The Tolkien Journal

One of the first Tolkien-related fanzines published. It was published first by the New York Tolkien Society and then the Tolkien Society of America. There were 15 issues (8.5" x 11") between Spring 1965 and Summer 1972 when it merged with Mythlore.

Ian Ballantine was an early supporter, paying for the first two issues to be mimeoed and for the mailing list to be put on Addressograph stencils.

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
1	Spring 1965	1	Ed. is Dick Plotz; Reprinted December 1968
2	Winterfilth 1965	3	Reprinted December 1968
3 V2.1	"Afteryule" 1966	16
4 V2.2	"Astron" 1966	18
5 V2.3	"Afterlithe" 1966	17
6 V2.4	"Hrive 9834" Winter 1966	17
7 V3.1	1967	28	Includes Green Dragon #2
8 V3.2	1967
9 V3.3	late summer, 1968	23	Ed. is now Ed Meskys
10 V3.4	November 1969	16
11 V4.1	January 1970	24	Joint issue with Orcrist #3; Ed. is Richard C. West
12 V4.2	Winter 1970	24	Joint issue with Mythlore #5; Ed. is Glen GoodKnight
13 V4.3	1969-1970	24	Joint issue with Orcrist #4; Ed. is now Richard C. West
14 V4.4	1970-1971	32	Joint issue with Orcrist #5
15	Summer 1972	32	J. R. R. Tolkien 80th birthday issue; Ed. is Ed Meskys and Glen Goodknight

The Tolkien Journal online at fanac.org

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