The Hall of Fire hosts another round of live Tolkien chat this Saturday and Sunday, September 23 and 24. Our topic:
The Hobbit
This past week marks not only the birthday of Bilbo Baggins, Expert Treasure Hunter from the Shire, but also the anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit in 1937. To honor these occasions we will talk at length about this wonderful story and its effect on the world.
What are your favorite moments from The Hobbit? How about your favorite songs, riddles, or quotes? Characters? How about meeting Gandalf and Gollum for the first time!?
What started out as a yarn for The Professor’s own children became the legendary adventure that millions of readers around the world have enjoyed. Come along this weekend at either of our two featured times, to share in some of the treasure that is The Hobbit!
Saturday Chat: 5:30 p.m. EDT [10:30 GMT]
Sunday Chat: 6:00 p.m. GMT [1:00 EDT]
Place: #thehalloffire on theonering.net server; come to TheOneRing.net chatroom Barliman’s and then type /join #thehalloffire.
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Hello again everyone!!! Gamgee here, with yet another enticing Tolkien adventure! Our last winner was Androg! Way to go my friend!!! The answers were:
1) Asfaloth
2) Longbottom leaf
3) Bombadil
Here are the questions for today:
1) “What was the special weapon which slew Smaug? (mentioned in The Hobbit)”
2) “wolrbeohnr” (Scrambled Tolkien person, place or thing…check “Fellowship” for this answer)
3) “Who are you, and who is your Lord” (Who said this?… try FotR)
As usual, Mail me with your answers, the 1st person to mail all 3 correct answers in on letter will be posted here next time!….Gamgee
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Have you ever wanted to find out what the faces behind the nicks *really* look like? Hurl *real* salad bar fixings at your fellow patrons? Face them in mortal combat?? (oh, wait…wrong article…)
Next summer, you’ll have your chance! Curunir and Messiah are working tirelessly to make your 1420 Wishes and Balrog Wing Dreams come true. In August of 2001, we plan to hold Barliman’s Bash, an event for the folks of Barliman’s to meet, greet, and enjoy one another’s company for a few days.
Food and drink, fun and games, will help to minimize the panic attacks brought on by not actually being in the channel, and the opportunity to watch Mormegil overindulge and drool on himself can’t be passed up!
At the moment, we’ve very little in the way of details about the event, other than the date (August, 2001) and probable location (Chicago, IL…subject to change). We’re waiting to start in-depth planning until after we’ve an idea of how many folks would like to attend – then, we can start seriously arranging the particulars of the event.
If you’d like to meet your fellow Barlimaniacs, please drop an email to barlibash@hotmail.com.
Once we have your interest note, we can start keeping you informed, via email, of the progress we’re making.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to bring the fun and fellowship that is Barliman’s into the real world!
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Hello everyone! I hope you are all ready for another edition of the Tolkien fun section! Our last winner was Opus! Good job man! The answers were:
1) Loende
2) Pukel-men
3) Merry
Here are the questions for today:
1) “Name Glorfindel’s horse.”
2) “afgolontbltemo” (Scrambled Tolkien person, place or thing….. 2 words found throughout LotR)
3) “Old knives are long enough as swords for Hobbit people.” (Who said this?… Try FotR)
As always, Mail me with your answers, the 1st person to send all 3 correct answers in one mailing will be posted here next time! Good luck………Gamgee
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Greetings!
Our topic for The Hall of Fire this weekend is… drumroll please……
Middle-earth the First Time Around
The first time I read The Lord of the Rings I was a young impressionable hobbit lad, and I remember it well. Going back further, I clearly remember my fist venture into Middle-earth: fifth grade, Mr. Howard’s class, and he showed us the filmstrip made from the Rankin/Bass cartoon [no vcrs in those days ;)]. Being the Tolkien maniac that I am, these are memories I cherish…. how about you?
What was your introduction to Tolkien? Did it impact or influence you in any way? Are you reading Tolkien right now for the first time? How was your first reading different then subsequent times through? What about sharing Tolkien with others for their first time?
Saturday Chat: 5:30 p.m. EDT [10:30 GMT]
Sunday Chat: 6:00 p.m. GMT [1:00 EDT]
Place: #thehalloffire on theonering.net server; come to our chatroom Barliman’s and then type /join #thehalloffire
Please send your Hall of Fire topic suggestions here!
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Hello again Tolkienites! Gamgee here, with yet another rousing edition of the Tolkien Fun Section! Our last winner was John Foster! Good job my man! The answers were:
1) Primrose
2) Celeborn
3) Bilbo
Here are the questions for today:
1) “What was the Quenyan name for Midyear’s day?”
2) “lemnpkue” (scrambled Tolkien person, place or thing….two words, found in RotK)
3) “What is that other river we can see far away there?.” (Who said this?… Look in the Fellowship)
As always, Mail me with your answers, the 1st person to send all 3 correct answers in one mailing will be posted here next time! Good luck………Gamgee
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