Stephen Hunter heading to Supanova in April
There’s not a huge amount of detail in this short piece about Stephen Hunter’s impending visit to Australia’s...
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Hobbit DVD to sell NZ film-wizardry to ‘millions’
New Zealand’s film industry is hoping the flow-on effects from the release of The Hobbit on DVD will...
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Why is it called The Shire?
In this interesting feature, Tolkien scholar Michael Martinez answers what on the surface seems a very simple question:...
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Some speculation about Tolkien’s The Fall of Arthur
As you’re probably aware, Harper Collins is publishing J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fall of Arthur in May 2013. Edited...
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Hall of Fire this weekend: the Riders of Rohan
Later today, Hall of Fire returns to chatting about the Lord of the Rings with the second chapter...
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The tragedy of Gilraen, Aragorn’s mother
I quite enjoyed this short piece explaining the sacrifice that Gilraen, the mother of Aragorn, makes for her...
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