Writing from Ithilien
RobinTolkien scholarship (conferences, publishing, bibliographies!); addicted to discursive footnotes and exploring the fuzzy boundaries between analysis and reader response; childless cat lady (go Queen Berúthiel, and queer feminist, autist, atheist.
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The link below goes to Nick Polk’s “An Open Letter to the Editors at Amon Hen: Regarding the Decision to Feature Tom Martin’s ‘The Palantír of the 21st Century: Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI...
Turning off Pangram on your account
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The vociferous response to Substack imposing an AI detector (Pangram) on us all without any warning has been educational—not only did I find several Substacks by experts in AI to subscribe to, but one of...
Styling it: the problem of Tolkien's initials
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Warning for autist/obsessive behaviors, potential nit-picking, and potentially some grumpy muttering!
I am deep in the stages of reviewing revised chapters for the racisms and Tolkien anthology: these a...
AI Issues
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Decided if I’m going to keep posting about AI issues (which I am), I need an image! (Search term: surveillance).
Personal example #1:
So I got the following email this morning (sender name, AI name...
Éowyn: The Expanded Edition
Éowyn, The Lord of the Rings, The Treason of Isengard, The War of the Ring, and Hild the cat! My Funko Pop, my books, my cat (well, I’m her human), and my photograph.
So during the last six months, I’ve been pulling together the bits and p...
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Life-long sff fan, retired English prof now independent scholar. I began this Substack to promote virtual and hybrid conferences relating to Tolkien scholars. But I am now exploring ideas for my own projects and sharing what others are writing.
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