April Orcutt writes: In New Zealand, place names drip from J.R.R. Tolkien’s fountain pen — Elfin Bay, Lake Truth, Mount Aspiring, Demon Trail, The Tower — and “Lord-of-the-Rings” fans pilgrimage to sets for Middle-Earth. But the fans don’t know what I know: Hobbits really do live in New Zealand. And they saved my life. [More]
Month: November 2004
Jef writes: I’m starting a new smial in Atlanta. Affiliated with the British Tolkien Society, we’ll meet on a regular basis to discuss all things related to JRRT’s writings. Tentatively named “Andúnië” (the haven of the Faithful in Númenor), this one will (hopefully!) be oriented toward fellow artists and writers interested in the philosophy and especially the theology of Tolkien’s work. I’d like for us to meet monthly at a location to be determined.
Contact Jef for more information: [More]
It’s time to open the nominations for the One Ring Awards, to be held at The One Ring Celebration in Pasadena, CA on January 15, 2005. Half the awards will be for events held at the convention, such as the Art Show, Fan Film Festival and the Costume contest. The other half will be voted on by you, the best LOTR fans on the net. Please send all nomination submissions to: OneRingAwards@theonering.net using the format asked for, thank you. Entries will only be accepted until December 10th, 2004. [More]
- Best Tolkien based Lecture or Paper presented at an Academic function
- Best Tolkien themed book published since the release of FOTR
- Best Performance by a LOTR actor/actress in a Motion Picture
- Best Performance by a LOTR actor/actress in a TV series, Made for TV Movie or Mini-Series on TV
- Best Fan Fiction (PG-13 or lower, no Slash)
- Best Fan site dedicated to a LOTR actor/actress
Ringer Spy WhiteLadyEowyn writes: Here’s a mathom from me to all of you, as one of my early birthday presents. Enclosed in the link to my LiveJournal is the transcript from the Return of the King Extended Edition preview (the preview is available from the Official Site). [Read the transcript]
For those who can’t see the trailer at Lordoftherings.net, try disabling your pop-up blockers first. The site automatically pops up the trailer. If you can’t see it then, there’s a blurb for it among the row of pictures below the headline, on the far left. Click there, it’ll pop up the window again.
Ringer Spies Owen and Captain_Typho were kind enough to extract a link for the bigger version of the 6 minute preview! Right click and save the following: [More]
Dark Horizons has posted some of the artwork for the Narnia films which certainly looks dramatic.[More]