Barliman’s own Figgy sends in this link to some Oscar gossip from E! Online. Not only does it make a case for Viggo Mortensen as Best Actor, “who has done the best work of his career in the Lord of the Rings trilogy,” but scroll to the bottom and read some very encouraging Best Picture buzz! Wooo! [More]
Day: October 17, 2003
Ringer Krista sends us specifics on the unabridged Tolkien audio books available for download at the iTunes store. iTunes is now available for Mac and PC. [More]
Ringer Krista sends us this info:
I thought fellow Tolkien addicts might find this interesting.
Apple’s iTunes music store (newly PC friendly) has just opened an audio books section with 5,000 titles. I thought I’d check to see there were any Tolkien books, and sure enough, there were four:
The Hobbit (abridged)
The Silmarillion Vol. I (unabridged)
The Silmarillion Vol. II (unabridged)
The Silmarillion Vol. III (unabridged)
All of these books are narrated by Martin Shaw and cost $15.95 each to download. When I checked, “The Hobbit” was #5 on today’s top sellers list, and “The Silmarillion Vol. I” was at #91.
Computers running Windows XP and Windows 2000 can now access the store, which can be done by downloading iTunes 4.1 at:
To find Tolkien books once you have the iTunes music store running, click on “Power Search.” Select the genre “Audiobooks” and type in “JRR Tolkien” under “artist.” You can also search the store using other criteria.
CHUD also got to see the 20-minute press-only teaser for ROTK. CHUD’s verdict? “20 minutes of ROTK is better than 120 minutes of almost every other feature that’s come out this year.” [to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts] “Don’t be stingy and make yourselves look bad to history. Just hand over all the g*****am trophies to Lord of the Rings.”
Warning, this is packed with SPOILERS and strong language – but that won’t stop a lot of you I know. [More] Thanks to Lee for the link!’