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• Production of The Hobbit delayed until Summer 2010

  
  FantasyBookReview.co.uk blog — Authority: 132
  Production for the Lord Of The Rings prequel The Hobbit, that was originally set for March has been pushed back until the summer of 2010. “We’re currently working on the second script, which we hope to have completed by the end of this year or beginning of next. When the scripts are completed, we can [...]
  21 hours ago

• Tolkien Reading Event

  
  Hobbit Movie News and Rumors | TheOneRing.net — Authority: 631
  Anthony and Jessica from herenistarion.org write: It is my hope this finds you well. As most of you know on Saturday Dec. 6th, 2009, 3pm, SI OUTLOUD Is hosting a Tolkien reading event, which I have pasted their event announcement below. We are very grateful to them for allowing Jessie and I, and The Northeast [...]
  3 days ago

• ‘The Hobbit’ Delayed . . . Again

  
  The Flickcast — Authority: 533
  The Hobbit has been on everyone’s radar since the success of the Lord of the Rings films, but has been a long time coming. After New Line was sued by both director Peter Jackson and Tolkien’s heirs, Jackson is now reporting yet another delay to Variety . Stating that writing on The Hobbit , which will be a ...
  4 days ago

• An Open Letter to an Anonymous Friend

  
  Nascent Narratives from the Edge of the World — Authority: 119
  Below is a response to a friend whom Ive recently been in contact with again after nearly twenty years. In high school we were seemingly coming from polar opposite viewpoints, but I always appreciated his willingness to converse with me and I felt there was a mutual respect for one another - even though we disagreed ...
  4 days ago

• Article Title Unknown

  
  A Large Regular — Authority: 471
  Isildur Isildur was the name of a JRR Tolkien character. Isildur is also the name of the most discussed on-line poker player on the planet today. In Tolkien lore Isildur was the second King of Gondor and the man who cut the ring of power off the hand of Sauron. Isildur kept the ring of power for himself and that ...
  4 days ago

• What are your five favourite books?

  
  News Politics — Authority: 136
  My list changes every time I’m asked the question. You can listen here to the titles I gave, by podcast, to the bibliophile website keebra.com. Playing the recording for the first time, I shake my head wonderingly at my failure to include anything by either PG Wodehouse or Evelyn Waugh. No doubt, in a couple [...]
  4 days ago

• 2 Hemispheres, 2 Seminars, 2 Calls for Papers

  
  Hobbit Movie News and Rumors | TheOneRing.net — Authority: 631
  The Tolkien Society Seminar for 2010 is happening in two parts, one in the UK and one in Australia arranged by the Tolkien Society in partnership with Tol Harndor: The Australian Tolkien Society. The Tolkien Society Seminars provide academics, students and independent scholars with a venue for interdisciplinary ...
  5 days ago

• Parma Eldalamberon 18

  
  Lingw - Musings of a Fish — Authority: 100
  I recently got word from editor Christopher Gilson that the latest issue (#18) of the journal Parma Eldalamberon has now been published. Actually, I heard from him before it was published, but I’ve been sadly remiss about sharing the goodies. The 150-page issue is called “Tengwesta Qenderinwa and ...
  6 days ago

• C.S. Lewis’ 111th Birthday!

  
  Narnia Fans — Authority: 461
  “Alas, eleventy-one years is far too short a time to live among such excellent and admirable hobbits.  I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” (Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings ) We were reminded today, by our friend Mark ...
  6 days ago

• The script for the first Hobbit film now complete

  
  FantasyBookReview.co.uk blog — Authority: 132
  Producer Peter Jackson has announced that the script for the first Hobbit film is now complete. “The Hobbit will be two movies and we’ve written the first script and delivered it to the studio that seems to be happy with it. We’re now halfway through the second script and Philippa, Fran, Guillermo and myself are ...
  1 week ago

• C.S. Lewis’s Eleventy First Birthday

  
  The C.S. Lewis Foundation Blog — Authority: 110
  November is an important month in the life of C.S. Lewis - he was born November 29, 1898, and died November 22, 1963. For his milestone eleventy-first birthday this year (Bilbo Baggin’s birthday in the opening chapters of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings) , the C.S. Lewis Foundation salutes CS Lewis and may his ...
  1 week ago

• Middle-earth Weekend and Staffordshire Hoard

  
  Hobbit Movie News and Rumors | TheOneRing.net — Authority: 631
  A note from Vivienne Wilkes, one of the many organizers of the Middle-earth Weekend, with details of next year’s event. This will be held as usual at:Sarehole Mill in Birmingham, Englandand will be open from 11.00am until 5.00pm onSaturday and Sunday15th and 16th May 2010.Vivienne is not taking an active role in ...
  1 week ago

• that 70s book

  
  in all honesty — Authority: 419
  I was chatting with my 20-something nephew a couple of weeks ago about books we liked. Inevitably, The Lord of the Rings came up. "Oh, yes," he said, "I tried to read that three times, but I didnt get very far. I reckon the only reason people ever read that book is that there was nothing else to do in the 70s." ...
  1 week ago

• California, Alice, and Bond… James Bond

  
  Cheshire Cat Photo Blog (... said the Cat: 'we're all mad here....') — Authority: 130
  Not to mention E.B White , J.R.R. Tolkien , Richard Adams , L. Frank Baum , C.S. Lewis , A.A. Milne , J.K. Rowling , and H.G. Wells …. The Southern California auctioneer, Profiles in History , will be auctioning a valuable collection of children’s literature, as well as some collectibles for adults, on ...
  1 week ago

• The Long View: Good Frodo and Evil Gollum

  
  Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose — Authority: 456
  The Long View Good Frodo and Evil Gollum By Manuel L. Quezon III Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 23:28:00 11/22/2009 IN book two of “The Fellowship of the Ring,” Celeborn, elven co-ruler of Lothlórien, speaks directly to the readers as much as to the Fellowship when he counsels, “Do not ...
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• Jonathan Zap on Inner & Outer Riches

  
  MAGICK RIVER — Authority: 130
  Appreciating Inner Riches By Jonathan Zap 14 November 2009 What good fortune can possibly surpass the value of a rich inner life? Yes, for thousands of years, the earths resources have largely been ruled by extroverted men of action, but as Mark put it, "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain ...
  2 weeks ago

• On zombie Robert Jordan

  
  Mr. Topp and the Big Bad Blog — Authority: 130
  As a child and young adult, my favourite genre of fiction was without a doubt fantasy. As a child, I did not care about the quality of the writing at all. As I aged, I still loved the fantastical stories but required a bit more from the author than a vivid imagination. Today, I question even the “vivid ...
  2 weeks ago

• New Audio At The Library

  
  On The Same Page — Authority: 126
  Half the Sky Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn guide us through Africa and Asia to meet the extraordinary women struggling there and how a little help can transform their lives. A Cambodian teenager ...
  2 weeks ago

• Tolkien/Lewis lecture this weekend in Dallas

  
  Lingw - Musings of a Fish — Authority: 100
  First, my apologies for the silence here at Lingwë over the past few weeks. I lost my job on November 2 and have been engaged in the search for a new one since. The good news is that it looks like I’ll be gainfully employed again starting the first week of December. But in the meantime (and considering that ...
  2 weeks ago

• Dude and Dude: Like Un Friends

  
  O'Ceallaigh & The Quill — Authority: 126
  “Like wow , dude. I wonder what the prize was.” “Prize for what , dude?” “For winning the New Word of the Year Award , dude!” “They’re giving out awards for new words? Who is?” “The, um, New Oxford American Dictionary, says here.” “Somebody’s sales projections are down, I see. So ...
  2 weeks ago

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