Archive for May, 2009

2009 Mythopoeic Award Finalists

Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Books & Publications

The Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature is given to the fantasy novel, multi-volume, or single-author story collection for adults published during 2008 that best exemplifies the spirit of the ... Read more..

Warner Confirms Long-Term Lord Of The Rings Game Plans

Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Gaming

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has confirmed that it will be releasing games based on the Lord of the Rings books and films across "multiple genres and platforms." The confirmation comes ... Read more..

Alan Lee Heads to the WETA CAVE!

Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Alan Lee, Events, Fans, Meet Ups, New Zealand, Other Events, WETA Digital, WETA Workshop

From the folks at WETA: We are very excited to announce that Weta's good friend and renowned Tolkien illustrator, Alan Lee, will be doing a book signing at the Weta ... Read more..

Weta brings sci-fi giant to screen

Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in WETA Digital, WETA Workshop

Giant flying creatures, a lush jungle planet, a futuristic flying machine and a "power suit" are just some of the images audiences are likely to see in Titanic director James ... Read more..

Mailing List Signup

Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in TheOneRing.net Announcements, TheOneRing.net Community

We have been getting many requests for a link to sign up to our mailing list. We have not added the link to our side menus just yet, but we ... Read more..

Matchstick Minas Tirith Amazes

Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Creations, Fans

Daniel writes: Patrick Acton, the Matchstick Man of Gladbrook, Iowa has posted 5 new photos of his matchstick model of Minas Tirith on his website! He has made a lot ... Read more..

Promo Trailer for Del Toro’s The Strain

Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Books & Publications, Guillermo Del Toro

From: Wired Magazine (via shocktillyoudrop.com) Next week, Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan's "The Strain" hits bookshelves. It's the first novel in a trilogy (I've liked what I have read of ... Read more..

Sean Bean Fights Black Death

Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized

Evie writes: I surmise you might have wondered what Sean Bean is currently up to - after portraying Zeus in the upcoming "Percy Jackson" movie. This regularly updated bi-lingual English/German ... Read more..

John Howe’s Journal: JUST WHAT IS IT ABOUT DRAGONS?

Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized

Or A Few Thoughts On Creatures That Don't Exist Last October, I was asked if I would write a foreword for a book on... dragons. Having just had Forging Dragons publish ... Read more..

Fictional Frontiers May 31st Transcript

Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in ComicCon, Conventions, Events, Guillermo Del Toro, Hobbit: Movie, The Hobbit

Elven x sends along a transcript from today's segment of Fictional Frontiers: A fun show this week on Fictional Frontiers with Sohaib and Larry Curtis talking about all things LOTR ... Read more..