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[?]Michael Martinez » 🌐
@michael@middle-earth.xenite.org

Q: What Was Sauron’s True Name?

ANSWER: Sauron’s “true” name must be one of the most popular topics among Tolkien fans who dive deep into the minutiae of the books. When Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli were discussing the Orcs whom Boromir had killed, they pondered what the “S” rune on their helms might represent. Aragorn dismissed the idea that it could represent “Sauron” because “he does not […]

https://middle-earth.xenite.org/what-was-saurons-true-name/

An artistic rendering of the Dark Lord of Middle-earth standing in the dark and staring down at his hand beside the words 'What Was Sauron's True Name?'

Alt...An artistic rendering of the Dark Lord of Middle-earth standing in the dark and staring down at his hand beside the words 'What Was Sauron's True Name?'

[?]Author Krishna Prasanth Guttikonda » 🌐
@krishna-author.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

A captivating journey of magic, healing, and the extraordinary power of human connection.

The Hum of the Master Loom a.co/d/07beSohD

The Hum of the Master Loom

    [?]My Tolkien Life » 🌐
    @blog@mytolkienlife.xenite.org

    Do All Elves Have Pointy Ears?

    For screen readers [ Click to expand ] A six-panel comic in a cute Japanese chibi manga style shows Elara and Darvolo sitting together in a cozy music studio. The room contains musical instruments, microphones, sheet music, books, potted plants, and warm natural light. Both characters hold small harps, although Elara is the one actively playing throughout most of the comic. Colorful musical notes float from her harp whenever she plays, emphasizing the gentle melody. The […] [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

    The Tolkien purist meets individual expression.

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    [ Click to expand ] A six-panel comic in a cute Japanese chibi manga style shows Elara and Darvolo sitting together in a cozy music studio. The room contains musical instruments, microphones, sheet music, books, potted plants, and warm natural light. Both characters hold small harps, although Elara is the one actively playing throughout most of the comic. Colorful musical notes float from her harp whenever she plays, emphasizing the gentle melody. The conversation centers on Tolkien’s descriptions of elves and Elara’s own pointed ears.

     
    Panel 1: Elara, a blonde elf with blue eyes, fair skin, and pointed ears, gently plays a small harp while colorful musical notes drift into the air. Darvolo, a cheerful boy with light brown skin, dark hair, and clothing suited to a warm climate, watches her thoughtfully. Darvolo is the only character speaking. His speech bubble reads: “Do you think all elves in Middle-earth have pointed ears?”

    Panel 2: Elara smiles, shakes her head, and continues playing without missing a note. Musical notes continue floating from the harp while Darvolo listens attentively. Elara is the only character speaking. Her speech bubble reads: “Tolkien never wrote any stories with pointy-ear elves.”

    Panel 3: Elara closes her eyes and keeps playing peacefully, apparently unconcerned by the conversation. Darvolo looks puzzled and gestures toward her ears as he asks a follow-up question. He is the only character speaking. His speech bubble reads: “So why do you have pointed ears?”

    Panel 4: Elara suddenly stops playing. The musical notes disappear. She stares ahead with wide eyes and an open mouth, clearly shocked by the unexpected question while still holding the harp.

    Panel 5: Elara imagines herself with rounded, human-like ears instead of pointed ones. The imagined version appears inside a soft-edged thought bubble surrounded by sparkles. Outside the thought bubble, Elara studies the imaginary version with a thoughtful expression, considering how different she would look.

    Panel 6: Darvolo laughs warmly, amused by the situation. Elara smiles, resumes playing her harp, and colorful musical notes once again float through the air. She appears completely comfortable with herself. Elara is the only character speaking. Her speech bubble reads: “I like them!”

    The humor comes from Darvolo’s innocent observation. Elara confidently explains that Tolkien never explicitly described elves with pointed ears, only to realize that she herself has the familiar fantasy appearance. After briefly imagining life without pointed ears, she decides she likes them anyway, ending the comic with a cheerful acceptance of the artistic tradition while continuing to make music.

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    fieldset>

    Do All Elves Have Pointy Ears?

    Alt...Do All Elves Have Pointy Ears?

    [?]Author Krishna Prasanth Guttikonda » 🌐
    @krishna-author.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

    [?]Nick East (Indie Writer) » 🌐
    @NickEast_IndieWriter@mastodon.art

    As a big fan of both Trek and Discworld, I support the flawless logic of this crossover 😜😂

    @reading @bookstodon @books @fantasy
    @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop





    A meme from the bridge of Star Trek the original series, with Great A'Tuin showing on the viewscreen

Caption: "GET SPOCK UP HERE! I can't wait to see his face!"

    Alt...A meme from the bridge of Star Trek the original series, with Great A'Tuin showing on the viewscreen Caption: "GET SPOCK UP HERE! I can't wait to see his face!"

      [?]Author Krishna Prasanth Guttikonda » 🌐
      @krishna-author.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

      [?]Juan Bauty » 🌐
      @juanbauty@masto.es

      📚 Último libro leído: de David M. Pérez
      ( instagram.com/davideating )
      ( @davideating )
      Fantasía épica medieval clásica de corte juvenil, apta para todas las edades.
      Primera entrega de cuatro (por el momento), así que es muy introductoria y con final abierto, pero tiene los suficientes atractivos como para considerarse una lectura satisfactoria y disfrutable por sí misma.
      ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
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      Libros de fantasía juvenil

      Alt...Libros de fantasía juvenil

      Reseñas de libros juveniles

      Alt...Reseñas de libros juveniles

      [?]Author Krishna Prasanth Guttikonda » 🌐
      @krishna-author.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

      [?]Jendia Gammon » 🌐
      @jendiagammon@wandering.shop

      Godfestation is now available! Read all about my new, atmospheric Appalachian horror and dark fantasy novella: jendiagammon.com/2026/08/10/go

        [?]TKHUNT » 🌐
        @tkhunt@jpmstdn.com

        [?]Book!BlaBla » 🌐
        @bookblabla@mastodon.social

        📚 Elsewhere by: Gabrielle Zevin

        Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are beautiful. It's quiet and peaceful. You can't get sick, and you can't get older. In Elsewhere, death is only the beginning...

        Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she is killed in a hit-and-run accident. It is a place so like E...

        bookblabla.com/book/elsewhere

        @bookstodon

        Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are beautiful. It's quiet and peaceful. You can't get sick, and you can't get older. In Elsewhere, death is only the beginning...

Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she is killed in a hit-and-run accident. It is a place so like Earth, yet completely different. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth. But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. She wants to get her driver's license. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. And now that she's dead, Liz is being forced to live a life she doesn't want with a grandmother she has only just met. And it is not going well. How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one? Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward?

Full of the most ingenious detail and woven around the most touching and charming relationships, this is a novel of hope, of redemption and rebirth. It is a novel that tells of sadness with heartbreaking honesty, and of love and happiness with uplifting brilliance.

From the acclaimed author of Sunday Times bestseller Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. A novel of hope, love and redemption in Liz's life after life.
_______________

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME
_______________

“Every so often a book comes along with a premise so fresh and

        Alt...Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are beautiful. It's quiet and peaceful. You can't get sick, and you can't get older. In Elsewhere, death is only the beginning... Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she is killed in a hit-and-run accident. It is a place so like Earth, yet completely different. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth. But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. She wants to get her driver's license. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. And now that she's dead, Liz is being forced to live a life she doesn't want with a grandmother she has only just met. And it is not going well. How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one? Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward? Full of the most ingenious detail and woven around the most touching and charming relationships, this is a novel of hope, of redemption and rebirth. It is a novel that tells of sadness with heartbreaking honesty, and of love and happiness with uplifting brilliance. From the acclaimed author of Sunday Times bestseller Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. A novel of hope, love and redemption in Liz's life after life. _______________ ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME _______________ “Every so often a book comes along with a premise so fresh and

          [?]Author Krishna Prasanth Guttikonda » 🌐
          @krishna-author.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

          Their journey is a testament to the strength of a modern partnership.

          Serendipity at the Bookstore a.co/d/01OF2jLI

            [?]Juan Bauty » 🌐
            @juanbauty@masto.es

            [?]mosspiglet » 🌐
            @arborealgeist@bookwyrm.social

            Mild spoiler [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

            It's so twisted that Nassun goes to her father in that moment when she walks in on him having just murdered her younger brother 💔

            @bookstodon@fedigroups.social #Books #Reading #SFF #SciFi #Fantasy #Fiction #BrokenEarth

            (comment on The Obelisk Gate)

            N. K. Jemisin: The Obelisk Gate (EBook, 2016, Orbit)

            Alt...N. K. Jemisin: The Obelisk Gate (EBook, 2016, Orbit)

              Carolyn boosted

              [?]Solar Phasing » 🌐
              @solarphasing@mastodon.social

              [?]Jendia Gammon » 🌐
              @jendiagammon@wandering.shop

              You can now order the full Amethyst Lantern trilogy! The YA first two books (Nebula & BSFA nominees) are available now and the adult prequel comes out October 20. Order the set directly from the publisher, Android Press. Written by me as J. Dianne Dotson. android-press.com/product-page

                [?]InkBreaker » 🌐
                @InkBreaker@mastodon.social

                Got a Dungeon Crawler Carl-shaped hole in your life? Same. 😭 Try these books next: He Who Fights With Monsters by Shirtaloon, Cradle by Will Wight, and Beware of Chicken by CasualFarmer. Progression, dark humor, and one wholesome curveball.

                Three ways to keep the crawl going. 🎮 🗡️ 🐔

                Alt...Lupin the cat recommends these books to Read After Dungeon Crawler Carl: He Who Fights With Monsters by Shirtaloon, Cradle: Unsouled by Will Wight, and Beware of Chicken by CasualFarmer.

                  [?]Curt Johnson - Indie Genius » 🌐
                  @indiegenius@mastodon.social

                  Movie TV Tech Geeks 10 Best Fantasy Books of the 1980s dlvr.it/TV0h1D

                    [?]Arista Holmes » 🌐
                    @aristaholmes@mastodon.social

                    "Are you going to introduce yourself?" she demanded, and for a moment, there was almost a smile on his lips before it vanished and she was left wondering if she'd imagined it.

                    "Are you?" the stranger shot back...

                    -- Changeling, Arista Holmes, ©2023

                    Changeling and Darkling are available now! (Link in bio!)

                      [?]Michael Martinez » 🌐
                      @michael@middle-earth.xenite.org

                      Q: What Did Tolkien Mean When He Used ‘Swart’ And ‘Swarthy’ To Describe Elves And Men?

                      ANSWER: I have deferred answering this question because of my recent post about Andy Serkis. I received this question in September 2025 and as I process my queue of visitor-submitted questions it was coming up when Andy made waves in the news. I hope enough time has passed that people won’t mind my […]

                      https://middle-earth.xenite.org/what-did-tolkien-mean-when-he-used-swart-and-swarthy-to-describe-elves-and-men/

                      A picture of a globe featuring the classic map of Middle-earth. The globe is surrounded by human arms of various skin tones reaching toward it under the words 'What Did Tolkien Mean When He Used 'Swart' And 'Swarthy' To Describe Elves And Men?'

                      Alt...A picture of a globe featuring the classic map of Middle-earth. The globe is surrounded by human arms of various skin tones reaching toward it under the words 'What Did Tolkien Mean When He Used 'Swart' And 'Swarthy' To Describe Elves And Men?'

                      [?]Author Krishna Prasanth Guttikonda » 🌐
                      @krishna-author.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

                      [?]Author Krishna Prasanth Guttikonda » 🌐
                      @krishna-author.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

                      A lost locket. A luminous lotus. A forgotten woman’s gaze across time. And a modern cartographer’s race to reclaim her family’s buried legacy.

                      The Heirloom Heart a.co/d/0aX5k92B

                      The Heirloom Heart

                        [?]hiisikoloART » 🌐
                        @hiisikoloart@writing.exchange

                        Good news to paranormal authors - since Tolkien is seen as the Grandfather of Western High Fantasy, your blood suckers and big pups can claim a bit of High Fantasy glory!*

                        *Silmarillion has werewolves and vampires as servants of Sauron and Morgoth - AND the exist in the same era, in the same area.

                          Joy Booster boosted

                          [?]Stephanie Burgis » 🌐
                          @stephanieburgis@wandering.shop

                          Ahhhh I just finished draft 1 of A Waltz of Sinister Import! And you can preorder your e-copy right now:

                          books2read.com/waltz-Sinister

                          (You can also check out the cover to guess which fairy tale I'm playing with this time... ;) )

                          In the center of this image is the cover of A Waltz of Sinister Import, by Stephanie Burgis, which shows a pair of late nineteenth-century dancing slippers hanging over the title and a bat with outstretched wings underneath the author's name. Framing the cover's text are branches with golden leaves. All around this cover are snippets of text connected to it by arrows. They read: Sinister magic in a Viennese ballroom; He may be a vampire, but he’s still a gentleman - unless someone threatens his wife; Sneaking around a forbidden archive of the supernatural; so much delicious cake… Coming soon: A Waltz of Sinister Import. Preorder now!

                          Alt...In the center of this image is the cover of A Waltz of Sinister Import, by Stephanie Burgis, which shows a pair of late nineteenth-century dancing slippers hanging over the title and a bat with outstretched wings underneath the author's name. Framing the cover's text are branches with golden leaves. All around this cover are snippets of text connected to it by arrows. They read: Sinister magic in a Viennese ballroom; He may be a vampire, but he’s still a gentleman - unless someone threatens his wife; Sneaking around a forbidden archive of the supernatural; so much delicious cake… Coming soon: A Waltz of Sinister Import. Preorder now!

                            [?]Nick East (Indie Writer) » 🌐
                            @NickEast_IndieWriter@mastodon.art

                            Another another sneak preview of The Last Philosopher: Part Two 😊

                            Ebook of Part One available here: books2read.com/b/m0pJYA

                            @reading @books @fantasy @bookstodon @worldbuilding






                            Whose trap is it anyway?

“When the herd of people get together in anger to hand out justice, you can be certain it’s not justice for all.”

-Earl Westman, former drunk-fellow and current marshal of Stagna

                            Alt...Whose trap is it anyway? “When the herd of people get together in anger to hand out justice, you can be certain it’s not justice for all.” -Earl Westman, former drunk-fellow and current marshal of Stagna

                              [?]Author Krishna Prasanth Guttikonda » 🌐
                              @krishna-author.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

                              [?]Empire of Dragons » 🌐
                              @dragonshortstories.wordpress.com@dragonshortstories.wordpress.com

                              Pirra and Frost’s story is $1 on Barnes and Noble!

                              Guuuuyyyyyssssss. The story about a cute black fairy and the dragon shifter she’s trying to save from his crazy ass ex! It’s partially written in a poetry style, too! (No rhyming going on)

                              Take a look! https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/an-alien-space-dragon-and-a-fairy-lponi-baldwin/1149240854

                              Thank you~

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                                [?]Kit Author » 🌐
                                @KitAuthor@wandering.shop

                                Join Orains, a scuba diving magical cat, as he and his owner search for sunken treasure. But they're not alone, and a magical cat collar brings a legend to life.

                                🪐💙📚

                                books2read.com/u/bpAqRW

                                  [?]Book!BlaBla » 🌐
                                  @bookblabla@mastodon.social

                                  📚 Navola by: Paolo Bacigalupi

                                  In the bustling city-state of Navola, business is power, and power is everything. For generations, the di Regulai family has nurtured their merchant-banking empire. Though they claim not to be political, their staggering wealth buys cities and topples kingdoms, and no one obstructs them twice.
                                  Soo...

                                  bookblabla.com/book/navola

                                  @bookstodon

                                  In the bustling city-state of Navola, business is power, and power is everything. For generations, the di Regulai family has nurtured their merchant-banking empire. Though they claim not to be political, their staggering wealth buys cities and topples kingdoms, and no one obstructs them twice.
Soon, Davico di Regulai, sole heir to the di Regulai fortune, must take his place beside his father and prove himself worthy of his name. But Davico’s heart is soft where it should be hard. He prefers sunlit hills and green-dappled forests to the shadowy plots of his family. And something else beckons him. A fossil dragon eye, an ancient relic of raw power that sits upon his father’s desk. A thing that should be dead, and yet calls to Davico with increasing hunger.

As plots unfold, armies march, and assassins slip down shadowy marble halls, Davico will be tested past his limits. His survival will depend upon the powers locked within the dragon eye and upon feelings hidden deep in the heart of his beloved adoptive sister, Celia—a girl wise in the twisted ways of Navolese politics, for her own family was destroyed by them.
Nearly a decade in the making, Navola is The Godfather meets Game of Thrones: the dazzling return of a Hugo and Nebula Award–winning master storyteller.

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Windup Girl and The Water Knife comes a sweeping literary historical fantasy about the young scion from a ruling-class family who faces rebellion as he

                                  Alt...In the bustling city-state of Navola, business is power, and power is everything. For generations, the di Regulai family has nurtured their merchant-banking empire. Though they claim not to be political, their staggering wealth buys cities and topples kingdoms, and no one obstructs them twice. Soon, Davico di Regulai, sole heir to the di Regulai fortune, must take his place beside his father and prove himself worthy of his name. But Davico’s heart is soft where it should be hard. He prefers sunlit hills and green-dappled forests to the shadowy plots of his family. And something else beckons him. A fossil dragon eye, an ancient relic of raw power that sits upon his father’s desk. A thing that should be dead, and yet calls to Davico with increasing hunger. As plots unfold, armies march, and assassins slip down shadowy marble halls, Davico will be tested past his limits. His survival will depend upon the powers locked within the dragon eye and upon feelings hidden deep in the heart of his beloved adoptive sister, Celia—a girl wise in the twisted ways of Navolese politics, for her own family was destroyed by them. Nearly a decade in the making, Navola is The Godfather meets Game of Thrones: the dazzling return of a Hugo and Nebula Award–winning master storyteller. From the New York Times best-selling author of The Windup Girl and The Water Knife comes a sweeping literary historical fantasy about the young scion from a ruling-class family who faces rebellion as he

                                    [?]ethanOS » 🌐
                                    @ethanOS@infosec.exchange

                                    "Happy endings are just stories that haven't finished yet."
                                    Joe Abercrombie, The Devils

                                      [?]Author Krishna Prasanth Guttikonda » 🌐
                                      @krishna-author.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

                                      Roknrol boosted

                                      [?]Christina Anne Hawthorne [she/her] » 🌐
                                      @CA_Hawthorne@writing.exchange

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                                      If there’s art you wish to create, create it, even if you don’t share it. Be yourself. The world needs honest art.

                                      I spent too long trying to be someone else, and when I at last became brave enough to find me, I lost 8 years to illness.

                                      Honesty, it means everything.

                                      You can’t begin to imagine the feeling, but you can if you try. Life gave me one last chance and I took it.

                                      Be everwell.

                                      An image that shows the evolution of the map of Pannulus. Above left is the original, half-size version of Sancthor Island. Top center is its arrowhead shape. Top right is the full archipelago. All three images are in black and white, the ocean blue.

Below, and larger, is the color map of the archipelago Republic of Pannulus, which is located off the northeast coast of the Continent of Tremjara. The roughly circular island group is surrounded by the Veiled Sea to the west, Greenwall Strait to the northwest, Oln Strait to the southwest, and the Titania Ocean elsewhere.

Of the over twenty islands, the primary island, Sancthor, is larger than the others combined at about sixty percent. Centered in the group, and shaped like an arrowhead, it points into the ocean. Enormous Lake Arcana is in the west, the nation’s capital, Arthune, on its eastern shore. To the south where the arrowhead narrows is the Vortex Gulf. The Mysquanmic Vortex is located there and influences all aspects of Pannulus life. The Eventide Mountains dominate its center.

The next two largest islands, about equal in size, make up over thirty percent of Pannulus. Shorus, shaped like a bucking bronco, its tail to the north and head low, is in the extreme south and separated from Sancthor by the Akasha Sea. The Evertree Mountains fill its center. Subtonia Island, the fifth largest island, is between the bronco’s legs. Scurpia Island, shaped like a scorpion, its pincers facing northwest, is in the north, the Spinal Range running along its length. It’s separated from Sancthor Island by the Nevermist Sea and Ryskor Sea.

Also separating Scurpia from Sancthor is Serpent Island, the nation’s fourth largest. The country’s other islands are scattered.

                                      Alt...An image that shows the evolution of the map of Pannulus. Above left is the original, half-size version of Sancthor Island. Top center is its arrowhead shape. Top right is the full archipelago. All three images are in black and white, the ocean blue. Below, and larger, is the color map of the archipelago Republic of Pannulus, which is located off the northeast coast of the Continent of Tremjara. The roughly circular island group is surrounded by the Veiled Sea to the west, Greenwall Strait to the northwest, Oln Strait to the southwest, and the Titania Ocean elsewhere. Of the over twenty islands, the primary island, Sancthor, is larger than the others combined at about sixty percent. Centered in the group, and shaped like an arrowhead, it points into the ocean. Enormous Lake Arcana is in the west, the nation’s capital, Arthune, on its eastern shore. To the south where the arrowhead narrows is the Vortex Gulf. The Mysquanmic Vortex is located there and influences all aspects of Pannulus life. The Eventide Mountains dominate its center. The next two largest islands, about equal in size, make up over thirty percent of Pannulus. Shorus, shaped like a bucking bronco, its tail to the north and head low, is in the extreme south and separated from Sancthor by the Akasha Sea. The Evertree Mountains fill its center. Subtonia Island, the fifth largest island, is between the bronco’s legs. Scurpia Island, shaped like a scorpion, its pincers facing northwest, is in the north, the Spinal Range running along its length. It’s separated from Sancthor Island by the Nevermist Sea and Ryskor Sea. Also separating Scurpia from Sancthor is Serpent Island, the nation’s fourth largest. The country’s other islands are scattered.

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