Ecthelion has checked in with his review of Oxenmoot. Oxenmoot is a yearly meeting by the Tolkien society (U.K.). It was held in Oxford at professor Tolkiens old college Exeter.
The full report will be up shortly, but here is a small snippet for your salivating pleaseure!
At 12 miss Priscilla Tolkien had a reception, with food and drink,in the main hall. This is of course very much appriciated since it gives everyone a chance to greet the proffesors lovely and indeed very hospitable daughter. In the afternoon it continued with a concert by the “Tolkien Ensemble” from Denmark who performed work from their new cd: A Night in Rivendell. If you do like this kind of music i can really recomend it! From there on it was varius forums, slideshows and workshops.
But if non of these things interests you, one is free to visit all (well not really all) the pubs you want or just take a tour of the really wonderful town of Oxford. From eight o clock the college pub opened and the main hall opened for a really Tolkienesque evening. There were music, singing and reading but most of all there was the costume-contest in which all sorts of costumes were entered. But as allways after making the pub-staff work for their money they closed. So we had to organize some after parties to keep up the good work.
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It started 10 minutes late, but it started. For those deluded few who thought I knew all, this just goes to prove I can’t predict the weather or Chicago traffic. So my appologies to everyone who showed up promptly only to have to wait. And my super huge appologies to all those Chicago drivers who got cut off by the Honda with the “I brake for Hobbits” bumpersticker, I was in a big hurry 😉
So for all of you who are itching to prove how knowledgable you are at Tolkien Trivia, head over to the Barliman’s Tolkien Trivia Test and give it a whirl. It should put you in the right frame of mind for the upcoming Tolkien Brain Bender contest.
So give it your best shot, I am sure there will be some fierce competition.
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Xoanon here,
This is upsetting news, but the casting of Blanchett is not official. And as far as her UK agent, it is ‘News to her’.
While this in no way means that this is a false rumor, I think we could call her casting as Galadriel a little ‘hasty’. Her agent did say however that it could be very possible that things can change in the next few weeks. More to come
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Xoanon here,
Well folks, it seems that everyone’s dream for Terence Stamp to play a baddie in LOTR is untrue. TheOneRing.net placed a call asking if Stamp had been cast we received a hard line
‘Absolutely not’
When asked if he was even a contender
‘Not that I know of, I mean they did this with (Tim) Spall as well, it’s untrue’
(Tim Spall was once heavily rumored to play Gimli the Dwarf, a role now taken up by John Rhys-Davies). So that’s it straight from the best source possible.
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Just a reminder the Barliman’s Tolkien Trivia Contest begins at 8PM EST tonight. For more details on the contest and the prizes you can read about it here.
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Greetings, Quickbeam here.
“No rest for the wicked,” they say, and no rest for us at the Green Books! Reader response has been remarkable. Indeed, our premiere Stump the Staff item stirred up a lot of feedback. Recall the perplexing riddle of Gandalf’s note: “Do Not Use It Again“? Well, some of your alternate answers were quite compelling; see the updates here.
Over in Questions & Answers, I have learned my lesson about being too hasty… and nobody is going to let me get away with an incomplete answer! We have posted some great follow-up here.
Also: fresh from the inkwells of YOU, the Fans, we have over a dozen new poems & stories in “Moon Letters.” We have a broad international audience here at TheOneRing.net™, as evidenced by the myriad submissions we receive from around the world.
Check out an extraordinary piece by Eledhwen, “Master Samwise’s Last Journey” and enjoy a “Guided Tour” of famous battlefields with Salvador Busquets (tip of the hat to Sal for his work, especially since English is NOT his first language!). Follow the ongoing adventures of Gasgaroth the Smithee in our serial, “The Dead Ringer Cometh” see Chapter III here.
Lastly, I’m thrilled that my kindred spirit, Mia, is now contributing her terrific illustrations to TheOneRing.net™! Her work is whimsical and lovely; you can see her stuff in the Fan Art Section here. And check out the *whacky* Gandalf Coin Bank she drew for me! Maybe one day I can make her my Entwife (oops, did I let that slip?).
Much too hasty,
Quickbeam
P.S. You’d better pull out all your old Tolkien volumes for the upcoming Brain Bender Contest! It’s going to be super-tough, I promise, but the prizes are excellent. 🙂
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