Mallorn 5

Mallorn 5 is the 5th issue of the Tolkien Society's journal Mallorn, published in 1972. It includes a short letter from J.R.R. Tolkien.

Contents[edit | edit source]

Editorial
- Pro-Editorial from the Pro-Editor
  - By Belladonna Took (Vera Chapman)
  - Includes a letter from Tolkien to Vera Chapman and The Tolkien Society (p. 2).
- Letters to the Editors
  - By Bob Borsley, Will Haven, Roger Johnson, Tony Fallone, John Abbott, James Ead, Hal Broome, Catherine McEvoy, and Dave Weldrake
- Belladonna's Postbag
  - By Will Haven, John B. Abbott, and Belladonna Took (Vera Chapman)
Notes
- Flaws in the Tapestry of The Lord of the Rings
  - By John Abbott
- Shields of Middle-earth
  - By Helen Kerley
Creative
- Serial: "Sir John de Creke, His Quest" (short story)
  - By Vera Chapman
- Tir Na Noge (poem)
  - By A.R. Fallone
- The Professor at Oxford (poem)
  - By Vera Chapman
- Nazgul (humorous vignettes)
  - By John B. Abbott
Book Reviews
- Bored of the Rings by The Harvard Lampoon
  - Reviewed by Jonathan Brown
- The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
  - Reviewed by Belladonna Took (Vera Chapman)
- The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris
  - Reviewed by Belladonna Took (Vera Chapman)
- Red Shadows by R.E. Howard
  - Reviewed by Hal Broome
- The Whisper of Glocken by Carol Kendall
  - Reviewed by Rosie Turner
- A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin
  - Reviewed by Hartley Patterson