Space, time and Tolkien -- Inside language -- Linguistic convergence -- Power of the name -- Holes in the ground -- Inventing the Orcs -- Armies of Darkness -- Last march of the Ents -- O for the wings of a Balrog -- Six wheels on my dragon -- Eyes of Legolas Greenleaf -- Mithril -- Laboratory of Feanor -- Gates of Minas Tirith -- Lives of the Elves -- Giant spiders and 'Mammoth' Oliphaunts -- Indistinguishable from Magic -- In the matter of Roots -- One ring -- Science and fantasy.