{"id":20489,"date":"2000-08-30T10:36:59","date_gmt":"2000-08-30T15:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2000\/08\/30\/happy-birthday-green-books\/"},"modified":"2000-08-30T10:36:59","modified_gmt":"2000-08-30T15:36:59","slug":"happy-birthday-green-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2000\/08\/30\/20489-happy-birthday-green-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Green Books!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">Greetings &#8211; Quickbeam here. <\/p>\n<p>This week marks the First Anniversary of our beloved <a href=\"http:\/\/greenbooks.theonering.net\">Green Books<\/a>!  It really is amazing to think that we have been working with TheOneRing.net for a whole year, but it&#8217;s true.  And yesterday I was just a tender sapling! <\/p>\n<p>In honor of our Anniversary we have a dragon&#8217;s horde of goodies, including: <\/p>\n<p>&#149; Announcing a new and improved <a href=\"http:\/\/greenbooks.theonering.net\/trivia\/brain\/index_0800.html\">Brain Bender contest<\/a>! Match wits with Quickbeam and you could be the winner of a delicious new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0261103873\/theoneringnet09\" target=\"new\">Lord of The Rings British Millennium Edition<\/a> (with CD).  But make haste-the deadline is 1 September 2000. <br \/>&#149; My new <a href=\"http:\/\/greenbooks.theonering.net\/quickbeam\">Out on a Limb<\/a> celebrates the very finest moments in the LOTR trilogy.  I call it &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/greenbooks.theonering.net\/quickbeam\/files\/080100.html\">Tolkien&#8217;s Greatest Hits<\/a>.&#8221; <br \/>&#149; Turgon lashes out his stinging whip and teaches us &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/greenbooks.theonering.net\/turgon\/files\/082300.html\">How NOT to Study Tolkien<\/a>&#8221; over on his <a href=\"http:\/\/greenbooks.theonering.net\/turgon\/\">Bookshelf<\/a>. <br \/>&#149; Anwyn is seriously &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/greenbooks.theonering.net\/anwyn\/files\/080100.html\">Looking for Authenticity in the Work of Peter Jackson<\/a>.&#8221;  She makes a vitally important point&#8211;or rather a <a href=\"http:\/\/greenbooks.theonering.net\/anwyn\/\">Counterpoint<\/a>!<br \/>&#149; Of course we have lots of new <a href=\"http:\/\/greenbooks.theonering.net\/questions\/\">Questions &#038; Answers<\/a>: <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Did the Ring sink in N&uacute;menor along with Sauron? \n<li>Is Gandalf really Manw&euml; in disguise?\n<li>What&#8217;s with that mystery brooch that Tom Bombadil found?\n<li>Did Thranduil know about Bilbo&#8217;s Ring early on? \n<li>Could the Elves just abandon Middle-earth? <\/ol>\n<p>All these and more can be found here. <\/p>\n<p>&#149; WOW &#8211; new <a href=\"http:\/\/fan.theonering.net\/writing\/\">Moon Letters<\/a> too!  Here you can delight in <a href=\"http:\/\/fan.theonering.net\/writing\/poetry\">poetry<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/fan.theonering.net\/writing\/stories\">fiction<\/a>. <br \/>&#149; Look for new updates in red to previous <a href=\"http:\/\/greenbooks.theonering.net\/questions\/\">Q&#038;A<\/a> articles. <\/p>\n<p>On behalf of the lovely Anwyn, the sagacious Turgon, and myself, I send a hearty <b>THANK YOU<\/b> to our many readers across the globe.  We are all honored to have you with us as we explore the WORDS and WORLD of Tolkien. <\/p>\n<p>Much too hasty,<\/p>\n<p>Quickbeam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings &#8211; Quickbeam here. This week marks the First Anniversary of our beloved Green Books! 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