1987

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1987.

April

• 23 - Pictures under Discussion is published.

July

• 24-27 - Mythcon 18.

August

• 27 - The Lost Road and Other Writings is published in the UK.
• 28 - Actor John Huston dies.

September

• 25-27 - Oxonmoot 1987.
• ? - Mallorn 24 is published.

October

• 8 - Roger Lancelyn Green, Inkling and biographer, dies.
• 15-16 - The Great Storm of 1987, which had been "predicted" by Tolkien in a curious coincidence; in The Notion Club Papers (written in 1945) Tolkien mentions a great storm in 1987, which however occurs during 12 June in England.

November

• 30 - The Lost Road and Other Writings is published in the US.

December

• 24 - Terence Tiller, writer of the 1955 radio series of The Lord of the Rings, dies.

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• ? - Christopher Wiseman dies.
• ? - Mithril Miniatures is founded.
• ? - The Tale of Gondolin is released.
• ? - Gates of Mordor (book) is published.
• ? - Lords of Middle-earth: Vol. II is published.
• ? - Pirates of Pelargir is published.
• ? - Woses of the Black Wood is published.
• ? - Rivendell: The House of Elrond is published.
• ? - Havens of Gondor is published.
• ? - Ents of Fangorn is published.
• ? - Dunland and the Southern Misty Mountains is published.
• ? - Lost Realm of Cardolan is published.
• ? - Assassins of Dol Amroth is published.
• ? - Weathertop: Tower of the Wind is published.
• ? - The 1988 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar is released.
• ? - Douglas A. Anderson, in cooperation with Christopher Tolkien, suggests to Houghton Mifflin to synchronise its 1966 edition of The Lord of the Rings with the more up-to-date British edition, and encourages for more potential corrections.

Years 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990