The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming Shock! Horror! To those of us who consider ourselves honorary inhabitants of Middle-earth, the Nobel committee has committed a grievous error – passing over Tolkien for the Nobel Prize . The shock isn’t in the […]
In this episode, we toast the Professor (multiple times), talk about the latest Hobbit movie news, discuss Merry and Pippins role in LOTR, and chat with Mr. John DiBartolo, co-founder of Middle-earth Network and founder […]
Artist Francisco Guerrero graced the web this week with a series of Lord of the Rings illustrations that are, as The Mary Sue so aptly claims, part Disney, part Rankin Bass. (Before I go any further: […]
Try saying that title 10 times in a row! Not easy is it? Neither is this week’s “Riddles in the Dark” trivia: From Amon Sul he tread with a point of snow above his head. […]
Jim Hickey, weatherman from ONE News NZ, stopped by Hobbiton in Matamata, and talked with a friend of the Middle-earth Network, Ian Brodie. He gave Hickey a tour of some of the hobbit holes used […]
Get ready to test your Tolkien trivia! Each week on The Founders’ Inklings, Network Founder John Di Bartolo will be testing listeners on their Tolkien trivia by asking tricksy “Riddles in the Dark”. The first […]
A little over 8 months since launching Middle-earth Network Radio we’re ramping up for the new year. Starting tomorrow, Tuesday December 6th we’ll be making every Tuesday ‘Tolkien Tuesday’! What this means is that every […]
Written by My Middle-earth member, thechadillac. Greetings community, this week I interviewed Jeff known as Cheeseshirecat on My Middle-Earth. Jeff is in his fourties and lives in Portland, Oregon. He studied film and animation in […]
Melissa and Rocy Pillsbury of Unity, Maine, run a business called Wooden Wonders, where they have been custom designing and building miniature Hobbit homes for the past two and a half years. When Rocy Pillsbury, […]
Quint from Ain’t It Cool News has just posted his fourth update from the set of The Hobbit, titled: A “Palaver of Istari.” Having left Hobbiton (located in Matamata), this report comes from the small […]
