Tolkien

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• in Gaming
  I Am 54 And I Think I'm A Hobbit
  Do you suffer from a split personality and is one of them a hobbit? You aren't alone.
  by fotodigital / on Oct 29, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Tolkien”

• The Hunt for Gollum

  
  What The Christ? — Authority: 152
  This is a short film based on The Lord of the Rings . It follows Aragorn’s hunt for Gollum prior to the Fellowship .
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• Why fantasy series drag on and why we keep buying them

  
  Her Ladyship's Quest — Authority: 112
  The fantasy genre thrives on multiple book series. Readers love getting into an exciting world of magic populated by great characters, and then having multiple novels with which to enjoy the experience. Publishers do a lot of printing to meet this need, but then readers often complain that promising series degenerate ...
  1 day ago

• JRRT (the “spy”) at the GCCS: An Update

  
  The Cimmerian — Authority: 133
      After my Tolkien post last Sunday , several interesting new insights have come to light. Wayne Hammond and Christina Scull, authors of The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide , posted this response to the Daily Telegraph article over on the J.R.R. Tolkien Collector’s Guide forum : The latter seems ...
  2 days ago

• The Silmarillion(Read by Martin Shaw) by J.R.R. Tolkien Unabridged ipod m4b (with chapters)

  
  Rapidshare Bloggers — Authority: 98
  Released like the CD version in 3 Volumes with chapter indexes in m4b format for ipod/iphone/itouchThe Silmarillion is J.R.R. Tolkien’s tragic, operatic history of the First Age of Middle-Earth, essential background material for serious readers of the classic Lord of the Rings saga. Tolkien’s work sets the ...
  2 days ago

• The Ring of Words: From Winterfilth to Blotmath

  
  OUPblog — Authority: 567
  J.R.R. Tolkien’s first job was as an assistant on the staff of the OED , and he later said that he had ‘learned more in those two years than in any other equal period of [his] life.’ In The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary , three senior OED editors – Peter Gilliver, Jeremy Marshall, ...
  2 days ago

• The Children of God

  
  Traditio et Virtus — Authority: 127
  Alan Lee - Farewell on the edge of Mirkwood Ive just started reading The Silmarillion again, after years of promising myself another revisit. Reading it with eyes that are completely different than the ones that last absorbed Tolkiens great and beautiful opus, has so far proved incredibly rewarding. My mind ...
  3 days ago

• Ian McKellen surrounded by evil mutants on The View

  
  The Hero Complex — Authority: 674
  I wish that, just for a moment, Ian McKellen actually possessed some of those nature-bending powers that he wielded in the " Lord of the Rings " and " X-Men " films because it would have been a delight to see him turn the set of " The View " into a charred crater. The esteemed 70-year-old thespian was a guest on ...
  3 days ago

• New Read or Reread?

  
  Jane's Ride — Authority: 410
  “Rereading, we find a new book.” – Mason Cooley My wonderful sister, who knows how I panic over coming up with blog ideas, recently forwarded me a Dear Book Lover column by Cynthia Crossen in the Wall Street Journal. It featured a letter from a woman who liked to read the same novels over and over. The ...
  3 days ago

• And Now the News: Hooker with a Heart of Gold

  
  Michael May's Adventureblog — Authority: 473
  Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, & Chanteys I appreciate a good pirate band at the local Renaissance Festival. Ill even buy their CDs if theyre cool enough. But thats not what this is. This is 43 pirate songs by folks like Nick Cave, Lou Reed, and Bryan Ferry . This is something that just went into my Amazon ...
  4 days ago

• “Trumpets, towers, tenements, wide oceans full of tears…”

  
  Quid plura? — Authority: 103
  And so the exhausted medievalist flees to Ocean City, Maryland, intent on finding time to become reacquainted with The Hobbit for next Wednesday’s class. (He first read the book here—bought it on the boardwalk—more than 25 years ago.) But after golfing among Vikings and honoring the deathless gods of ...
  5 days ago

• Tolkien News (to me)

  
  The Cimmerian — Authority: 133
  If one judged by recent posts, it might be hard to tell that The Cimmerian is a “website and shieldwall” for Robert E. Howard and J.R.R. Tolkien . The Man From Cross Plains has dominated our recent blog activity, but never think we’ve forgotten Tollers. The Cimmerian will be giving the Loremaster of ...
  5 days ago

• Signs of the Apocalypse Roundup – November 2009 – Week 1

  
  (Cool) Shite on the Tube - Film, TV, Comics, Games, Books, Genre Pop Culture. — Authority: 134
  VH1 orders new-daddy series Show will instruct unprepared men on how to be good fathers The network has ordered a new reality series from “The Biggest Loser” producer 3Ball Prods. tentatively titled “Dad Camp,” in which first-time fathers receive a crash course in grown-up responsibilities. “Dad Camp” ...
  5 days ago

• The Tales that Really Mattered

  
  Traditio et Virtus — Authority: 127
  
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• Vampires and Angels – 2

  
  A Christian Worldview of Fiction — Authority: 418
  We had such good discussion on the Vampires and Angels Tuesday post, I decided to blog on it again rather than responding in the comment section. Where to start? First, I think I’ve made my point about real beings and historical events , but what about those elements that are purely make-believe? Such as ...
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• The League of Bearded Catholics

  
  Old World Swine — Authority: 417
  So many little indicators , lately, that its time to do this. Ive been sitting on it for a while, but the world should no longer have to go on without The League of Bearded Catholics . I started thinking about the need for such a thing years ago, as I began to notice that a lot of my favorite Catholics (like, ...
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• Hobbit update: Casting, monsters, costumes!

  
  Hobbit Movie News and Rumors | TheOneRing.net — Authority: 611
  The team is, “Already testing the animated models of several creatures and doing puppetry tests for others.”
  1 week ago

• The Fortifying Value of Stories

  
  The Children's Hour — Authority: 103
  I have been quite behind in posting for a number of reasons including the fact that we have been reading the Lord of the Rings books which are taking considerably longer than many others we have read! Just last night we read the following portion from The Two Towers . I am struck by how often in great stories ...
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• xkcd Comic Talks Rings

  
  Hobbit Movie News and Rumors | TheOneRing.net — Authority: 611
  Ashley (and many others) write: Check out this Lord of the Rings Comic. Not sure if you had seen yet. More..
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• Tolkien festival to be held in Wales

  
  FantasyBookReview.co.uk blog — Authority: 516
  The influence the Welsh language had on JRR Tolkien is to form part of a major new festival to honour the author. The Festival in the Shire will celebrate themes inspired by Tolkien, whose novels included The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, and is the brainchild of local book dealer Mark Faith. "My [...]
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• Arise, Sir Saruman: Lord of the Rings actor Christopher Lee knighted

  
  FantasyBookReview.co.uk blog — Authority: 516
  Last week saw veteran actor Christopher Lee knighted by the Prince of Wales in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. He was honoured for services to drama and to charity.Lee, originally best known for his performances opposite Peter Cushing in the Hammer Horror movies, has featured in 250 films over the course of a career ...
  1 week ago

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