Kerewyn sends along this review from worldwidewords.org: The Ring of Words : Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary “It’s little known that, before he wrote his famous books, Tolkien worked as a sub-editor at the Oxford English Dictionary for two years, helping to compile the last section to be published. Peter Gilliver, Jeremy Marshall, and Edmund Weiner—the authors of this book—are among the present-day senior editors of the same work. Their commemoration of his linguistic facility comes a little late to the Tolkien party, but will interest anybody who regards the language of the books to be one of their prime qualities.”
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From gaming.hexus.net: The completely new Spyro adventure, featuring gameplay focused heavily on dynamic action and fast-paced combat, uncovers the true origin of Spyro the Dragon as he evolves into a living, breathing weapon of explosive destruction! This epic story of Spyro’s quest to discover his roots and realize his destiny is amazingly brought to life by leading Hollywood voice-over cast members Elijah Wood (Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings trilogy) as the new voice of Spyro; David Spade (The Benchwarmers) as Spyro’s sidekick Sparx the dragonfly; and Gary Oldman (Sirius Black from the Harry Potter films) as Ignitus, the Fire Dragon Elder and Spyro’s mentor. [
King Kong director Peter Jackson has scotched suggestions his next directorial project could be a remake of second world war epic The Dam Busters. The Mail on Sunday reported the story yesterday but Jackson has now made it clear his next film will be The Lovely Bones, an adaptation of the Alice Sebold book of the same name, in which a murdered 14 year old girl recounts the story of her death from beyond the grave.