mountains is published.
- ? - Lost Realm of Cardolan is published.
- ? - Assassins of Dol Amroth is published.
- ? - Weathertop: Tower of the Wind is published.
- ? - The 1988 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar is released.
- ? - Douglas A. Anderson, in cooperation with Christopher Tolkien, suggests to Houghton Mifflin to synchronise its 1966 edition of The Lord of the Rings with the more up-to-date British edition, and encourages for more potential corrections.
- ? - The Adventures of Frodo is released.
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