In an effort to make room for new merchandise, TheOneRing.net is going to retire select styles of t-shirts currently on sale. We have a lot of cool things in the works, so next Friday is the final day that some shirts will be available. [More]
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Billy Boyd (Pippin) and Dominic Monaghan (Merry) are targets in EW’s ‘Trend of the Week.’ [More]
In the last chapter we discussed from The Hobbit, Tolkien makes his
feelings concerning Goblins, and the machines and devices they are
responsible for, quite clear. In The Lord of the Rings we are treated to more of the authors dislike of machinery. Here we find the fallen wizard Saruman, who tinkers in explosive devices and has a ‘mind of wheels and metal’.[More]
Xoanon here, this may have nothing to do with LOTR, but I still feel compelled to write about it. While visiting AICN just now I found out about this large SAVE ANGEL campaign. And I know a lot of LOTR fans will be interested in this: Saving Angel to hold Viewer Rally at The WB Ranch on Wednesday, March 31, 2004. [More]
Rulinian writes in, very irritated, confirming that the movie ended when the hobbits make for the Shire. “With “We were home”, the movie cuts to an abrupt ending. I am not aware what else was edited. I demand my proper RotK, curse them!”
Ever notice how often harps are mentioned when Tolkien describes music in Middle-earth? Here’s somebody who combines her knowledge of harping with her love of Middle-earth. Asni (who performed at the Return of the Ringers party in Wellington last year) has created a page that imaginatively reconstructs knowledge about Middle-earth’s harps. [More]