Vardia writes: I went into the local newsagent this afternoon in Sydney, Australia and was struck motionless by the sight of ROTK instant scratchies. There are six versions each having a different character, Aragorn, Elrond, Eowyn, Faramir, Saruman and Gimli. [More]
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Jeff writes: It seems that the two stores you listed earlier are now in fact out of all copies they had, probably due to your posts earlier. I found a place on West 33 Street between 6th and Broadway that had both the Gift Set for $70 and the regular 4-disc set for $37.99. When I returned from my trek to the city, I was notified by my brother that he had seen these also available at Tower Video on Route 17 in Paramus, and at Compact Disc World, also on Route 17 in Paramus.
Katy writes: I just wanted to contribute in some way since I read this site daily. I finally have something worthy- my grandma sent it to me, from The Sacramento Bee. It’s an article about the farmer in NZ who rented out his place for Hobbiton, and how the movies have given the community new wealth and prosperity. Its very funny. Anyway, there ya go, and thanks for all the great things you do! [More]
Enedumiel writes: I thought you might want to post something about this – The Hobbit musical is going to be playing in McDonough, GA this Friday. The show is put on by New Creation Center for Independant Study (NCC). [More]
Monica writes: Here is another interview with Mr. Astin that was recently posted and while most of it is about Jeremiah, there is some hobbit stuff too. [More]
I spotted this great review of John Garth’s Tolkien biography: Tolkien And The Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth on Monday evening’s edition of The Evening Standard. Written by acclaimed author A. N. Wilson it’s definitely worth a glance. [More]