Barliman’s chatroom regular Ugluk found this in his mail today:
On this day in 1954 the first book of J.R.R Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings was published. Nobody much noticed. Source: The Daily Mail
Sometimes it takes a while for a good thing to receive its due. I haven’t been able to confirm this anywhere else, so if you can please drop a line. Thanks Ugluk for the tip!
UPDATE: Robert refered me to page 183 of The Letters of JRR Tolkien where I find this, “…The Fellowship of the Ring, was published on 29 July 1954.” Sounds definitive to me, thanks Robert!
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This weekend we’ve selected a topic on the academic side of things:
Middle-earth and Human History: Comparisons and Contrasts
We offer two times for these Tolkien discussions, one on Saturday at 17:30 Eastern Standard Time, and the other Sunday at 19:00 Central European Time. Come to the Barliman’s homepage for more details!
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Thanks to Gamgee for finding this item of interest!
Interested in auditioning for a musical rendition of “The Hobbit”? If you live in the Saratoga, California area, click here for more details!
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The Wellington reporter sends us some news of Viggo Mortensen in the Dominion; and notices some new filming activity. (more)
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The Wellington reporter wrote in to say that the Dominion newspaper had a snippet on Viggo Mortensen. Apparently during a fight scene he accidentally hit a starlet and ‘sent her spinning’ whatever that means. His apology afterwards was as handsome as his character, according to the paper.
Which starlet, I wonder? There’s not a lot of starlets in LOTR, and somehow I don’t see Cate Blanchett doing fight scenes, plus she’s not around right now. I’m not sure any stuntpeople or ex-Shortland St. actors are ‘startlets’ in this context. Which leaves only…Liv?
Oh dear. XenArwen opponents are not going to happy with this turn of events. Or maybe they’ll be delighted.
Wellington Reporter goes on to say that he noticed the tell-tale conglomerate of trucks, tents and cranes setting up in the same spot on the Hutt River (near Wellington)where they were flooded out recently. Looks like we got the rain up north, so this time they could be luckier. Rumour has it they’re filming Anduin scenes there.
Thanks again to our very switched-on Wellington Reporter.
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Hiya Everyone, Gamgee reporting in for entertainment duties! Our last winner was Opus! Good job my friend! The answers were:
1) Bullroarer Took
2) Arkenstone
3) Sam Gamgee
Here are the questions for today:
1) “Who was the only Ent mentioned that died in the destruction of Isengard?”
2) “urwegontmo” (Scrambled Tolkien Person, place or thing…mentioned throughout LotR)
3) “But what?….Only one but will I allow tonight.” (Who said this?…check in RotK)
As always, Mail me with your answers, the 1st person to send all 3 correct answers in one mailing will be posted here next time! Good luck………Gamgee
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