TaffyCat writes: On Saturday, April 30, at 3:00 pm in the Community Room of the Bloomington, Illinois Public Library, author David Salo will speak on the Elvish languages in the Lord of the Rings and various aspects of his involvement with the movies. David served as a linguistic consultant and wrote dialogue and songs in Elvish for the Lord of the Rings movies. He is the author of the recently released book A Gateway to Sindarin: A Grammar of an Elvish Language from JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.
As a prelude to David’s program the three Lord of the Rings films will be shown in the Community Room, free of charge on three consecutive evenings. The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King will be shown on April 27, 28 & 29 (Wednesday, Thursday & Friday) respectively. All three movies will start at 6:30 p.m. [More]
