I haven’t received any correct answers for the Tolkien Fun Section as of yet, Come on folks! Let’s put on our thinking caps, and get cracking on that Tolkien trivia! Mail me and good luck!

The next Tehanu’s Note is going online in the next few days, and it’s some way off-topic, so I suppose I’m testing our range a little here. Gentle mental stretching required.

The good folks from Mithril have left the mines to give us some of their latest news. [More]

The History of Middle Earth is out in a big black hardbound edition which you can check out here

Thanks to White Gold Wielder over at Minas Tirith.com for that alert.

Ringer Spy dtk4 sends in the following from an industry paper. The text says ‘New Line Cinema Proudly Thanks Peter Jackson and the Thousands of Filmmaking Artisans Who have Magically Transformed New Zealand into Middle Earth’.

From: John Cook

G’day Xoanon!

We’ve finished the latest LOTR cartoon caption contest, having chosen the winning punchline. The cartoon has Fraudo Braggins asking Gonedaft the Wizard why he dresses in grey. Gonedaft’s reply is a twist on the famous “do not meddle in the affairs of wizards” line. Check it out at here.