Archive for August, 2011

Oxonmoot 2011 Still Open

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 Posted in Conventions, Events

Folks from The Tolkien Society write: Three days left to book rooms and meals for Oxonmoot 2011 (23-25 September 2011, Oxford, UK)! Full booking closes Sunday 4th September - please ... Read more..

The Road to DragonCon Goes through Denver Tonight!

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 Posted in Conventions, DragonCon, Events, Fans, Headlines, Hobbit Movie, Lord of the Rings, Meet Ups, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Announcements, TheOneRing.net Community, Tolkien, TORN TV

TheOneRing.net, with major sponsor The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, will arrive in Denver, Co tonight (8/31/11). After a day spent touring Gandalf around Moab, UT and ... Read more..

TORn Message Boards Weekly Roundup – August 31 2011

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 Posted in Calendar, Hobbit Book, Other Tolkien books, Silmarillion, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Community, Uncategorized

Welcome to our collection of TORn's hottest topics for the past week. If you've fallen behind on what's happening on the Message Boards, here's a great way to catch the ... Read more..

The Road to DragonCon Goes through Salt Lake City Tonight!

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 Posted in Conventions, DragonCon, Events, Fans, Headlines, Hobbit Movie, Lord of the Rings, Meet Ups, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Announcements, TheOneRing.net Community, Tolkien, TORN TV

TheOneRing.net, with major sponsor The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, will arrive in Salt Lake City Utah tonight (8/30/11) for a quick stop at the Bay Leaf ... Read more..

Book Review: The Brazen Serpent Chronicles by R. Dennis Baird

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 Posted in Books Publications, Conventions, Events, Merchandise

This month, J.W. reports from Gen Con and reviews The Brazen Serpent Chronicles by R. Dennis Baird. To find out more about these books, visit brazenserpentchronicles.com. Be sure to check ... Read more..

Collecting The Precious – Sideshow Collectibles Arwen Maquette Preview

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 Posted in Collectibles, Collectibles, Fellowship of the Ring, Liv Tyler, Lord of the Rings, LotR Books, LotR Movies, Merchandise, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers, Return of the King, Sideshow Collectibles, The Two Towers

Today, in Sideshow Collectibles Production blog we finally get the full preview of the previously announced Arwen maquette from The Lord of the Rings maquette line. Arwen will come in ... Read more..

Howard Shore Talks About Scoring The Hobbit

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 Posted in Crew News, Director news, Hobbit Movie, Howard Shore, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, Peter Jackson, Production, The Hobbit

Classic FM has a audio interview up with Howard Shore concerning his work for The Lord of the Rings and also The Hobbit. From Classic FM: Howard Shore has written over 80 ... Read more..

The Road to DragonCon Begins Tonight!

Monday, August 29th, 2011 Posted in Conventions, DragonCon, Events, Fans, Headlines, Hobbit Movie, Lord of the Rings, Meet Ups, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Announcements, TheOneRing.net Community, Tolkien, TORN TV

  TheOneRing.net, with major sponsor The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, is leaving on the first ever live-streamed road trip across America tonight! Starting at approximately 10pm PT, ... Read more..

Casting Call: The Next ‘Hobbit in 5′ Host Could Be You!

Monday, August 29th, 2011 Posted in Casting Calls, Events, Headlines, TheOneRing.net Announcements, TheOneRing.net Community, TORN TV

The hunt is on! With our lovely and talented former host Rebekah Platt moving on to the Mouse House at Disney, we are in need of a replacement host, and ... Read more..

Newstalk Talks Tolkien

Monday, August 29th, 2011 Posted in J.R.R. Tolkien, Tolkien

Rob writes: A discussion on Tolkien was held on the irish radio station Newstalk last Sunday. Their "Talking History" program covered Tolkien's life and how that influenced his writing. Guests ... Read more..

Bid on a Guided Tour of PJ’s ‘Park Road Post’

Monday, August 29th, 2011 Posted in Events, New Zealand, Tours

Nikki writes: Plunket are an iconic NZ charity and Park Rd Post have very kindly donated an exclusive guided tour of the facilities and lunch for 4 in our current ... Read more..

New Book: A Tolkien Tapestry: Pictures to accompany The Lord of the Rings

Monday, August 29th, 2011 Posted in Books Publications, Hobbit Book, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Merchandise, Tolkien

Pieter Collier from the Tolkienlibrary.com writes: Exactly 50 years ago the artist Cor Blok created about 140 illustrations to accompany The Lord of the Rings, he visited Tolkien who liked ... Read more..