The folks from Houghton Mifflin write:
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original U.S. publication of The Fellowship of the Ring on October 21, bookstores around the country will be hosting special LOTR events, including trivia games, costume contests, and other activities. See the complete list of participating stores below.
TORN readers who attend one of the events and post an event report on the site will be eligible to win one of five copies of Houghton Mifflin’s spectacular new anniversary edition of The Lord of the Rings! (Winners will be selected randomly.) This special edition, the finest we’ve ever produced, features a text fully corrected under the supervision of Christopher Tolkien to meet the author’s exacting wishes, two large-format fold-out maps, a ribbon placemarker, gilded page edges, and a color insert depicting Tolkien’s own paintings of the Book of Mazarbul.
Just remember to email your report to Xoanon@theonering.net Subject: HoughtonMifflinCONTEST
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ALABAMA
Books-A-Million
140 Wildwood Parkway
Birmingham, AL 35209
205-942-4220
10/21, 6:00 p.m.
CALIFORNIA
Warwick’s Bookstore
7812 Girard Avenue
La Jolla, CA 92037
858-454-0347
10/21
Barnes & Noble
11 W. Hillsdale Blvd.
San Mateo, CA 94403
650-341-5560
10/22
COLORADO
Borders
1710 Briargate Blvd. #209
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
719-266-1600
10/21, 6:00 p.m.
Borders
9515 E. County Line Rd.
Englewood, CO 80112
303-708-1735
10/21, 6:00 p.m.
FLORIDA
Books-A-Million
1910 Wells Rd.
Orange Park, FL 32073
904-215-2300
10/21, 7:00 p.m.
Books-A-Million
738 Marsh Landing Parkway
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
904-273-8055
10/21, 7:00 p.m.
INDIANA
Notre Dame Bookstore
Eck Center
Notre Dame, IN 46556
574-631-6316
10/21
LOUISIANA
Barnes & Noble
2590 Citiplace Court
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
225-926-2600
10/21
MARYLAND
Books-A-Million
7000 Arundel Mills Circle
Hanover, MD 21076
443-755-0210
10/21, 7:00 p.m.
MICHIGAN
Lowry’s Books
22 N Main Street
Three Rivers, MI 49093
269-273-7323
Week of 10/4
MINNESOTA
Barnes and Noble
Mall of America
118 East Broadway
Bloomington, MN 55425
952-854-1455
10/23, all day event
MONTANA
Borders
2855 N. 19th Ave., Suite C
Bozeman, MT 59718
406-522-9789
10/21, 7:30 p.m.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Barnes & Noble
235 Daniel Webster Highway
Nashua, NH 03060
603-888-0533
10/21
NEW YORK
Borders
2015 Walden Avenue
Buffalo, NY 13290
716-685-2844
10/21
Borders
21182 Salmon Run Loop West
Watertown, NY 13601
315-779-0006
10/21
NORTH CAROLINA
Malaprops Bookstore
55 Haywood Street
Asheville, NC 28801
828-254-6734
10/21
Books-A-Million
8301 Concord Mills Blvd.
Concord, NC 28027
704-979-8300
10/21, 6:00 p.m.
OKLAHOMA
Barnes & Noble
6100 North May Ave.
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
405-843-9300
10/21
OREGON
Powell’s
1005 W. Burnside
Portland, OR 97209
503-228-4651
10/23
TENNESSEE
Books-A-Million
2116 N. Roan St.
Johnson City, TN 37601
423-915-0112
10/21, 7:00 p.m.
Davis Kidd
4007 Hillsboro Pike
Nashville, TN 37215
615-385-2645
10/21
TEXAS
Books-A-Million
6155 Eastex Freeway
Beaumont, TX 77706
409-899-9703
10/21, 6:00 p.m.
Books-A-Million
3000 Grapevine Mills Parkway
Grapevine, TX 76051
972-539-0636
10/21, 1:00–7:00 p.m.
Books-A-Million
5000 Katy Mills Circle
Katy, TX 77494
281-644-2665
10/21, 7:00 p.m.
UTAH
Borders Books
50 S. Main Street #78
Salt Lake City, UT 84144
801-355-6899
10/21, 6:00 p.m.
WASHINGTON
Village Books
1210 11th Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
360-671-2626
10/22, 5:00 p.m.
University Bookstore
1754 Pacific Ave
Tacoma, WA 98402
253-272-8080
10/21, 6:00 p.m.
Auntie’s Bookstore
402 West Main
Spokane, WA 99201
509-838-0206
10/23, 1:00 p.m.
WEST VIRGINIA
Books-A-Million
212 RHL Blvd.
Charleston, WV 25309
304-746-2984
10/21, 7:00 p.m.
Just remember to email your report to Xoanon@theonering.net Subject: HoughtonMifflinCONTEST
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Neil writes: Huge fan of the site! Wanted to bring to your attention a LOTR/Tolkien seminar in the Denver/Boulder CO region that desperately needs attention. It’s endorsed by Michael Tolkien but hasn’t been well advertised and is in danger of being cancelled. I got a call from the person organizing it because I am a local Lord of the Rings junkee and have connections to fanbases, etc. and I’m asking for you to get a quick word out on theonering.net if at all possible. You can make reference to www.unlockinglotr.org which has all information including cost and registration information. Help me One Ring.Net- you’re my only hope!
Here’s the information:
It’s entitled: “Unlocking the Lord of the Rings: A Seminar by JRR Tolkien Expert Joseph Pearce”
Dates: Saturday October 2nd and Sunday October 3rd
Cost: $20 for two days!
The Details:
Acclaimed author Joseph Pearce visits Longmont for seminar
“Pearce is adept …at showing that while it is possible to enjoy the work (The Lord of the Rings) without sharing the beliefs, one cannot ignore the positive and aesthetic effects of Christian orthodoxy and the appropriateness of Tolkien’s coherent myth for expressing these.”
Michael Tolkien
Since its “discovery” by college students in the 1960’s JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings has captured the imaginations of millions. One only has to remember sales that have reached into the millions of copies as well as its perennial place at the top of readers’ popularity polls to realize the tremendous impact of Tolkien’s work. Now Peter Jackson’s award-winning movies have re-introduced a younger generation to the adventures of hobbits and elves, so that many are reading the books for the first time.
You are cordially invited on an intriguing discovery of the magic and power behind The Lord of the Rings. Acclaimed speaker Joseph Pearce, the author of over a dozen books, is known worldwide as a person with perceptive insight and understanding of both Tolkien the man as well as the stirring myth that has captured the imaginations of every generation. Pearce’s books Tolkien: Man and Myth and Tolkien: A Celebration will be available at the Unlocking the Lord of the Rings seminar at discount prices to registrants.
Seminar Schedule:
Saturday, Oct. 2 – Raintree Conference Center (Longmont)
7 pm: “The Man Behind the Myth” The life and loves of JRR Tolkien and why he described himself as a “hobbit.” Intermission (wine and cheese or soft drinks)
8.30 pm:: “The Myth Behind the Man” Why did Tolkien believe in the profound relationship between myth and truth?
Sunday, Oct. 3 – Silver Creek HS Auditorium (Longmont)
10.45 am: “The Truth Behind the Myth” An investigation of the truths about our world. Why did Tolkien himself call LOTR a “fundamentally religious” work?
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The categories were for both Official sites, and Fan Run sites, and then winners were picked by Popular vote among fans, and by the Editor’s of Movies.com. That’s why there are two winners in each category. Sometimes it’s the same site, and sometimes two sites won an award.
The awards event was held at the Lucky Strike bowling alley at the Hollywood and Highland complex, and included a complimentary game. We were treated to an open bar and food (hot dogs and hamburgers, a bowling alley staple if ever there was one) and everyone from Movies.com were super nice. This is one group that understands hospitality, with one staffer actually fetching bowling shoes for the guests.
I didn’t know that much about Movies.com, but found out they are part of the Disney web family, so they are much bigger than I thought they were. Some of the other guests I talked with were from the DanRadcliffe.com site, the TeamNicole.com site, and Keith from the Ian McKellan site. Because this was a local event, and not too terribly big, it was basically just local staff for the various websites in attendance. But that didn’t seem to matter, it was a very nice event hosted by cool people and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. They even gave us gift bags on top of the awards, so kudos there.
The awards of interest to LOTR fans are as follows:
TheOneRing.net won the award for the Best Movie Fan Website, as decided upon by the Editors of Movies.com. Muggle.net won the Fan vote in this category.
TBHL won the award for the Best Director Fan site in the Fan Vote category, while Spielbergfilms.com won the Editor’s choice award.
BillyBoyd.net also won the Best Official Actor site award as voted by the Fans, while Adam Sandler’s official site won the Editor’s choice award.
Click here for a full list of winners
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Cati writes: Hi I just wanted to tell everyone about the lord of the rings concert in London at the albert hall that took place last night as there is nothing about it on your site already. It was really amazing v I’d never been to the royal albert hall before it was really pretty. Typically there was loads of traffic that night and we only arrived 1 minute before the orchestra came on stage. The whole hall was packed even the standing places at the top. We booked the day the tickets went on sale and had some of he best seats in the house right down near the front right opposite where Howard Shore was conducting.
In the first half they played 2 movements both from fotr including the prophecy concerning hobbits lothlorien and many meetings. It was really amazing. The choir were London voices and some boys from the London oratory school( the were so sweet) and fantastic singers. This is a bit depressing as I’m much older and will never be able to sing as well. The playing was done by the London philharmonic. The solos in the second half were sung by sissel who was very good although perhaps not as good as annie lennox for into the west. In the second half they played the other 4 movements for the other 2 movies. At the end there was a standing ovation from the whole audiences shore and sissel had to come on stage again 4 times to bow unfortunately no amount of clapping, screaming or whistling provoked an encore.
My friend and I waited at the stage door after the concert with a huge amount of other people several wearing cloaks and many more wearing their one rings. After much waitig and fot stamping(it was very cold) howard shore finally put in an appearance. At this point I was slowly becoming crushed as the crowd all took a few steps forward. My friend gave up and went nearer the back to get pictures on my mobile while I tried to closer without being starved of oxygen. I heard one woman yell as we were being asked to take yet another step back “we do appreciate this you know”.
Finally the moment came and he took my tickets to sign and I yelled “you can have 2 more flautists anytime you want them!” I don’t know whether he heard but I made the offer! It was about 23:00 by the time we were on our back home after an amazing night.
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Arwen writes: The third edition of TORN’s Baggins Birthday picnic, which took place this Sunday September 19th in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, turned out to be once again a party of special magnificence. The weather was a delightful mix of bright sunshine, blue skies, and thanks to a constant breeze which occasionally swelled up to a wicked wind, the temperature remained pleasant -when the previous two years had been scorchingly hot- (pictures to be posted shortly).
Food was plentiful and delicious, between yummy mushroom tortes and a variety of salads, and many many many desserts. Of course, per tradition the infamous yellow jackets were present. However, maybe because of the wind and the semi-protection of the mosquitoe net in the food tent, they seemed less numerous than the previous years (or maybe I’m getting used to them!).
Ringers showed up en masse, and this year’s picnic probably had the biggest crowd of all three events. Costumes were aplenty, with many hobbits, a few elves, some Rangers, and the occasional random Mordor orc or Mumak commander (very creative indeed!). Thanks to the generosity of New Line Cinema and Sideshow Collectibles, all guests were treated to fantastic mathoms: a deck of cards from ROTK, with the images all taken from the Alan Lee drawings of the film’s end credits; a ROTK mini poster, and a Sidehow keychain. The winners of the three contests (trivia, costume, and impersonation) walked home with Sideshow’s Helm’s Deep Environment, Golden Hall Environment, and The Morgul Lord!
Picnic’s Uber MC Quickbeam kept the crowd entertained, whether giving humorous deliveries of lines from the movie, or updating all fans on the status of the Ringers: Lord Of The Fans documentary, which production team is working against the clock to complete a rough cut of the film by the Sundance Festival’s submission deadline of Friday September 24th.
To make this year’s picnic an afternoon to remember, two very special guests made a surprise appearance: Rohan’s unsung hero Gamling: Bruce Hopkins, and the Dark Lord himself: Sala Baker. Bruce and Sala gracefully served as judges during the costume and impersonation contests, and afterwards mingled and chatted with the fans, posing for pictures and signing autographs. After our special guests had left (Bruce was catching a plane back to New Zealand later on that evening), it was time to wrap the party, and the guests started to leave slowly. All faces were smiling and happy, and everyone had the greatest of times, here at the end of all things. It was time to drive home, pet my little dog Chipie and tell her “Well, I’m back!”.
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Cold Spring Press is pleased to announce the release of the long-awaited parody to The Silmarillion – D.R. Lloyd’s The Sillymarillion (ISBN 1-59360-025-9, $11.00, 168 pp).
From the back cover:
Blasphemy! Heresy! Not since Bored of the Rings has there been such a blatant desecration of the sacred works of J.R.R. Tolkien! True fans of Middle-earth, rise up against this upstart and his distorted retelling of The Silmarillion. No self-respecting Dark Lord would ever enter a rapping competition, nor would beautiful elf-maidens ever behave like this! The greatest tragic love story in fantasy history was not made possible through the efforts of a ferret, nor were the great battles of the First Age covered by TV news crews! D.R. Lloyd’s The Sillymarillion dares to be the first and only – and therefore we can claim without contradiction – the funniest, most outrageous parody of the good professor’s great posthumous masterpiece.
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The action begins in the land of Valium, an idyllic paradise, but now the tranquility has been shattered by the theft of the magical Siliputi by the Dark Lord Mostgoth. The King of the Neuter has vowed revenge and his people have rebelled against the gods themselves. Fleeing to the continent of Myrtle-earth in pursuit of their enemy, the Neuter become embroiled in a long and boring war.
The reader will encounter spoiled Elven princesses, cross-dressing gods, and
rodents possessed by malevolent spirits, but these will all somehow seem strangely familiar…
[Order now from Amazon.com!]
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