N Marion Hage writes: I write for Andwerve Literary Journal, a Los Angeles based publication. I’m an avowed Ring Nut and recently had the chance to interview Barbara Remington, who illustrated the first licensed version of The Hobbit and the three The Lord of the Rings books for Balentine. Barbara discusses the crazy atmosphere surrounding the Tolkien novels, how in haste to beat “Ace” to the punch, Balentine gave her the impossible task of illustrating a story she’d never seen, something they’d done once before when they asked her to illustrate The Hobbit. [More]
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Ramen, Community Relations Specialist for The Lord of the Rings Online writes: We’ve just posted a new Developer Diary introducing the LOTRO Raid system! Content Designer Jared “Amlug” Hall-Dugas takes you on a conceptual tour of LOTRO’s Raid system, including goals, design, and how raids fit into our overall game vision. Read about this highly anticipated system today, and make sure to sign up for beta for a chance to be among the first to test it! [More]
Anna, who won the talent contest at ELF 2006 on Saturday with her song “I Would Be A Wood Elf Myself” has emailed us with more information about her award winning tune. As she was walking around the convention on Sunday, several people said they’d be interested in a copy of the lyrics, so she put them on a website. Check out the link! [More]
Lisa writes: I was wondering if you knew that Hallmark has decided not to continue making ornaments for the Lord of the Rings. I was so excited a couple of years ago when they started and I now have Frodo and Gandalf hanging on my tree at Christmas time. I was looking forward to having Legolas or Aragorn this year, but they stopped making them! Went with Pirates instead. Do you think you could let people know and thousands of people around the world could e-mail them and request that they at least make the rest of the Fellowship?
Xoanon here, I assume they ended the run due to poor sales figures…maybe someone in the know can let us know more?
Sevilodorf sends along a very impressive report from Ian McKellen’s recent staging of ‘A Knight Out in LA’ at the Freud Playhouse, UCLA: “It is sometimes said popular authors could publish shopping lists and make the best seller’s list. However, there are few actors who could hold a theater full of sweltering people enthralled while reading the Roget’s Thesaurus entry for ululate. Ian McKellen managed easily…” [More]
The campaign to let ‘The Hobbit’ happen continues and if you haven’t had a chance to sign the growing petition, join the 34931 signatures to date. It is only a matter of time folks!! [Hobbit Petition]