Post Tagged with: "Tolkien"

‘JRR Tolkien: The True Lord of the Rings’ Comic Book

Bluewater Productions have released their biographical comic book, Orbit #8: JRR Tolkien: The True Lord of the Rings, based on author J.R.R. Tolkien in e-reader form, and today it becomes available in print! This was the […]

Tonight on Warriors of the Westfold: Hobbit Homes

Tune into Middle-earth Network Radio at 9 PM EST for tonight’s LIVE broadcast of Warriors of the Westfold! Tonight on Warriors of the Westfold, we’re talking Hobbit Homes! From decor to location, we’ll be discussing what makes the perfect Hobbit […]

Tonight on Warriors of the Westfold: Challenging Con-ventional Wisdom

Tune into Middle-earth Network Radio at 9 PM EST for tonight’s LIVE broadcast of Warriors of the Westfold! Tonight the Warriors weigh in on Tolkien-themed conventions and collectibles! Joining hosts Arwen Kester and Lily Milos is Middle-earth News Assistant Director, Mark McBride. Together, they’ll be talking about […]

Tolkien Professor Live Tonight

Join us for a live Middle-earth Network Radio Special as we are joined by Professor Corey Olsen, aka ‘The Tolkien Professor’ as he visits with us about the upcoming summer courses at Mythgard. The LIVE […]

Russian ‘Rings’ Reworking Popular Among Fans, But Infringes on Copyrights

A Russian reworking of The Lord of the Rings – a sort of alternate history story told from the perspective of Mordor – has been translated into English and made available as a free download, […]

Smaug The Golden, Smaug The Mighty, Smaug The … Mysterious

Though 2012 is the year of the dragon, it has been confirmed that we will not get a glimpse of The Hobbit’s own dragon, Smaug, until 2013. However, in one of Peter Jackson’s production diaries, […]

Tolkien Seminar 2012

Tolkien Seminar 2012 This weekend (April 27-29), the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena will be hosting the 9th Seminar of the Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft (DTG), with this year’s topic being Tolkien’s Influence on Fantasy. Started in 2004, the […]

Hall Green to Boast New Tolkien Gallery at Sarehole Mill

With the premiere of The Hobbit fast approaching, areas with connections to Tolkien are eager to bring in some tourism business by highlighting their connections to the professor. Such is the case in Birmingham, where […]

Texas A&M-Commerce Presents LEOCON 2012

Texas A&M-Commerce presents LEOCON—their first annual sci-fi, fantasy, anime/manga, and gaming convention! LEOCON is the first science fiction and fantasy con at A&M-Commerce, organized by Sigma Phi Phi (Syphers). Our organization aims to cover all […]

Searching for the Arkenstone: Tolkien Easter Eggs

When I was five years old, my very orderly family hid a precise number of colored eggs for each child. I was having some trouble finding that last pink egg, and my well-meaning (or smarty-pants) […]