Adapting Tolkien

Adapting Tolkien
Editor	Will Sherwood
Publisher	Luna Press Publishing
Released	12 April 2021
Format	paperback
Pages	162
ISBN	9781913387693
Series	Peter Roe Memorial Fund
Preceded by	Tolkien the Pagan?
Followed by	Twenty-first Century Receptions of Tolkien

Adapting Tolkien is a collection of the proceedings of the 2020 Tolkien Society Seminar. The book was published in 2021 as the twentieth volume in the Peter Roe Memorial Fund series.

Contents

• Introduction by Will Sherwood
• "The First Age Materials: Christopher Tolkien’s Greatest Task" by Cami D. Agan
• "The other illustrated Silmarillion: Francis Mosley for the Folio Society" by Marie Bretagnolle
• "Elvish as She is Filmed: The Adaption of the Elvish Language in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings" by Dr. Andrew Higgins
• "‘I Heard the Sword’s Song, and it Sang to Me’: Adapting Tolkien in the World of Heavy Metal" by Brian Egede-Pedersen
• "Is Adapting Tolkien (Mis)Remembering Tolkien?" by Mina D. Lukić
• "Adapting Tolkien Beyond Arda, or, How to Navigate the Political Minefield of the International Astronomical Union in Order to Name Features on Titan, Pluto, and Charon After Middle-earth" by Kristine Larsen

From the Publisher

This volume of proceedings contains papers from the largest Tolkien Society seminar that almost marked the seminar’s move to a free online event. The 2020 seminar sought to explore how J.R.R. Tolkien’s legacy partly relies on the continued adaptation of his works, characters, and languages. It offered insights into a range of artistic adaptations and evaluated how the tangible result expands the Tolkien fanbase and readership while cultivating a love and appreciation of Tolkien through the adaptor’s creative vision. It further examined the ways in which Tolkien’s creations have been interwoven into the very fabric of our primary world.

External links

• Official webpage