This weekend we continue our Fellowship of the Rings chapter by chapter discussion in The Hall of Fire with chatper five, A Conspiracy Unmasked. More details here.
Day: April 14, 2001
For the weekend of April 14 & 15, we’ll be continuing our chapter by chapter discussions of The Fellowship of the Ring. This time around is chapter five:
A Conspiracy Unmasked
Frodo learns that his secrecy hasn’t been so secret and that his true friends (and family) are there when he needs them. We also get a final taste of Maggot’s mushrooms, the classic bathing tune, and a peak at what a relocated Bag-End looks and feels like. Frodo’s bitter parting is sweetened here in chapter five.
Come down to The Hall of Fire to share this segment with us! If your reading Lord of the Rings for the first or tenth time, if you are young or old, man or woman, hobbit or elf, makes no matter. New chatters are always welcome here.
Place: #thehalloffire on theonering.net server; come to theonering.net’s chat room Barliman’s and then type /join #thehalloffire .
Saturday Chat: 7:00 pm ET (19:00) [also 12:00 am Sunday (0:00) GMT and 9:00 am Sunday (09:00) AET]
Sunday Chat: 8:00 pm (20:00) AET [also 11:00 am (11:00) GMT and 6:00 am (06:00) ET]
Sunday Chat: 6:00 pm (18:00) GMT [also 1:00 pm (13:00) ET and 3:00 am (03:00) Monday morning AET]
ET = Eastern Time, the time on the USA’s east coast
GMT = Greenwich Mean Time, the time in Western Europe
AET = Australian Eastern Time, the time on Australia’s east coast
Questions? Topics? Send ‘em here.
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Thanks to Matt, we get a look at some of the unintentionally funniest LOTR merchandising we’ve seen so far. It’s over at Elostirion and it could be joke, but on the other hand, it could be true. Look and marvel. (More)
Matt sent me a link that quite frankly came close to making me lose my dinner suddenly. It could be a joke…I mean, we’ve all made jokes about things like the Arwen doll with light-up Evenstar and poisoned Frodo….the Asfaloth with custom galloping action…but could these things ever become reality? According to the news at Elostirion, they could! Well, there’s never been a proven limit to bad taste, otherwise after 30 years of giggling at flares, people wouldn’t be wearing them again.
I know I know, in a free country it’s not actually a crime to suffer from bad taste, (shame, that) and the toys people play with in the privacy of their own homes is nobody elses business but their own…. but really, you have to marvel at this. Don’t miss the link at the bottom to the LOTR marble bag . Collect and trade! (You WILL be assimilated. Where’s the little marble that says “All your base are belong to us”?) (More…..ARRRGH!)
The debate between purists and revisionists is nothing new – it existed before the LOTR film project was announced. As far as the books go, there’s always been a Tolkien Society devoted to respectful scholarship and celebration of the works of Tolkien. There’s also an Alternative Tolkien Society, for those who can’t get enough of a good thing…they’ve gone on to create MORE history for Middle-earth. They’ve relaunched their website, which you can see here