L'Arc et le Heaume (Special Issue) n°4 (La Chronologie du Seigneur des Anneaux de J.R.R. Tolkien) is the fourth special issue of the fanzine L'Arc et le Heaume by the Tolkiendil French association. It was published in 2023 and it is dedicated to the chronology of The Lord of the Rings. The fanzine is for the most part the translation of the article of William Cloud Hicklin, The Chronology of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien Studies, 2022, vol. 19, no 19, p. 22-152.
Contents
- Editorial - Vivien Stocker
- The Chronology of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings - William Hicklin
- I. Introduction
- II. The Chronology
Commentary: The development of synoptic time patterns
I. A synoptic chronology: time patterns
- 1 "Flying to Isengard with the speed of Sauron's wrath"
- 2. "A most regrettable mistake"
II. A new chronology: time diagram S2
- 1 "Whether we were in the past or in the future, or in a time that does not pass, I cannot say"
- 2. "Pippin sees the full moon rising and wonders where Frodo is"
- 3. "The details and perplexities of a war I had to fight"
- 4. "For two more nights they tramped through a harassed and shapeless country"
III. The creation of a chronology: the Shire Count
- 1 "If CC is to be used"
- 2. "If you prefer, on the last day of March"
IV. An exhaustive timeline: the S3 Timeline
- 1 "Filled with things they already knew, spelled out"
- 2. "But more time is needed for Aragorn"
- 3. "You'll excuse me, Mr Frodo," he said, "but do you have any idea how far we still have to go?"
V. A published chronology: Appendix B
- 1 "Here, at the end of all things"
Index of illustrations
External links
- Principal page of the fanzine
- About this special issue
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