Alan Lee writes: Another day, another beautiful city. I’m met by my Texan guide –Kristen Holland – and given a tour of some of the outskirts of the city before checking in at the hotel. I like the place immediately. There is the sense of a quieter pace, an appreciation of lifes pleasures as well as evidence of a lot of cultural activity – music in particular. Yes .. I could settle down here – but I’ll leave a final decision until after I’ve had breakfast. [More]
Month: October 2005
If you haven’t heard about Lost™, you’re either been living under a rock or are planewrecked on a desert island. The ground-breaking show – that started with the most expensive TV pilot in history and then got more interesting – has become essential water-cooler conversation in the US and, since its arrivals on these shores, here too. Empire are giving you the chance to win your very own Lost™ weekend, with two nights in a twin / double room at the Watergate Bay Hotel near Newquay, full breakfast and dinner included and the chance to try a beginner’s course in mountain-boarding (other extreme sports, such as waveskiing, are available for a fee). We also have Lost beach towels for 20 runners up, and fifty Lost car stickers. [More]
Lynnette writes: Dr. Thomas Shippey will talk about “Wisdom and the Wise in The Lord of the Rings” at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, at 7:00 p.m. on November 9. The presentation is open to the public, so come early for a good seat! This presentation is part of the Honors Program Distinguished Speakers series. Dr. Shippey also will chat with students in the Honors seminar, who have been studying both Tolkien’s master work and Peter Jackson’s adaptation. For more information about Dr. Shippey’s presentation, please call 386-226-6650. For more information about the Honors seminar about LotR, contact Dr. Porter, porterly@erau.edu.
Garfeimao writes: Billy Boyd has just signed on to appear at The One Ring Celebration (ORC) in Pasadena, CA. on January 20-22, 2006. Since he had to cancel out at the last moment from ELF, due to filming commitments, this should make up for that loss. Billy will be joining John Noble, Sean Astin and Charles Ross, and yes, there are numerous others still in the works, so stay tuned. We feel that we will be bringing you an even better show than last year, but you will have to wait a little longer to find out why!
Meet Alan Lee tonight in Denver, CO at ‘Tattered Cover’ (1628 16th Street). Alan will be signing copies of his latest book ‘The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook’ starting at 7:30pm. Alan is also keeping a travel blog of his book tour exclusively with TORN right here! [Alan Lee Travel Blog]
A BIG thank you to JPB for setting up the Blog for Alan’s book tour, you did a great job!!
More tour dates and locations are available here. [More]
The battle for Middle-earth comes to the PSP, and we take on the forces of evil in this preview. The epic battle over the fate of Middle-earth has been waged across many a venue in the video game realm, and now the fight comes to the PSP in the form of Lord of the Rings: Tactics. Covering the events of the entire trilogy, this turn-based strategy game brings back all the familiar faces and places for some tactical action. We ran through both the single-player and multiplayer games to see how the old enemies duke it out in the small-screen realm. [More]
Pre-Order ‘PSP The Lord of the Rings: Tactics’ for the Sony PSP on Amaon.com today!