Tom Shippey

Thomas Alan Shippey is a British scholar of medievalism, of medieval literature, including that of Anglo-Saxon England, and of modern fantasy and science fiction. In particular he is widely considered one of the world's leading academic scholars on the works of J. R. R. Tolkien about whom he has written several books and many scholarly papers. - Wikipedia

British linguist, critic, fiction writer

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9 September 1943

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J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century.

by Tom Shippey First published in 2000 — 8 editions
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The road to Middle-Earth

by Tom Shippey First published in 1982 — 8 editions
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Beowulf

by Tom Shippey First published in 1978 — 3 editions

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The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories

by Tom Shippey First published in 1993 — 2 editions

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Roots and Branches

by Tom Shippey First published in 2007 — 2 editions

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Fictional Space: Essays on Contemporary Science Fiction (Essays and Studies)

by Tom Shippey First published in 1991 — 2 editions
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Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: The Absolute at Large-Dragonsbane

by Tom Shippey First published in 1996 — 2 editions

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Medievalism in the modern world: essays in honour of Leslie J. Workman

by Richard J. Utz and Tom Shippey First published in 1998 — 2 editions

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Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories

by Tom Shippey First published in 1999 — 1 edition

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Leaves from the Tree

by Tom Shippey First published in 1991 — 1 edition

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J. R. R. Tolkien. Autor des Jahrhunderts.

by Tom Shippey First published in 2002 — 1 edition

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El Camino a la Tierra Media

by Tom Shippey First published in 1999 — 1 edition

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Poems of Wisdom & Learning in Old English

by Tom Shippey First published in 1976 — 1 edition

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The Shadow-walkers: Jacob Grimm's Mythology of the Monstrous (Arizona Studies in the Middle Ages and Renaissance)

by Tom Shippey First published in 2006 — 1 edition

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The Oxford book of fantasy stories

by Tom Shippey First published in 1994 — 1 edition
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Old English verse

by Tom Shippey First published in 1972 — 1 edition

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British linguist, critic, fiction writer

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9 September 1943

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OLID: OL2662378A
GoodReads: 5288510
ISNI: 0000000109225132
IMDb: nm0794142
Library of Congress Names: n83066141
VIAF: 88040343
Wikidata: Q95120
Inventaire.io: wd:Q95120

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Tom Shippey
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Tom Shippey

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