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===Articles===
===Articles===
* [[1972]]: ''[[Parma Eldalamberon 2]]''
* [[1972]]: ''[[Parma Eldalamberon 2]]''
** "A Source for Tolkien's Tengwar?"
** "A Source for Tolkien's Tengwar?", reprinted in the book ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', pp. 276–79 under the title "A Parallel to the Tengwar".
* [[1973]]: ''[[Mythlore 9]]''
* [[1973]]: ''[[Mythlore 9]]''
** "Genesis of ''The Lord of the Rings'': A Study of Saga Development"
** "Genesis of ''The Lord of the Rings'': A Study of Saga Development"
* [[1973]]: ''[[Parma Eldalamberon 3]]''
* [[1973]]: ''[[Parma Eldalamberon 3]]''
** "Review of A Guide to Middle-earth"
** "Review of A Guide to Middle-earth"
** "The Queer Brandybuck Names"
** "The Queer Brandybuck Names", reprinted in the book ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', pp. 198–206 under the title "The Celtic-Sounding Names".
* [[1973]]: ''[[Mallorn 7]]''
* [[1973]]: ''[[Mallorn 7]]''
** "The Story of 'The Silmarillion'"—Part I (Included in ''[[An Extrapolation on The Silmarillion]]'', a monograph published in [[1975]]''
** "The Story of 'The Silmarillion'"—Part I (Included in ''[[An Extrapolation on The Silmarillion]]'', a monograph published in [[1975]]''
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** "Gandalf’s Description"  
** "Gandalf’s Description"  


===Tolkien Fanzines <sup>Fanzines privately circulated to less than twenty persons.</sup>===
===Tolkien Fanzines <ref group=note>Fanzines privately circulated to less than twenty persons.</ref>===
* [[1973]]: ''[[Tolkien Language Notes]]'' 1
* [[1973]]: ''[[Tolkien Language Notes]]'' 1
* [[1974]]: [[Tolkien Language Notes 2|''Tolkien Language Notes'' 2]]
* [[1974]]: [[Tolkien Language Notes 2|''Tolkien Language Notes'' 2]]
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* [[1978]]: ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]''
* [[1978]]: ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]''


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Revision as of 10:20, 14 February 2014

James D. Allan (Jim Allan; b. 1945) published books and articles on Tolkien in the 1970s, primarily on linguistics. His An Introduction to Elvish was the first book-length publication on Tolkien's invented languages. His surname is sometimes wrongly printed as Allen with an e.

In the late 70s Jim was moderator of the Toronto branch of the Mythopoeic Society which in the early 80s became the Fantasy, Folklore, and Mythology Discussion Group, not particularly connected with Tolkien.

Jim was editor of Mythprint (with Elliott Grassett, Karen Pearlston, and Dorothy Tate) in part of 1975/1976 and the same group served as data production editors on Mythlore 12, Mythlore 13, Mythlore 14, and Mythlore 15 (June, 1976 to March, 1977).

In 1979 Jim was one of the two guests of honour at Mythcon 10.

Since the late 90s Jim has been active on many web forums, usually using the logins Jallan, jallan, Jallanite, or jallanite.

He is currently (2012) an active member of the Wellinghall (Toronto) Smial of The Tolkien Society.

Bibliography, selected

Articles

Tolkien Fanzines [note 1]

Monographs

Books

Notes

  1. Fanzines privately circulated to less than twenty persons.