John Collins writes: We received a “fantastical” number of e-mails and letters in response to my anti-Lord of the Rings rant in these pages last month. Virtually all of the writers revealed themselves as fans of the Tolkien books and movies who were appalled by my having turned off the 10-hour plus movie trilogy in midsaga, having viewed less than a half hour of what I described as “childish shlock.” [More]
Category: Old Main News
Dennis Bucy was afraid he was going to run out of time. He’s been addicted to J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” since he passed up a gambling vacation in Lake Tahoe with his wife and daughter “back in the hippie days” to hole up and devour the entire trilogy plus “The Hobbit” in one week. [More]
Ringer Spy MountainHobbit writes: Our local paper has an article about a young boy whose love of Tolkien’s world has had a life-changing effect. He wrote a letter to Tolkien to tell him so, and won first place in his age group at a state-wide contest here in Utah, Letters About Literature. But there’s more to his story than that. [More]
Feanor30 writes: I work in the classical music business, and just wanted to let you know that ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) will honor Howard Shore, along with several other important composers, with a 2004 ASCAP Concert Music Award on Thursday, May 27, 2004, at the Walter Reade Theatre at Lincoln Center. The ceremony is BY INVITATION ONLY and is NOT open to the general public.
Merry in Oz and Thaliswen write: We went to the Supanova Expo on Sunday and had a great time! We were lurking around the WETA booth when Richard Taylor arrived with his suitcases. He had a Rohan helmet, Gordorian breastplate, Pippin’s feet, a Hobbit stage double ears, an orc face and leg prosthetics–very cool! [More]
Stuart writes: Fellow Aussie LOTR fans may want to check this out, I got a newsletter from HMV Australia today, if you pre-order ROTK from them, you could win a framed foil map of Middle Earth!! [More]