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# Tolkien's Mad Hobby that Spawned Middle-earth (Mythic Mind)
- URL: https://mythicmindfellowship.com/tolkiens-mad-hobby-that-spawned-middle-earth-mythic-mind/
- Published: 2025-07-01T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-20T21:07:20.000Z
- Author: Andrew Snyder

I am reviving my Substack series on Tolkien's letters.

In this freebie episode, I discuss a 1916 letter to Edith Bratt in which Tolkien mentions his "mad hobby" that would one day lead to the creation of Middle-earth.

[Watch Tolkien write and speak a bit of Elvish here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKyaKmDDRdo&ref=mythicmindfellowship.com)

Get the book: The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (J.R.R. Tolkien): [https://bookshop.org/a/129785/9780358652984](https://bookshop.org/a/129785/9780358652984?ref=mythicmindfellowship.com)

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