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The Steward of Middle-earth
Christopher Tolkien, at the age of 94, has now finished his work as the editor of his fathers work. Last year he resigned as Director of The Tolkien Estate and it has been announced the ‘The Fall of Gondolin’ is the last work he will edit. Hanna Long has written a wonderful article on the…
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25 Best Movie Action Sequences
As part of the celebration of their 25th anniversary SYFY has made a list of what they consider, in no particular order, to be the 25 best action sequences of the past 25 years. The list can be found
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The Fall Of Gondolin
The last book in the Tolkien trilogy of Great Tales of the Elder Days, THE FALL OF GONDOLIN was released on August 30th.The Publishers description of the book can be found here .
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Toast the Professor’s Birthday
Today, Jan 3rd, is J.R.R.Tolkien’s Birthday, traditionally celebrated with a toast. Details of the Toast, as explained by the Tolkien Society can be found here . Note that the site also has a link to various places where you can join in the celebration. Also, to celebrate Tolkien’s Birthday the Christian Science Monitor has posted…
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The 33 Greatest Movie Trilogies
Empire Magazine has just published its list of the 33 top movie trilogies of all time. To read the article and learn whether any of Peter Jackson’s Tolkien trilogies made the list you just need to click here .
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Can they build it? Would you live in Minas Tirith?
Click here to read about a LOTR related indiegogo campaign,. and here to go to the actual campaign page.
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Tribute to Sir Christopher Lee
By now everyone is aware of the passing, Sunday morning, of Sir Christopher Lee. As a Tribute to his work on The Hobbit and Lord of The Rings Films we present this link to a clip of him preparing for a scene in The Hobbit, and Peter Jackson’s Facebook statement on the loss of a…
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Story written by Tolkien in 1914 about to be released.
The Story of Kullervo. writtten back when Tolkien was a 22 year old student at Oxford, tells the dark tale of a young man, sold into slavery and seeking revenge. Click here for more information on the tale, to be released on Aug 27th.
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Narsil, and Anduril, forged from scratch
To see the team from Men at Arms forge Narsil,and then reforge Anduril from the shards, click here for the 10 minute video.
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First edition of The Hobbit fetches £137,000 at auction
A copy of The Hobbit, originally given by Tolkien to one of his students, has just been sold by Sotheby’s. Details can be found here .
