{"id":21311,"date":"2000-03-02T10:59:40","date_gmt":"2000-03-02T16:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2000\/03\/02\/green-books-deluge\/"},"modified":"2000-03-02T10:59:40","modified_gmt":"2000-03-02T16:59:40","slug":"green-books-deluge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2000\/03\/02\/21311-green-books-deluge\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Books Deluge!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">Greetings &#8211; Quickbeam here. <\/p>\n<p>*BEWARE* The floodgates have opened and the deluge comes crashing forth!  All you patient readers have waited long enough; the many new items in Green Books are sure to quench after such a lengthy drought.  Our monthly update for March includes: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A brand new <b>Counterpoint<\/b> by the lovely and incisive Anwyn.  She takes the big plunge into deep waters in &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/greenbooks.theonering.net\/anwyn\/files\/030100.html\">Fate, Obedience, and Free Will<\/a>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>A whopping <b>sixteen <\/b>new articles in <a href=\"http:\/\/greenbooks.theonering.net\/questions\/\">Questions &#038; Answers<\/a>.  Drown yourself in such arcane Tolkien facts as: <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>What is the <i>Secret Fire<\/i> Gandalf claims to serve?<\/li>\n<li>Could Arwen have chosen immortality?<\/li>\n<li>What was that strange Forbidden Door in The Paths of the Dead?<\/li>\n<li>How extensive are the armies of Gondor?<\/li>\n<li>Why didn&#8217;t the Fellowship just fly on the Eagles straight to Mount Doom?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><ul><\/p>\n<li>The extraordinary trip into the Professor&#8217;s past continues in Shaun Spain&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/fan.theonering.net\/writing\/reviews\/files\/spain_trail2.html\">On the Tolkien Trail: Part Two<\/a>&#8221;  Find yourself in the heart of Oxford with a bevy of great photos.\n<li>Swim through Moon Letters and take &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/fan.theonering.net\/writing\/stories\/files\/kyriel_geektest.html\">The Tolkien Geek Test<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; I&#8217;ll never admit what I scored on it!  Also surf along waves of delightful new <a href=\"http:\/\/fan.theonering.net\/writing\/poetry\">Poems<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/fan.theonering.net\/writing\/reviews\">Essays<\/a>, and over in the <a href=\"http:\/\/fan.theonering.net\">Fan Section<\/a> you&#8217;ll find great new <a href=\"http:\/\/fan.theonering.net\/art\/wallpaper.html\">Wallpaper<\/a> by my friend Mike Urban and others.\n<li>Snorkel around the <b><font COLOR=\"#ff0000\">updates<\/b><\/font> from Turgon&#8217;s and Quickbeam&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/greenbooks.theonering.net\/questions\/files\/020100.html\">February Q&#038;A<\/a>.  My answer about the Nazgul hating water is now much clearer. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Whew&#8230;!  We hope you enjoy and remind you to watch out for the undertow.  Stay tuned for a new &#8220;Out on a Limb&#8221; by yours truly and even sooner we&#8217;ll feature new <b>Stump the Staff <\/b>items that we deem the most perplexing of all. <\/p>\n<p>Much too hasty,<\/p>\n<p>Quickbeam<\/p>\n<p>P.S.  I admit many people have written asking, &#8220;Hey, Quickie, where is that TATTOO you were going to get?&#8221;  To which I reply, &#8220;Never fear.  I have just postponed it a little, I promise it will still happen&#8230;  Soon&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings &#8211; Quickbeam here. *BEWARE* The floodgates have opened and the deluge comes crashing forth! 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