1988

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1988.

February

• 7 - Author Lin Carter dies.

July

• 29 - Mythcon XIX begins.

August

• 1 - Mythcon XIX ends.
• 25 - The Return of the Shadow is published.

September

• 23-25 - Oxonmoot 1988.
• ? - Vinyar Tengwar 1 is published.

October

• 28 - The Annotated Hobbit is published.

November

• ? - Vinyar Tengwar 2 is published.

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• ? - The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship is founded.
• ? - The poem Narqelion is published in Mythlore.
• ? - Melbourne House publish J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth
• ? - Johan de Meij finishes his Symphony No. 1 "The Lord of the Rings".
• ? - A Question of Time by Verlyn Flieger is published.
• ? - Arda 1984/1985 is published.
• ? - The 1988 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar is released.
• ? - Minas Tirith (1988 book) is published.
• ? - Shadow in the South is published.
• ? - Mouths of the Entwash is published.
• ? - Raiders of Cardolan is published.
• ? - Teeth of Mordor (book) is published.
• ? - Halls of the Elven-king is published.
• ? - Tolkien and Romanticism is published.

Years 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991