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'''Jason Fisher''' is an American independent scholar specializing in [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], the [[Inklings]], and Medieval Germanic philology. He runs the blog ''Lingwë - Musings of a Fish''.
'''Jason Fisher''', writer and software developer from the United States, runs the blog ''Lingwë - Musings of a Fish'' (with content on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[C.S. Lewis]], [[the Inklings]], J.K. Rowling, and fantasy literature in general; language, linguistics, and philology; comparative mythology and folklore, etc.)


In [[2010]], Fisher was appointed editor of ''[[Mythprint]]'', the monthly bulletin of the [[Mythopoeic Society]].
Fisher was the editor of ''[[Mythprint]]'', the monthly bulletin of the [[Mythopoeic Society]], from [[2010]] through [[2013]].
 
==Bibliography==
===Books===
*[[2011]]: ''[[Tolkien and the Study of His Sources]]'' (editor)


==Bibliography, selected==
===Articles===
===Articles===
*[[2006]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment]]''
*[[2006]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment]]''
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*[[2008]]: [[Tolkien Studies: Volume 5|''Tolkien Studies'': Volume 5]]
*[[2008]]: [[Tolkien Studies: Volume 5|''Tolkien Studies'': Volume 5]]
**"Three Rings for — Whom Exactly? And Why? Justifying the Disposition of the Three Elven Rings"
**"Three Rings for — Whom Exactly? And Why? Justifying the Disposition of the Three Elven Rings"
*[[2010]]: [http://www.lotrplaza.com/ Lord of the Rings Fanatics Plaza]
**[http://www.lotrplaza.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=239540 Some Contributions to Middle-earth Lexicography: Hapax Legomena in ''The Lord of the Rings'']
*[[2010]]: ''[[Mythlore]]'' 111/112
**"Dwarves, Spiders, and Murky Woods: J.R.R. Tolkien's Wonderful Web of Words."
*[[2010]]: ''[[Mythprint]]'' (June issue, Vol. 47, No. 6, #335, on pp. 3–4)
**"[http://www.mythsoc.org/blog/interview-with-simon-tolkien/ Interview with Simon Tolkien]"
* [[2010]]: ''[[Middle-earth and Beyond|Middle-earth and Beyond: Essays on the World of J.R.R. Tolkien]]''
**"Sourcing Tolkien's 'Circles of the World': Speculations on the Heimskringla, the Latin Vulgate Bible, and the Hereford Mappa Mundi"
* [[2010]]: ''[[Middle-earth Minstrel]]''
** "Horns of Dawn: The Tradition of Alliterative Verse in Rohan"
*[[2014]]: ''[[Tolkien in the New Century|Tolkien in the New Century: Essays in Honor of Tom Shippey]]
**"Tolkien's Wraiths, Rings and Dragons: An Exercise in Literary Linguistics"


===Reviews===
===Reviews===
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*[[2009]]: ''Mythprint'' March/April (Volume 46:3-4, #324-325)
*[[2009]]: ''Mythprint'' March/April (Volume 46:3-4, #324-325)
**"''Tales Before Narnia'' edited by Douglas A. Anderson"
**"''Tales Before Narnia'' edited by Douglas A. Anderson"
*[[2018]]: [[Tolkien Studies: Volume 15|''Tolkien Studies'': Volume 15]]
**"''The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide'' ed. by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond"


== External links ==
== External links ==
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*[http://lingwe.blogspot.com Lingwë - Musings of a Fish]
*[http://lingwe.blogspot.com Lingwë - Musings of a Fish]
*[http://www.mythprint.org Mythprint (official website)]
*[http://www.mythprint.org Mythprint (official website)]
*[http://middle-earth.xenite.org/2011/12/19/an-interview-with-jason-fisher/ An Interview With Jason Fisher] at [http://middle-earth.xenite.org/ Middle-earth.Xenite.org]


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Latest revision as of 22:59, 4 December 2018

Jason Fisher is an American independent scholar specializing in J.R.R. Tolkien, the Inklings, and Medieval Germanic philology. He runs the blog Lingwë - Musings of a Fish.

Fisher was the editor of Mythprint, the monthly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, from 2010 through 2013.

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

Books[edit | edit source]

Articles[edit | edit source]

Reviews[edit | edit source]

  • 2008: Mythprint April/May (45:4-5, #313-314)
    • The Hobbit 70th Anniversary Edition by JRR Tolkien"
  • 2009: Mythprint March/April (Volume 46:3-4, #324-325)
    • "Tales Before Narnia edited by Douglas A. Anderson"
  • 2018: Tolkien Studies: Volume 15
    • "The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide ed. by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond"

External links[edit | edit source]