An alert Tolkien fan spotted this at the Barnes and Noble website – it’s the chance to advance order ‘The History of the Lord of the Rings.’ It’s by Christopher Tolkien (natch!) and it details the history of the books from their inception to their final form. It promises to offer many early drafts and unpublished passages. It’s coming out in September, but meanwhile you can check it out here. Thanks to Matt for that!
We’ve got a pile of links to interesting Tolkien-related books here, just while we’re on the subject of books.
Month: June 2000
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From: Bob
Christopher Lee (Saruman) was a guest on TV Guide Channel’s “Insider”. The majority of the conversation was about his upcoming BBC movie “Gormenghast”. There was brief mention of the Lord of the Rings movie. Check out www.tvguide.com/channel for a video clip. I assume that it is the same clip that was broadcast on the TV Guide Channel. For those who don’t have/know what TV Guide Channel is, it is basically a screen divided in half, with the bottom a continous scroll of what is currently on all the cable channels and the top is used for advertisements and TV Guide’s featurettes like “Insider”.
Click here for the clip (RealPlayer is needed). Note: The clip was not working for me, maybe you’ll have better luck 🙂
Today, June 7, is Karl Urban’s (Eomer) Birthday. Karl was born on June the 7th, 1972, in Wellington, New Zealand. That makes him 28 today! Happy Birthday Karl!
From: DanB1485
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July’s Issue of InQuest Gamer has an article on the new blockbuster films you can’t miss. They have a section on Lord of the Rings which has pictures from the online footage, and even gives a few spoilers such as information about Peter Jackson, and saying, “He’s being as true to the books as film will allow, though the end of ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’ film reportedly climaxes with the events from the beginning of the trilogy’s second book, Boromir’s battle with the orcs.”
Hello everyone, Gamgee here with another edition of the Tolkien fun section! Our last winner was Morden! Good job old friend! The answers were:
1) 3430
2) Osgiliath
3) Beregond
Here are the questions for today:
1) What was the name of the chief of the ravens, who brought Thorin news in “The Hobbit”?
2) “naahrort” (Scrambled Tolkien person, place or thing)
3) “Then our paths are sundered.” (Who said this?)
As usual, Mail me with your answers the 1st person to send all 3 correct answers will be posted here next time!……Gamgee