Today Turbine has unveiled Volume II: Book 7: Leaves of Lόrien, the latest major content update for subscribers of The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria (LOTRO). Book 7, which is now available to North American subscribers (available in Europe on 3/24), delivers the next installment to the epic story of LOTRO, a new 12-player raid, the Spring Festival, access to the full region of Lothlorien, and more. An official press release follows. In addition, Turbine has just released a new batch of Book 7 screenshots, which illustrate Strange Happenings, a new quest arc that begins deep within the Waterworks of Moria.
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Or Fantasy, Reality, and the Places They Choose to Meet
You wouldn’t likely recognize the name Laurie Battle, but you’d be familiar with her work. Laurie has managed Tolkien Enterprises through thick and thin, storm and fair weather, for the last three decades, and probably knows more about the ins and outs of Tolkiendom than most.
So, of course when she replied enthusiatically to my slightly timid request concerning the eventual possibility of maybe considering the idea of one day doing a guest newsletter, I was delighted. Laurie has written about magical borders, clearly demonstrating that myth is never wholly a question of geographical boundaries. Continue reading “John Howe’s Journal: MAGICAL BORDERS”
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Michelf writes: The March 16 episode of Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report” featured an interview with Newbery Award-winning author Neil Gaiman. When asked for favorite authors when he was young, Gaiman promptly replied “Tolkien”. When he said his least favorite character was Tom Bombadil, Tolkien-geek Colbert launched into a stanza or two of Bombadil’s song. Continue reading “Neil Gaiman & Colbert Talk Tolkien and Bombadil”
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Henning writes: I Just found something that might be interesting for the news:
According to thedigitalbits.com the LOTR Blu ray disk is going to be released this December. More…
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Mark writes: Last Sunday I went to see the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra perform the Two Towers in sync with the film, in Lucerne in Switzerland. As with the Fellowship last year it is quite a surreal experience, you don’t know whether to watch the film the orchestra or the choir. The German subtitles add to the distractions. It was a wonderful performance, to my ears not a note wrong. I saw the matinee performance, there was going to be another performance in the evening, that is over 6 hours playing in one day, I am sure that those involved slept well. Continue reading “Lucerne, Switzerland Two Towers Concert Review”
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