For people who can make it to Oregon, BitofEarth.net [creators of the very successful Project Elanor] have three more exciting events lined up. The first is Tentmoot, a weeklong festival of Tolkien fun which will culminate in a showing of ALL THREE MOVIES, in December. [More ] In July, they’re holding a music festival, The Hall of Fire Concert Series and in September, a fan film festival, The Lost Palantir If you have a band or a film, they’re looking for submissions.
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Sarah reminds fans near Birmingham that this weekend is another Tolkien Weekend at Sarehole. [More]
“There are plays and performances, and readings of Tolkien’s books. Crafts and guided tours of Mosely Bog which is right beside where the professor used to live. It is a site of special archaeological interest, and people have said that the landscape is “Middle Earth in minature” so there will be tours of both the nature, the history, and the Tolkien connection.
“There will be music and dancing and ales and plenty of food, and stuff like that you can get your hands stuck into, and plenty of general tomfoolery.” *winks*
Luke came across this interesting job advertisement in The Guardian. This might be the dream job for a LOTR fan with skills in research, sociology, and media studies. Seems to be a research project studying how the LOTR trilogy is received and understood in various cultures around the world. [More] [Hah, the TORN staff could tell them a thing or two….]
Fearing for what Denethor will do in his madness, Pippin has searched out Gandalf at the gates of Minas Tirith. At the turn of the tide, Gandalf must leave the battle and go to the citadel to face the steward of Gondor. Meanwhile in the Tombs, Beregond is fighting Denethors servants over the life of Faramir.[More]
Fearing for what Denethor will do in his madness, Pippin has searched out Gandalf at the gates of Minas Tirith. At the turn of the tide, Gandalf must leave the battle and go to the citadel to face the steward of Gondor. Meanwhile in the Tombs, Beregond is fighting Denethors servants over the life of Faramir.
How has the use of the palantir poisoned the stewards mind? How does Gandalf try to win Denethor back to reality? What do you think about Denethors end?
Loyalty and obedience to authority are highly valued virtues in The Lord of the Rings, but in this chapter Tolkien shows us how bad blind uncritical obedience can be. How do you compare Beregonds acts with those of Denethors personal servants? And what about the murder of the porter, can that be justified?
Join us in #thehalloffire as we take a look at Return of the King book V, Chapter VII – The Pyre of Denethor.
Times:
Saturday Chat:
5:30pm ET (17:30)
[also 11:30pm (23:30) CET and 7:30am Sunday (07:30) AET]
Sunday Chat:
7:00 pm (19:00) CET
[also 1:00pm (13:00) ET and 3:00am (03:00) Monday morning AET]
ET = Eastern Time, USA’s East Coast
CET = Central European Time, Central Europe
AET = Australian East Coast
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Today just seems to be a banner Return of the King day! The official site, lordoftherings.net, has posted 25 images from ROTK for our viewing pleasure. My personal favorite is the Samwise pic with the phial! Check ’em out! !!!MAJOR SPOILERS [More] For some reason the page is not loading properly on the official site. We have mirrored them here.