TORn friend and The Hobbit co-writer Guillermo del Toro has written a forward to a new book just released with the works of Arthur Machen from Wales. He was a journalist, tutor and later found literary success with his best known story “The Great God Pan.”
That story isn’t part of this collection from Penguin Classics called, The White People and Other Weird Stories, said by del Toro to be a crucial step forth in the further canonization of one of the best weird fantasy writer ever. Those who enjoy GDT’s works and influences will want to check this out. Machen is also credited with influencing Peter Straub, Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell and Karl Edward Wagner. His stories, many of them now over a century old, cross boundaries of early horror, supernatural and fantasy fiction.
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TheOneRing.net has an exciting LIVE show today for TORn Tuesdays! Hosted by long-time staffer Clifford Broadway, aka Quickbeam, we will have an exclusive conversation with star-designers from Fantasy Flight Games’ HOT bestselling “Lord of the Rings Living Card Game,” Nate French and Lucas Litzsinger! Expect REVEALS OF EXCITING NEW CARDS, and in-depth conversation with our guests on the challenges of adapting Tolkien, which so many artists must face. You can participate too — interacting live and posing questions in our Barliman’s chatroom. Check out the broadcast in our LIVE event section at 5:00PM Pacific Time! [LIVE Event Area] (TORn Tuesday will take place from approx 5-7pm PT – See All Times)
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Judy writes: I was at a photo shoot on Sept 23 of the 6ft LOTR Tower and battle scenes below made out of Legos. Here is the link to the pictures. The artist that designed and constructed this live in LA.
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Access Hollywood recently spoke to Evangeline Lilly, and touched on her role as the woodland elf Tauriel in the current production of The Hobbit. Revealingly, she provided a couple of lines of elvish (presumably Sindarin, but I’m no Tolkien language scholar) — which finally give us some tantalising clues about where the Tauriel character slots into Tolkien’s story.
She also indicated she was being extensively coached in English Received Pronunciation — same as the elves of Rivendell in Lord of the Rings. “I have a dialect coach, I have a motion coach, I have a language coach,” she said. “So I should, by rights, be great in this film!
Check out the clip at CraveOnline, and then give us your thoughts on what it all might mean on our forums or on our live chat!
Evangeline Lilly speaks Elvish!
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During the month of October Sideshow Collectibles holds its awesome Spooktacular Event. Now, while this would tend to make folks think Halloween, Vampires, Zombies, and not something from Middle-earth. However, the next character to get the maquette treatment in the The Lord of the Rings maquette line does, I would say, meet the requirements to be announced during Spooktacular. We have seen a quick glimpse of the maquette in a statue video Sideshow had out a while back. In that video the Ringwraith was holding the Witch-king of Angmar sword so that right there could be your exclusive item while the regular would just be a standard maquette. As soon as this new maquette is fully shown hopefully during Spooktacular we will have the images and information for you. Stay tuned! [Spooktacular]
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Some news about our upcoming party in New York! We told you that TheOneRing.net will be giving a presentation this year at New York Comic Con, and that we’re also throwing a party in the Big Apple! Tickets went on sale last week and are extremely limited. [Available here]
We’re excited to let you know about some of the prizes we will be giving away at the party. In anticipation of their big ‘10th anniversary’ Lord of the Rings edition, Empire magazine have generously donated a one year international subscription to their magazine. The lucky winner will have Empire delivered direct to their door each month! We’ve got other great prizes as well lined up – details coming soon!
Even if you’re not a grand prize winner, EVERYONE who attends the party is a winner! Each guest will receive a goody bag, which we already told you will include an exclusive TheOneRing.net shirt as well as some goodies from our sponsors including Pez!
Joining us at our party will be new Hobbit in 5 presenter Simone Boyce, and The Tolkien Professor himself, Corey Olsen! (wwww.tolkienprofessor.com)You can expect more surprises on the night – it will certainly be a night to remember, and we hope to see you there! Tickets are only $40 and are selling fast! Buy them here. [Buy Tickets Now!] See you in Manhattan! (Have a Tolkien related business and want to sponsor our NYCC appearance? Contact us)
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