Just a quick heads up to let people know what’s coming up in Hall of Fire over the next fortnight. This weekend we’ll be finishing Book 3 of The Two Towers with a discussion of the chapter “The Palantir”.
Then over the weekend of August 31 – Sept 1 we’ll be having a special discussion:
“Is the Hobbit a worthy precursor to Lord of the Rings?”
The literary styles of the Hobbit and LoTR vary wildly, and where LoTR has been hailed as the Book of the century, the Hobbit often is overlooked. Is this because of a deficiency in the storytelling of the Hobbit? Is it simply a less worthy and interesting tale?
Does the simplistic style and the seemingly childish hobbits/dragons/dwarves trivialise this as a prelude to LOTR, or do the hints of deeper waters, larger stories, wider lands, and myths, give the Hobbit an extra dimension that works as a springboard to a more complex story?
Don’t forget to brush the dust off your copy of the Hobbit and re-read it beforehand! Hope to see you all there for what should be a cracker of a discussion.
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Ringer Spy Allan sends along these scans from the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, take a look at the TTT Hype!!! [More]
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If you missed Comic-Con 2002, then you probably did not get to see WETA Workshop’s on stage make-up demonstration. Follow the link to see Sideshow Toy’s Senior Product Designer, Heath Hammond, being transformed into a vicious Moria Orc in front of a few thousand Lord of the Rings fans. [More]
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With DVD, there have been some firsts, and Howard Shore has scored one of them — literally. The composer, who won the Oscar earlier this year for his score of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, scored 30 minutes of new music for the “Special Extended” DVD Edition of the film, scheduled for Nov. 12 release from New Line Home Entertainment at $79.92 SRP. [More]
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Thora writes: Now that the elves are leaving Middle Earth, Rivendell is for sale! [More]
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From: Thora
Now that the elves are leaving Middle Earth, Rivendell (located just west of Perth, Ontario, Canada on highway seven) is for sale. Obviously the appearance was somewhat altered for the film. Enjoy the pictures!
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