Greetings – Quickbeam here.
Ah, CRAM… the perfect Thanksgiving Feast to serve a Tolkien fan. Not only can Green Books teach you the secret recipe for those famous rib-sticking dwarf rations, but we can teach you Elvish too! Check it out:
·Want to see Sauron as Tolkien envisioned him? The Professor had wonderful drawing talent, as shown in the new edition of J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator. Turgon has a copy of this most perfect of Christmas presents over on his Bookshelf.
·This is your chance to learn Elvish grammar! We are very proud to bring you this exclusive feature: Cent o Hedhellem “An Examination of the Elvish Tongues” over in Moon Letters! Amaze your family at the dinner table when you let loose with a silvery sentence of Quenya.
·Solve some mysteries with our new Questions & Answers:
Why an additional Morgul-path?
Why did the Nazgûl have such a hard time finding the Shire?
How was Gandalf brought back from bodily destruction?
Who was the real father of Bullroarer Took?
All these and more can be found here.
·Learn to make cram the traditional way. Our LOTR Recipes Section brings the best culinary delights of Middle-earth right your kitchen.
·Have a creative writing piece, song, or poem inspired by Tolkien? Send it to us at greenbooks@theonering.net
For all our international readers who don’t really celebrate Thanksgiving Day, well, what can I say? You really don’t know what you’re missing. The food, the family fighting, the upset stomach. It’s the most hellacious American holiday of them all.
Much too hasty,
Quickbeam
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Elendil sends us some info about the upcoming ‘Eurobash’:
Curunir and Messiah are, as many of you know, planning a Barlimaniacs event in the US, August 2001. This event is for any who can attend, to meet the faces behind the names, and find out if their verbal abilities are better than their typing. =]
Well, many of us European folks just won’t be able to afford that, so I have had it bestowed upon me to organise the European version.
LOTR is scheduled for release around Christmas of 2001. To see the film, with people who appreciate Tolkien, near the spiritual home of the Great Man seems to be a great idea.
Essentially, the idea at this point is for you folks on mainland Europe to come across to the UK for however long you please – for some perhaps just a day or two, others for a full-on holiday, to meet each other, see the film, and do whatever else.
Early ideas revolve around meeting to consume heinous amounts of alcohol, see the film, and take it from there – in no particular order. It’d be nice to have people together for a few days, or even a week, but that is all up to you folks. I want your suggestions and ideas. We can brainstorm as many ideas as possible before the event, and then come up with some vague itinerary for it.
The idea of a little ‘Tolkien Tour’ has been suggested – drink in the pub where he and C.S. Lewis did in Oxford (only a short, cheap train journey from London), see Oxford Uni, JRR’s grave… whatever!
Some of the more energetic amongst us have already expressed a desire to go clubbing in London. The Odeon Cinema in Leicester Square is huge – us English folks can book the tickets for those who are unable, and then get paid back (in whatever way we deem necessary, of course…)
Anyway, it’s all up to YOU. Lets pool ideas. No excuses about “money” or “work” – you have over a year to plan. There’s plenty of cheap accomodation in and around London (B&B’s, Hostels, etc), and again, at this end we can research for you if necessary… Mel_A and Avatar in particular are said to be knowledgable in this area – cheers you two ;~)
Please email, talk to or contact as many people as possible who you think may be interested. We can’t do very much without you lot wanting it. Mel_A has agreed to help organise accomodation and nightlife plans. Myself and Avatar are your first points of contact for organising this. If you don’t email with your ideas or queries, nothing will happen. Get to it!
Let me know what you think. Please respond to eurobarlis@hotmail.com. See you in London.
– Elendil
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TheOneRing.net™ Dutch affiliate LordoftheRings.nl is featured in the Dutch magazine Hp/De Tijd. It is available on newstands this week, so make sure you grab your copy today! They interviewed Ringer staff member Leo, his fellow LordoftheRings.nl buddy Julius, and Rene van Rossenberg, who is webmaster of Tolkienwinkel.nl. Leo assures me they will have an english translation online soon at lordoftherings.nl! [more]
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They’re turning Wingate into…..something else! (more) Now what?
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It looks like the Wingate set’s undergoing yet another transformation. The Wellington Reporter checks in with this story:
“There has been no more filming at Wingate since last week, but there is another set being built on the same site. A large scaffold about 40 feet high has been built, probably the foundations for a wall. In front of this scaffolding a concrete footpath has been made. This footpath is in the shape of a circle about 40 feet in diameter, with two straight paths crossing the centre. In the very centre, where the two straight paths meet, is a large round hole. There are several stacks of timber about, and a couple of small front-end loaders are moving gravel about. I will keep an eye on developments.”
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The great folks from Glass Hammer have sent us an update regarding the latest recording:
Hello 🙂
The Glass Hammer “live from middle earth” recording sessions are nearly complete. [More]
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