One of the greatest Elven loremasters finally gets his time in the spotlight; and in an ironic twist, James gets some time in the spotlight (or is that ‘under the bus’?). Join The Man of the West and The Sage of the South as Alan hands the reins of the show over to James, who brings us a special episode on Pengoloð the Wise of Gondolin. From the development of the Eldarin languages to an explanation of lembas, if you don’t know one of the greatest loremasters by now, you might never, never, never know him and his contributions to the collective knowledge of Middle-earth. So how and why did he disappear from the published stories? We chat about the Digital Tolkien Project, observe the blurred lines between Tolkien fans and scholars, and agree some subtitles are more like summaries. Also, totally tubular, dude.
Recommended Reading
The Peoples of Middle-earth
Tolkien, J. R. R. (Christopher Tolkien, ed.) (Harper Collins, paperback)
The War of the Jewels
Tolkien, J. R. R. (Christopher Tolkien, ed.) (Houghton Mifflin, paperback)
The Lost Road & Other Writings
Tolkien, J. R. R. (Christopher Tolkien, ed.) (Grafton, paperback)
Morgoth’s Ring
Tolkien, J. R. R. (Christopher Tolkien, ed.) (Harper Collins, paperback)
