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Book Club Update
Beginning today, the CoE Book Club moves on in its discussion of The Children of Húrin, to Chapter XI, The Fall of Nargothrond. All members should feel free to pick up the book and join in the discussion.
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The Book Club moves on to Chapter VI of The Children of Hurin
Beginning today, the CoE Book Club, in our discussion of The Children of Hurin, has moved on to Chapter VI , Turin Among The Outlaws. All CoE members should feel free to join us at any time, simply by reading the book and posting a comment on this, or any previous, comment
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Turin in Doriath- the CoE book club
On September 17th, the CoE book club will move on to Chapter V of ‘The Children of Hurin’. Questions, quotes , and links to illustrations, will be posted for members comments and discussion. Feel free, at any time, to pick up a copy of the book and join in with your own comments and questions.
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Book Club: Túrin forced to abandon his Mother
In our ongoing discussion of The Children of Húrin, the Book Club moves on this week to Chapter IV, The Departure of Túrin. Please feel free to pick up the book and join us.
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The Children of Hurin- the near-total defeat of The Noldor
This week, the book club will begin discussing Chapter II of The Children of Hurin; The Battle of Unnumbered Tears. Please feel free to join in the discussion and to post any questions you may have.
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Peter Jackson may make The Hobbit after all
Stuff.co.nz report that Bob Shaye of New Line Cinema has been in communication with Peter Jackson’s representative, about getting him to direct The Hobbit. They also report that Sir Ian McKellan is currently in New Zealand and at a news conference said, “there was no doubt that a rumoured reprisal of his Gandalf role in…
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Book Club: The Children of Húrin
The CoE Book Club will begin to discuss The Children of Húrin on July 30th. In preparation for that date , we will familiarize ourselves with the world at the time of the story, starting this week, with a discussion of the Introduction to the book. Feel free to grab a copy of the book…
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The Hobbit- You can’t go home again?
Beginning this week, The Book Club finishes our discussion of ‘The Hobbit’. Come join us and let us know what you thought of the story and how it compares with Tolkien’s other Middle-earth stories.
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LotR actors seeking merchandising royalties
Following the lead of Peter Jackson, a number of the actors that starred in smaller roles in LotR are suing NewLine for a fair share of the revenues from the merchandising of their characters. In one example, Mark Ferguson , who played Gil-Galad is questioning the royalty accounting methods that turned $9 million US in…
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Book Club- To the victors go the spoils- The Hobbit
Today, the book club moves on to Chapter XVIII, The Return Journey, in our discussion of The Hobbit.