Mallorn 4

Mallorn 4 is the fourth issue of the Tolkien Society's journal Mallorn, published in 1971.

Contents[edit | edit source]

Editorial
- The Editors' Thing
  - By Steven Thomson
- Letters to the Editors
  - By John B. Abbott, Arthur Crittenden, Su Adler & Helen Kurley, Dave Weldrake, Hal Broome, Bryan Talbot, and A.R. Fallone
- Competition announcement
  - Task: to prepare a cast list for a hypothetical film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings
  - Note: The results of this competition were never announced in subsequent issues.
- Belladonna's Postbag
  - By Belladonna Took (Vera Chapman), Malcom Edwards, Dave Weldrake, Jane Keep, Vincent Curran, Cliff Cumming, Hal Broome, Neil L. Burgess, and Hartley Patterson
Notes
- Tolkien and the Fairies of British Folk Tradition
  - By Dave Weldrake
- Notes on the Influence of Anglo-Saxon Literature on The Lord of the Rings
  - By Bob Borsley
- Social, Military, and Political Aspects of Rohan
  - By Peter Burley
Creative
- Ghost of Love (poem)
  - By A.R. Fallone
Book reviews
- Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees
  - Reviewed by Hal Broome
- Deryni Rising by Katherine Kurtz
  - Reviewed by A.R. Fallone
- The Elric novels by Michael Moorcock
  - Reviewed by Rosie Turner
- The Wood Beyond the World by William Morris
  - Reviewed by Belladonna Took (Vera Chapman)
Illustrations
- By Bryan Talbot, John B. Abbott, Roger Nixon, and Hal Broome