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m> Laura <halegirl.RemoveThis@gmail.com> spoke these staves:
>
> I run Fan History, a wiki dedicated to the history of fandom. It
> is located at http://www.fanhistory.com/ .
>
> If anyone knows much about the history of the Lord of the Rings
> fandom , I would very much appreciate it if you could take some
> time to edit Lord of the Rings article at
> http://www.fanhistory.com/index.php/Lord_of_the_Rings or any of
> the articles in the Lord of the Rings category at
> http://www.fanhistory.com/index.php/Category:Lord_of_the_Rings
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide. 
Looking at the pages listed, the emphasis seems to be on fan fiction
far more than any other aspect of fan activities (thus the list of
"Lord of the Rings Fanzines" fails to mention /Amon Hen/, /Mythlore/,
/Vinyar Tengwar/ and other important journals -- though I'm not sure
whether all of these journals would appreciate the company of e.g. 'a
series of Lord of the Rings slash zines'). Personally I don't seek
out fan fiction, though I've read a handful or so of the Potter
fanfics (not counting various humorous stories such as the AFT/RABT
e-text[1] or the interesting balrog news stories).
My impression is that fan fiction is far less common among Tolkien
fans than it is among Potter fans, for instance, though that may of
course change, albeit I must admit that I, personally, would rue it.
Of course it is nice to see that TEUNC is mentioned, but overall I
don't think that I'll be able to contribute anything to a site which
implicitly defines fans as those involved with fan fiction.
[1] <http://flyingmoose.org/tolksarc/book/book.htm>
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Troels Forchhammer
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Please put [AFT], [RABT] or 'Tolkien' in subject.
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- Aragorn "Strider", /Two Towers/ (J.R.R. Tolkien)
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