The Hall of Fire hosts another round of live Tolkien chat this Saturday and Sunday. Our topic:
The Hobbit
This past week marks not only the birthday of Bilbo Baggins, Expert Treasure Hunter from the Shire, but also the anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit in 1937. To honor these occasions we will talk at length about this wonderful story and its effect on the world. More details here.
Saturday Chat: 5:30 p.m. EDT [10:30 GMT]
Sunday Chat: 6:00 p.m. GMT [1:00 EDT]
Place: #thehalloffire on theonering.net server; come to our chatroom Barliman’s and then type /join #thehalloffire
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The Hall of Fire hosts another round of live Tolkien chat this Saturday and Sunday, September 23 and 24. Our topic:
The Hobbit
This past week marks not only the birthday of Bilbo Baggins, Expert Treasure Hunter from the Shire, but also the anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit in 1937. To honor these occasions we will talk at length about this wonderful story and its effect on the world.
What are your favorite moments from The Hobbit? How about your favorite songs, riddles, or quotes? Characters? How about meeting Gandalf and Gollum for the first time!?
What started out as a yarn for The Professor’s own children became the legendary adventure that millions of readers around the world have enjoyed. Come along this weekend at either of our two featured times, to share in some of the treasure that is The Hobbit!
Saturday Chat: 5:30 p.m. EDT [10:30 GMT]
Sunday Chat: 6:00 p.m. GMT [1:00 EDT]
Place: #thehalloffire on theonering.net server; come to TheOneRing.net chatroom Barliman’s and then type /join #thehalloffire.
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Well, after delving though countless entries, I have at last found the winners of Gollum’s Riddle Challenge! Click here to view a list of the winners!
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SFX is reporting that New Line is releasing the D&D movie December 8th. What does this mean for LOTR fans? We believe New Line very well might place the LOTR trailer with this film. [more]
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Wow, check out this whopper of a story from Stuff.co.nz:
The Lord Of The Rings movie trilogy will cost $675 million, about $315 million more than previously reported, according to American magazine Vanity Fair.
The budget blowout, if correct, would make the Rings trilogy the second most expensive movie production ever, after the three new Star Wars films which cost about $736 million.…[more]
Note by Corvar: The $675m is likely in NZ dollars. Who knows what currency the Star Wars numbers are in. But in general, always be leary of an article in which two countries are involved and what currency they are talking about is excluded.
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Well, the Gollum Riddle Challenge 2000 was no match for you fans! The contest was over in under 12 hours! We will post the winners and answers later today.
(geez, now we have to figure out REALLY hard ways to give stuff away! heh)
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