Today is a very special day for one of the founding members of TORN (and KongisKing, and TheOneLion and EVERYTHING else you see us do online!). Chris ‘Calisuri’ Pirrotta is getting married today!! Many TORN staffers are attending the event, as we have become more than partners or friends..we are all family. Congrats Cali!!!
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Coxhm writes: Sydney’s Supanova Pop Culture Convention was on the 15-17th October. Richard Taylor and John Rhys Davies were there to represent Lord of the Rings and WETA. Richard was his normal chatty, friendly informative self. He indulges the Ringers present but also talked about King Kong and Narnia. [More]
Coxhm writes: Sydney’s Supanova Pop Culture Convention was on the 15-17th October. Richard Taylor and John Rhys Davies were there to represent Lord of the Rings and WETA. Richard was his normal chatty, friendly informative self. He indulges the Ringers present but also talked about King Kong and Narnia. I find it interesting how he often starts his talks with ‘i only life one life’ as he would have to repeat some of his stories–but what a life!! He is such a humble and generous man–never charges for his autographs and photographs!! We were thrilled as he recognized us from our volunteer work at The Exhibition earlier this year!! JRD is much more the movie star–facinating to lilsten to but on a different sort of plane. His time was cut sort on the Friday night and I didn’t get the chance to hear him on sunday. He did the obligatory comment of ‘No I don’t have Orlando Blooms phone number but yes i would give it to you if i did!” It was nice to dabble in the Rings again–and the figurines were only $3.50!! A bargain!!
Meet Alan Lee today in New York, NY at ‘Books of Wonder’ (18 West 18th Street). Alan will be signing copies of his latest book ‘The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook’ from Noon to 2pm. Alan is also keeping a travel blog of his book tour exclusively with TORN right here! [Alan Lee Travel Blog]
More tour dates and locations are available here. [More]
Alan Lee will be traveling across the United States in the next few weeks promoting his latest book; ‘The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook’. He has decided to keep a blog of his travels exclusively with us at TheOneRing.net! Follow this link to read his latest entry and be sure to bookmark it! Alan will be updating as often as he can! [Blog] [Tour Dates and Stops]
After the third great battle between the elves and Morgoth (Dagor Aglareb), Beleriand settled into a watchful peace and the elves — both Sindar and Noldorin — established the boundaries of their kingdoms. This is all recorded in Of Beleriand and its Realms — the 14th chapter of the Silmarillion.
We wonder, though, who is telling the tale? From what era? Could it be a Sindar elf, a Noldor lord? Or even a hobbit, perhaps?
Descriptions of the slag and ash-heaps of Thangorodrim, for example, are remniscent of the fields outside Mordor’s gate. With smoke constantly issuing from its lofty peaks, Thangorodrim itself feels like a forerunner of Mt Doom. [More]