Endóre

Zine
Title:	Endóre
Publisher:	Official publication of the "Tùrin" smial of The Tolkien Society
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Date(s):	1999-2005
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Medium:	print
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Fandom:	Lord of the Rings
Language:	Italian
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Endóre is a gen Lord of the Rings anthology in Italian and has the subtitle: "LA rivista della Terra di Mezzo." It contains fiction, art and articles and was published once a year. In 1999, the editorial staff of Terra di Mezzo left the Italian Tolkien Society and the magazine, and started "Endòre."

Issue 1

cover of issue #1

Endóre 1 was published in April 1999.

Editorial

• A balance and a relaunching, by Endòre (A history of the magazine. This is the first issue with this name, but the staff is the same who made issues 1-7 of former Terra di Mezzo (TdM), a magazine of the Italian Tolkien Society, and there is a substantial continuity. Report of staff members and contributors)

Articles

• Apologia of Mîm the Petty-dwarf, by Paolo Barbiano di Belgiojoso (An apologia of the notorious dwarf. Which is the truth about the end of the Petty-dwarves ? Was it a genocide ? Mîm’s personality and behaviour: different points of view. Why did Tolkien introduce such an unpleasant character?)
• Political and institutional structures in Middle-Earth: Bree-land, by Carlo Stagnaro (Second instalment of a survey which began in Terra di Mezzo No. 7 (the Shire). Bree-land: an example of successful racial "melting pot". Halfway between an alpine village and genuine America)
• Frodo’s friends, by Giuseppe Roncari (Friendship was the force which destroyed the kingdom of Sauron. Gandalf’s example. Frodo’s best friend, Bilbo. Way friends (Aragorn, Glorfindel…). Sméagol: an unlikely friend. Near till the end: Sam)
• Gollum between ups and downs, by Roberto Di Scala (The power of the Ring upon its bearers. Light and shade in a journey trough evil: the life of Gollum. Frodo as a counterpart of Sméagol)
• Publishing Tolkien (Italian translation of Rayner Unwin’s article, from Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary)
• Conference.
• Less noise and more green (Italian translation of Patrick Curry’s article, from Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary)
• Conference.

Forum

• Dear Editor …(Letter from Carlo Stagnaro apologizing for some errors in his article in TdM No. 7)
• Dear Editorial Staff …(Letter from Alberto Quagliaroli ("Alqua") who writes about the part played by Tolkien’s work in his religious experience)
• From the received letters (Letter from an unknown reader about Internet & Tolkien)
• Favourite characters and passages (Some readers write about their favourite characters and passages in Tolkien’s works)
• Tolkien in England, by Nicola Farinelli (The famous Waterstone poll, and the BBC list of the 100 greatest artist of this century)
• Barnabas Proudfoot’s corner (Errors and misprints in the italian translation of Tolkien’s works. A reader signalize some of them and Barnabas "pedantic" Proudfoot thanks)
• The door, by Lorenzo Daniele (Continuation of an article begun in TdM No 6. The experience of Daniele’s first reading of the * LotR: crossing the door opened by it. Looking at living creatures with different eyes)
• Round-table: Tolkien’s characters (Writing out of a midsummer afternoon‘s discussion among staff members, at editor’s home)
• Favourite and less favourite characters in Tolkien works. (Different interpretations and points of view) * Possible sources.
• Announcements (Amongst other things: Tolkien bow targets designed by Lorenzo Daniele (artist and bowman))

Fiction

• Root and branch (Italian translation of Alex Lewis’s story, from Nigglings)
• Il Verdecammino, by Enrico Imperatori (Poem about the Greenway)

Reviews

• Tolkien and comic-strips, by Nicola Farinelli (Tolkien quotations and Tolkien inspired stories in italian comic-strips)
• Of spears and rings, by Fiorenzo Delle Rupi (Comparision between Tolkien’s world and the saga of Dragonlance)
• J.R.R.Tolkien: The Peoples of Middle-Earth, by Franco Manni (Review of the last volume of The History of Middle-Earth)
• Andrea Occhino: Visioni fantastiche (Fantasy visions), by Franco Manni (Review of a booklet about fantasy movies)
• The LotR at the cinema, by Agostino Maiello (Why not ? Suggestions to make a (decent) movie out of the LotR)
• Reiff and Hall: An evening in Rivendell, by Edoardo Sbaffi (Review of the Danish CD with Tolkien’s inspired music)
• Emilia Lodigiani: Invito alla lettura di Tolkien (Invitation to read Tolkien), by Carlo Stagnaro (Review of one of the (few) good critical essays in italian about Tolkien)
• Robert Foster: The complete guide to Middle-Earth, by Paolo Barbiano di Belgiojoso (Review of Foster’s fundamental guide)

Columns

• J.R.R.Tolkien’s opinion about, by Franco Manni (A fictitious (but likely) conversation of J.R.R. Tolkien about his tastes)
• Quenya, by Edoardo Sbaffi (Linguistic section. In this number an analysis of the Oath of Cirion and Eorl)
• Internet corner, by Andrea Alberici (Tolkien MUDs. An exploration of Hobbiton in the Web)
• Gollum’s Cave, by Edoardo Vitto e Fabio Bono (Column by Edoardo Vitto e Fabio Bono. In this number: a Middle-Earth six hands story and some very good Lorenzo Daniele’s "Ringddles" (in the dark))
• Mathom, by Riccardo Moretti (Tolkien inspired miniature figures. Mithril Miniatures)
• The Hobbiton Library, by Enrico Imperatori (Eighth instalment of a bibliography about books on and of Tolkien.
• The Archives of Minas Tirith, by Giuseppe Roncari (The theme of hero’s recognition in Tolkien’s works)

MERP

• The ghosts of the mountain, by Enrico Clementel (Middle-Earth Role Playing adventure)

Artwork

• Gollum, by Lorenzo Daniele
• Treebeard, by Lorenzo Daniele
• The Argonath, by Lorenzo Daniele
• Dragon Helm, by Lorenzo Daniele
• A door of Moria, by Lorenzo Daniele
• Moria, by Franca Montesin
• Galadriel and Melian in Doriath, by Lorenzo Daniele
• "Sarumanians", by Lorenzo Daniele
• Barrow-wights, by Lorenzo Daniele
• Isildur at the Gladden Fields, by Lorenzo Daniele
• The Seven Fathers of the Dwarves, by Lorenzo Daniele
• Palantír, by Lorenzo Daniele
• Discussion between Frodo and Boromir, by Marcello Maestrini
• Sam Cooking, by Marcello Maestrini
• Gandalf Finds Out Sam, by Marcello Maestrini

Issue 2

cover of issue #2

Endóre 2 was published in December 1999.

Editorial

• A "small" work yet to be done, edited by Endòre

Articles

• Tolkien as an antitotalitarian, by Jessica Dates
• A reflection on Tom Bombadil, by Fiorenzo delle Rupi
• Evil circularity and Good paradoxicality, by Giuseppe Roncari
• An Hobbit' protohistory, by Ruth Bacon

Forum

• An invitation to read the LofR, by "Anonymous"
• An Esperanto philologist, edited by Endòre
• Report of Oxonmoot 99, by Lorenzo Daniele
• Round-table: the Hobbits, edited by Endòre
• The Movie, from Internet
• Blind Guardian' Songs, by Nicola Farinelli
• Enya and Tolkien, edited by Endòre
• The top-ten bestsellers, edited by Endòre
• Prejudices about the French, edited by Endòre
• Thank You, Gary, edited by Endòre

Fiction

• If Animals Can Talk, by Alex Lewis (reprinted from Nigglings)
• The Five Hundred Archers of the County, by Enrico Imperatori

Reviews

• Bilbo, by Edoardo Sbaffi
• Songs of M-E, by Edoardo Sbaffi
• Tolkien and M-E Handbook, by Paolo Barbiano di Belgiojoso
• JRRT's life, by Elena Grecchi
• Tolkien at the cinema - second part, by Agostino Maiello
• Marco Paggi: The Sword and The Maze, by Franco Manni
• Beloved Hobbits, We Are In Trouble, by Giuseppe Roncari

Columns

• JRRT's opinion about ..., by Franco Manni
• Quenya, by Paolo Barbiano di Belgiojoso
• Internet Corner, by Andrea Alberici
• Gollum's Cave, by Edoardo Vitto and Lorenzo Daniele
• Mathom, by Riccardo Moretti, Roberto di Meglio, Luigi Sbaffi
• The Hobbiville Library, by Enrico Imperatori
• The Archives of Minas Tirith, by Franco Manni

Girsa

• Double-cross, by Enrico Clementel

Issue 3

cover of issue #3

Endóre 3 was published in September 2000.

Editorial

• The Tolkenian reader at the crossroad ..., edited by Endòre

Articles

• Tolkien and the review of the Romantic Tradition, by Chris Seeman
• Tolkien and Orwell, by Carlo Stagnaro
• In reconnaissance, by Al.Qua
• Tolkien's Dark Side, by Fiorenzo delle Rupi
• Cosmology of the Middle Earth, by Beppe Roncari

Forum

• A Pilgrim at the Western Borders: I - Places and Situations, by Paolo Barbiano di Belgiojoso
• The Trees' Dance, by Lorenzo Daniele
• LotR: the Movie, by Agostino Maiello
• My thoughts on casting, by Sarah
• Notes on casting, by John R.
• Round-table: the Supernatural in Tolkien, edited by Endòre
• Smial "Turin", by Lorenzo Daniele
• Ring Drills, by Lorenzo Daniele
• We've received, edited by Endòre
• They say about us, edited by Endòre
• Nathan Never and Tolkien, by Elena Grecchi e Beppe Roncari

Fiction

• One glade in the Ithilien, by Alex Lewis (reprinted from Nigglings)
• The Implacable Caradhras, by Enrico Imperatori

Reviews

• Joseph Pearce: Tolkien: Man and Mith, by Franco Manni
• Jurgis Baltrusaitis: The Fantastic Middle Age, by Alvise Manni
• Gianni Guadalupi and Alberto Manguel: Handbook Of Fantastic Places, by Lorenzo Daniele
• AA.VV.: The Fight with Dragon. The English fantastic universe from Beowulf to Tolkien, by Lorenzo Daniele
• The Starlit Jewels, by Edoardo Sbaffi
• JRR Tolkien: Roverandom. The Adventures of a Winged Dog, by Elena Grecchi

Columns

• JRRT's opinion about ... The Sense of Life, by Franco Manni
• Quenya: Smichov's Mode, second part - Numbers and Puntuaction, by Paolo Barbiano di Belgiojoso
• Internet Corner, by Andrea Alberici
• Gollum's Cave, by Edoardo Vitto e Fabio Bono
• Mathom: METW or the Card's Deck LotR's Game, by Luigi Sbaffi
• LotR Miniatures: "Mithril Classics", by Riccardo Moretti
• Playing Tolkien's Battles, by Roberto Di Meglio
• The Hobbiville Library, by Enrico Imperatori
• The Archives of Minas Tirith - The Traitor, Turin's Tragic Issues, by Beppe Roncari

Girsa

• The Caverns of Terror, by Fabio Bono

Issue 4

cover of issue #4

Endóre 4 was published in April 2001.

Editorial

• Two points of view, by Endòre

Articles

• Historical Bias in the making of the Silmarillion, by Alex Lewis (translated by Roberto Di Scala) (reprinted from Nigglings)
• Narration in the Lord of the Rings, by Beppe Roncari
• An Enquiry on the Psychology of the Dwarves, by David Funk (translated by Carlo Stagnaro)
• Shall I at Least Set My Lands in Order, by Roberto Di Scala
• A Misunderstood Man, by Joseph Pearce (translated by Roberto Di Scala)

Forum

• The Water Pool, by Lorenzo Daniele
• The Unbearable Wait, by F. Casu and F. Delle Rupi
• Panel on Dwarves, by Endòre
• A Semi-serious Analogy between Tolkien and the Job of the Bible, by Alberto Quagliaroli
• The Interviewers of the Evil, by Elena Grecchi and Beppe Roncari

Fiction

• One glade in the Ithilien - 2nd part, by Alex Lewis (translated by Roberto di Scala) (reprinted from Nigglings)
• The Western Land of the West And Other poems, by Alberto Quagliaroli
• The Fall of Isengard, by Enrico Imperatori
• The New Shadow, by J. R. R. Tolkien (translated by Roberto Di Scala)

Reviews

• Joseph Pearce - Tolkien: a Celebration, by Paolo Barbiano di Belgiojoso
• H. Dickinson - A Film Portrait, by Lorenzo Daniele
• The Italian Translation of Beowulf: the Monsters and the Critics, by Franco Manni

Columns

• JRRT's opinion about ... Movies on ThLotR, by Franco Manni
• Internet Corner - The Sites on the Movie, by Agostino Maiello
• Gollum's Cave - Don't Do That, o Dark Lord !, by Edoardo Vitto
• Mathom - ThLorR Vignettes, by Riccardo Moretti
• The Hobbiville Library - Updates from UK and USA, by Enrico Imperatori
• The Archives of Minas Tirith - The Anniversaries, by Beppe Roncari

Merp

• Master Halgan's Workshop, by Enrico Clementel

Issue 5

cover of issue #5

Endóre' 5 was published in August 2002.

Editorial

• Phenomenology of the "Mass Culture", by Endòre

Articles

• The Narrative Art in The Lord of the Rings - The First Two Chapters, by Beppe Roncari
• Publishing Tolkien in Italy, by Quirino Principe
• Tolkien between "Genre" Literature and "Mainstream" Literature, by Fiorenzo Delle Rupi

Forum

• Tolkien and Job: a Parallel, by Alberto Quagliaroli
• About Manicheism in Tolkien, by an Internet Newsgroup
• ntroducing "Introduzione a Tolkien", by Endòre
• Report of the Tolkien Conference at Brescia 2001, by Alex Lewis
• Tolkenian Bows, by Lorenzo Daniele
• Panel on the Landscapes in Tolkien's Worksby Beppe Roncari, Filippo Rossi, Alberto Quagliaroli, Lorenzo Daniele, Franco Manni

Fiction

• A Glade in the Ithilien - Third Part, by Alex Lewis (reprinted from Nigglings)
• New Italian Translations of Songs and Poems in The Hobbit, by Lorenzo Daniele
• A Long Expected Party, by Enrico Imperatori
• Beyond to the West, by Alberto Quagliaroli

Reviews

• Unfinished Tales of Numénor and Middle-Earth, by Franco Manni
• The History of Middle-Earth: Volumes 1-12, by Franco Manni
• Several Recent Italian Books on Tolkien, by Carlo Stagnaro
• The Fellowship of the Ring - The Movie, by Tom Shippey
• The Fellowship of the Ring - The Movie, by Filippo Rossi
• J. R. R. Tolkien: the Author of the Century, by John Gart
• Introduzione a Tolkien, by Alberto Mingardi, Pietro Meschini & Lorenzo Gatti, Fritz Tegularius, Luigi Pachi

Columns

• Tolkien Speaks about ...a Secret Vice, by Franco Manni
• Mathom: Lord of the Rings Vignettes by Mithril - Second Part, by Riccardo Moretti
• The Internet Corner, by Andrea Alberici
• The Gollum's Cave: Impossible Questions to Tolkien Fans, by Edoardo Vitto
• Minas Tirith Archives: Who is Tom Bombadil ?, by Franco Manni
• The Library of Hobbiton: Tolkien Journals and Fanzines in the World, by Enrico Imperatori

Merp

• Esterlings !, by Fabio Bono & Edoardo Vitto

Artwork

• By Lorenzo Daniele, Davide Cattaneo, Giovanni Luzi, Stefano Sergi, Filippo Rossi, Ilaria Bozzuffi

Issue 6

cover of issue #6

Endóre 6 was published in August 2003.

Articles

• The nature of the Rings of the Power, by Alex Lewis
• The Narrative Art in The Lord of the Rings, by Beppe Roncari
• The problem of the Evil, by Alberto Quagliaroli
• About a definition of magic, by Simone Bonechi
• About "sarumanism", by Fabio Larcher

Forum

• Letters, by Endòre
• Considerations about 'The Two Towers', by Endòre
• Return to ME, by Filippo Rossi
• Report on the Convention, by Alex Lewis
• Actagenda, by Endòre
• The interviewers of the evil, by Elena Grecchi and Beppe Roncari

Fiction

• A Glade in the Ithilien - Fourth Part, by Alex Lewis (reprinted from Nigglings)
• The shadow of the past, by Enrico Imperatori
• Poetry from 'The Hobbit', by J. R. R. Tolkien

Reviews

• Introduction to Tolkien, by AA. VV.
• The art of John Howe, by Davide Cattaneo
• The art of Hildembrandt brothers, by Lorenzo Daniele
• Splintered light, by Alberto Quagliaroli
• A question of time, by Alberto Quagliaroli
• Lord of The Rings, by Gianni Cavallari
• Italian books, by Carlo Stagnaro
• Words of Power and magic runes, by Fiorenzo delle Rupi

Columns

• Tolkien speaks about ..., by Lorenzo Daniele
• The Internet Corner, by Andrea Alberici
• The Gollum's Cave, by Edoardo Vitto
• Mathom, by Riccardo Moretti
• The Library of Hobbiton, by Enrico Imperatori
• Minas Tirith Archives, by Beppe Roncari

Merp

• The Fear of Demons, by Fabio Bono

Issue 7

Endóre 7 was published in October 2004.

cover of issue #7

Articles

• The Problem of The Choice, by Alex Lewis
• The Problem of the Evil, by Alberto Quagliaroli
• Tolkien and Spirituality, by Christopher Garbowski
• Tolkien and Internet, by Beppe Roncari

Forum

• Denethor, by Graziella Visintin
• Interview to Shippey, by Franco Manni
• Report on the Convention, by Alex Lewis
• Actagenda, by Endòre

Fiction

• A Glade in the Ithilien - Fifth Part, by Alex Lewis (reprinted from Nigglings)
• In tre si è in Compagnia, di Enrico Imperatori
• Poetry, by J. R. R. Tolkien

Reviews

• Different Essays about Tolkien, by Carlo Stagnaro
• The annotated Hobbit, by Agostino Maiello
• Tolkien Portfolio, by Beppe Roncari
• Spirituality in LoR, by Paolo Barbiano
• A Glade in the Ithilien, by Franco Manni
• Tolkien author of the Century, by Franco Manni
• Ubi maior Minor cessat, by Franco Manni
• The Truth about Tolkien, by Franco Manni
• The movie by Jackson, by Filippo Rossi
• The movie by Peter Jackson, by Enrico Imperatori
• L'anello che non tiene, by Simone Bonechi
• The Life of J. R. R. Tolkien, by Elena Grecchi
• On S. Francesco and Tolkien, by Paolo Barbiano
• The Art of Ted Nasmith, by Davide Cattaneo

Columns

• Tolkien speaks about ..., by Lorenzo Daniele
• The Internet Corner, by Andrea Alberici
• Mathom, by Riccardo Moretti
• The Library of Hobbiton, by Enrico Imperatori

Merp

• The Fear of Demons, by Fabio Bono

Issue 8

cover of issue #8

Endóre 8 was published in Autumn 2005.

Editoriale

• Un panorama promettente ..., a cura di Endòre

Articoli

• Gimli figlio di Glóin, di Paolo Barbiano OCD
• Narrazione fantastica e teologia, di Alberto Quagliaroli
• Noi Hobbit siamo un Popolo Felice, di David Bryn
• La complessità dell'atteggiamento di T. verso la WWI, di Franco Manni e S. Bonechi
• Tolkien e Internet, di Beppe Roncari

Forum

• Tolkien 2005 - Reportage, di Beppe Roncari e Davide Cattaneo
• Intervista ad Alan Lee, di Chris Kreuzer
• Intervista all'Unico ..., di Elena Grecchi e Beppe Roncari
• Tavola rotonda, a cura di Endòre

Fiction

• i libri Nero del Mastio Rosso, di Alex Lewis (reprinted from Nigglings)
• Legolas e Gimli a Valinor, di Marco Catalano
• Una scorciatoia che porta ai funghi, di Enrico Imperatori
• L'ultima canzone di Bilbo, di J. R. R. Tolkien

Recensioni

• Mitopoiesi, fantasia e storia in Tolkien, di Alberto Quagliaroli
• J. R. R. Tolkien - Il Silmarillion, di Davide Cattaneo
• Peter Jackson - Il ritorno del Re, di Filippo Rossi
• A tavola con Tolkien, di Elena Grecchi
• Mitopoiesi, fantasia e storia in Tolkien, di Paolo Barbiano OCD

Rubriche

• L'opinione di JRRT su ..., di Lorenzo Daniele
• L'angolo di Internet, di Andrea Alberici
• La Biblioteca di Hobbiville, di Enrico Imperatori
• Mathom, di Riccardo Moretti
• L'Archivio di Minas Tirith, di Beppe Roncari

Girsa

• La falce dei Valar, di Angel Galli (Girsa Crew)