Thanks to Al X. Zander and the many others who sent along the latest edition of ‘Sheldon’. Do you feel the same way about coffee as Frodo does about The One Ring? I know some mornings (afternoons, evenings…) where I do! Click on the image to see it full size.

The January 19th edition of John Deering’s Strange Brew goofs on Gandalf’s ‘You Shall Not Pass!’ moment in FOTR. Poor Frodo…

J.W. Braun is back with another book review, this time he’s reviewing Sean Astin’s autobiography ‘There and Back Again: An Actor’s Tale’. Be sure to bookmark TORN’s updated YouTube channel lovingly called ‘TORN TV‘.

Check out today’s ‘Dilbert’ strip for a little LOTR loving. Thanks to everyone who sent this in! Dilbert

Author JW Braun has sent along his latest vlog book review. This, along with several other video blogs from other artists, web personalities and others will makeup a new ‘TORN TV’ feature we are working on, more on that soon. In the meantime check our JW’s book review of ‘Peter Jackson: A Film-Maker’s Journey’ by Brian Sibley

Order the book today on Amazon.com. Be sure to check out TheOneRing.net’s NEW YouTube Channel here!

Beren writes: I received the following statement by the Tolkien Estate regarding the “Wheelbarrows at Dawn” cancellation:

“The J R R Tolkien Estate has been made aware of a statement by ADC Publications concerning its cancellation of its proposed publication “Wheelbarrows at Dawn” by Angela Gardner and Neil Holford.

ADC’s statement suggests that the publication has been cancelled as a result of the Tolkien Estate’s threats to take court action preventing the release of the book.

As this statement is highly misleading, the Tolkien Estate considers it important that the true facts be clarified for those concerned. Continue reading “Tolkien Estate Comments on Book Cancellation”