Greetings, Quickbeam here. Green Books kicks off the summer with another full update featuring new articles that will give mucho gusto:
— Go Out on a Limb with me in search of Middle-earth’s missing penguins, foot fungus, kitty boxes, and other unmentionables!
— Anwyn’s new Counterpoint asks if the Rings pop-culture explosion is really a good thing?
— Turgon’s Bookshelf provides a great overview of TTT movie-related books from Brian Sibley, Gary Russell, and more.
— Tookish offers diverse jokes and humor (submitted by Fans) in Ticklers!
— Moon Letters has a great selection of Fan Fiction and Poems, and even a recipe for Goldberry Tarts!
— Questions & Answers has 15 fascinating new queries including:
1. Were Balrogs the children of Morgoth?
2. Was Rohan critically depopulated?
3. Why didn’t Gollum seek the Ring in the Shire?
4. Were there two Dwarrowdelfs?
5. When was the ban on Galadriel lifted?
Want to share your views on Tolkien with an intelligent readership? You could be our Special Guest writer! Submit original article ideas to Turgon here. Join us as we continue to explore the WORDS and WORLDS of Tolkien!
Much too hasty,
Quickbeam
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give you warm fuzzies? Moreover, can you see what it might do (and can you spot the potential bug?) If you can, and if you’re looking for a major project this summer – if you believe that TORn is something more than just another fansite and want to contribute something back – then read on… [More]
Update: We’ve received a huge number of responses in the last 24 hours – thank you to everyone and we’ll get be getting back to you as soon as we can.
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We’ve received this information from Ringer Spy Ringer Rocks. I saw the teaser trailer in New York at a convention last week, at New Line Cinema’s booth. I asked the nice folks manning the booth when the public might see it, and he told me to expect it at the end of the summer. This might be putting gasoline on a flame, but I just thought you all might like to know. And by the way, it’s GREAT!
We are trying to follow this up with various sources, but it tends to support the previous report from spies across at TORC that we wouldn’t see a trailer until September.
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The latest newsletter is ready to go! Do you want to receive our free weekly newsletter? Packed with tons of info to keep you up to date on the latest? Plus filled with exclusives from time to time! Join the crowd of over 16 400 mailing list members! Sign up now! [More]
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Each week, I scour Ebay looking for the hot Tolkien items up for sale. I post the most interesting here for you to bid on! [More] [Shop]
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On a crisp August afternoon, Rachel Griffiths and Hugo Weaving are hard at work in the kitchen of a terrace house in Fitzroy. As cafe owner Annie, the single mother of two precocious daughters, Griffiths is warily welcoming Weaving’s dissolute rock guitarist, Martin, into her home and her life. [More]
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