Alan and Shawn are honored to welcome John Garth, the award-winning author of Tolkien and the Great War and Tolkien at Exeter College, to The Prancing Pony Podcast! John’s work as a biographer and researcher offers a rare glimpse into the early life of J.R.R. Tolkien, and the experiences and ideas that helped shape the Middle-earth legendarium. We discuss war, friendship, sorrow, and tales of college tomfoolery that may surprise you.
For a list of John Garth’s writings about Tolkien, including the Telegraph online article “When J.R.R. Tolkien bet C.S. Lewis: the wager that gave birth to The Lord of the Rings,” see his website at http://www.johngarth.co.uk/php/tolkien_publications.php
You can also follow John Garth online at his website, http://www.johngarth.co.uk/, on Facebook (facebook.com/JohnGarthWriter) or on Twitter @JohnGarthWriter)
For speaking engagement inquiries, please see http://www.johngarth.co.uk/php/talks_and_presentations.php.
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Recommended Reading:
Garth, John. Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth (Mariner Books, hardcover)
Garth, John. Tolkien at Exeter College (Exeter College, paperback)
