News for Sep. 02, 2001

JRR Tolkien: A Tribute

9/02/01, 1:32 pm EST - Xoanon

With all our thoughts on DragonCon, movies, video games, stars, red carpets and Hollywood hoopla, we can tend to forget the English Professor who took a blank sheet of paper and wrote 'In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit...' Those were the words that started an adventure which has lasted over 1/2 a century and captured the minds and hearts of hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Today, the 2nd of September, marks the death JRR Tolkien. We'd like to thank you, Professor, for everything.

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began...