We’re just about to start our live discussion of chapter 10 of the Hobbit — A Warm Welcome — in our Hall of Fire chat room. If you’d like to join us, grab your copy of the Hobbit and just click the link below!

We’re done! Thanks to everyone who came along!

Tomorrow in Hall of Fire we’ll return to our chapter-by-chapter discussion of the Hobbit with Chapter 10 — A Warm welcome.

Thanks to Bilbo, Thorin and company have escaped from the dungeons of the Elf-king of Mirkwood. But to what end? Do the dwarves finally consider Bilbo a worthy member of their company?

The journey down the river is an unpleasant one for the dwarves, but the end makes up for it — or does it? Are the men of Lake-Town as friendly and accommodating as they seem, or do they have a more sinister purpose? Continue reading “Hall of Fire tomorrow — The Hobbit Chapter 10!”

Unique of the peoples of Middle-earth, Dwarves are stone-hard and stubborn. As fast in friendship as they are in enmity, they suffer toil and hanger and hurt of body more hardily than all other speaking peoples.

This weekend (at the special time of 6.30pm EDT) Hall of Fire examines the question of whether dwarves are the most underrated and overlooked of the speaking peoples of Middle-earth.

It’s a question that takes on more importance as the production of the Hobbit gathers speed — a production that features not just one, but 13 dwarves in key roles. Continue reading “Hall of Fire tomorrow: Dwarves. Overlooked and under-rated?”

We’re about to start our book chat on chapter 9 of the Hobbit — Barrels Out of Bond. Come along and join the discussion as we trace Bilbo’s adventures through Thranduil’s deep halls!

We’re done! Thanks to everyone who came along. But if you missed out, you join our main chat anytime here.

Tomorrow in Hall of Fire we’ll finally return to our chapter-by-chapter discussion of the Hobbit with Chapter 9 — Barrels out of Bond.

After nabbing Thorin, the Wood-elves capture the rest of the Company — except Bilbo. Bilbo secretly follows the elves as they take the dwarves to Thranduil’s underground realm.

Bilbo realises it’s up to him to save everyone — again. Wearing the ring constantly, he soon comes up with and carries out a daring escape plan. Continue reading “Hall of Fire chats the Hobbit Chapter 9 tomorrow!”

We’re about to begin our weekly Hall of Fire discussion on the TORn chat server and this session is going to be dedicated to dissecting all the interesting tidbits from Pater Jackson’s latest video diary.  (If you’ve been under a rock and missed it, it’s here.) So jump onto the chat via our Mibbit widget just below that works in your browser and join in the discussion!

We’re done folks! Thanks to everyone who came along! However, you can still visit our main chat room here where we’re talking Comic-con stuff!