Readers who venture beyond the material published while Tolkien was alive, are quickly faced with ambiguity: what is the right version of a story? What is the ‘correct’ history of Galadriel? What is the ‘correct’ background of the orcs? [More]
Day: August 8, 2003
Readers who venture beyond the material published while Tolkien was alive,
are quickly faced with ambiguity: what is the right version of a story? What is the ‘correct’ history of Galadriel? What is the ‘correct’ background of the orcs?
A ‘canonical’ text is one which is believed to provide authoritative information about Middle-earth. All agree that The Lord of the Rings is a canonical text, and most assign near equal weight to The Hobbit. However, due to heavy posthumous editing, The Silmarillion is considered by many not to be canonical, and people put various amounts of trust in the many drafts and essays in Unfinished Tales and the “History of Middle-earth” series. Additionally there’s the ‘letters of JRRT’ to consider.
We will discuss why the ‘inner consistency’ was so important to Tolkien and the experience of the reader, how the mythology changed over the course of his life, and what texts should comprise the canon.
Join us this weekend in #thehallofire as we explore Tolien and the ‘canon’.
Upcoming Topics:
August 16-17: Colours in Tolkien’s World
August 23-24: RoTK, Book 6, Chapter 2: The Land of Shadow
Times:
Saturday Chat:
5:30pm ET (17:30)
[also 11:30pm (23:30) CET and 7:30am Sunday (07:30) AET]
Sunday Chat:
7:00 pm (19:00) CET
[also 1:00pm (13:00) ET and 3:00am (03:00) Monday morning AET]
ET = Eastern Time, USA’s East Coast
CET = Central European Time, Central Europe
AET = Australian East Coast
Do you have a possible topic for Hall of Fire? Drop us a line at halloffire@theonering.net.
SideshowWeta has just released a series of new statues from their upcoming Return of the King products! The set includes the Theoden Statue (seen here at Comic Con), the Fell Beast and Morgul Lord Statue, and the King Elessar Statue! Don’t get too excited…The images for the Fell Beast and King Elessar will not be released until November, but they have opened up the pre-order for those collector’s who want to reserve their piece. Check it out! [King Elessar] [Fell Beast] [King Theoden]
Last night I posted this story about an amazing Ent costume spotted at a festival. Well this morning Marc sent along some more pictures of this so-called ‘Ent-Man’ (ok I call him that -Xo). Who is he? Where does he come from? No one seems to know…not even Marc: ‘He did a stage show one year on stilts and talked about the costume while on stage. He said it took many years to build.’ [More]
Have YOU seen Ent-Man? If so drop me a line!
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AZ Telcontar from the Chicago Fellowship writes: Come gather together with fans from the Midwest and beyond for a fun time packed with all sorts of “Lord of the Rings” events! Some of our activities include viewing the extended DVDs of Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers… [More]