The Tolkien Crackpot Theories Page

As a result of hanging around the newsgroup rec.arts.books.tolkien entirely too much, we seem to have collected a small yet unusual collection of absurdist Tolkien theories - ludicrous speculations about both Middle-earth and its inhabitants. A number of these curiousities are presented here for your edification.

• 1. A Theory about Grima of Rohan
• 2. The Descendants of Durin
• 3. The Truth about Tom Bombadil
• 4. Ten Rejected Lord of the Rings Plot Twists
• 5. Lembas
• 6. The Lay of Galadriel and Gimli
• 7. Tolkien as Calculus
• 8. The Lord of the Rings Animated Movie
• 9. The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen
• 10. The Final Answer: Was Rohan Medieval?
• 11. Technology in Middle-Earth
• 12. The Circus of Sauron
• 13. The 27 Nazgul
• 14. Why The Elves And Dwarves Don't Get Along
• 15. Adapting The Book For Hollywood
• 16. The Two-Hour Movie
• 17. Lossiel
• 18. Arwen, the Warrior Babe
• 19. Building the Barad-Dur
• 20. What Saruman Was Really Doing
• 21. The Finger of Sauron
• 22. Pulp Tolkien
• 23. The Great Balrog Slippers Debate
• 24. The Truth about Windows 95
• 25. If LOTR were run like RABT

If you know of other unusual (not to say deranged) theories about Middle-earth which have appeared in the rec.arts.books.tolkien newsgroup, feel free to send us an e-mail and tell us about them.

Pleased be advised, though, that we're often months behind in our e-mail.