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Video: The Real Middle Earth - Extra Feature 5Original at YouTube
• Tue, Feb 17
By rss@youtube.com (jansonmedia) http://www.janson.com/dvd/show_title.php?pid=20336 This fascinating documentary takes us in Tolkien's footsteps and investigates the landscapes and buildings, the places and names that helped shape Middle Earth. Sir Ian Holm narrates this fascinating exploration into an imagin...
Video: The Lord of the Rings - The living World of Middle Earth (Part I)Original at YouTube
• Mon, Feb 9
By rss@youtube.com (Ezekielepharcelis) Author: Ezekielepharcelis Keywords: TheLordoftheRings Tolkien ThelivingWorldofMiddle Earth LotRo LordoftheRingsonline ThamailiSchwarzschild Ezekielepharcelis CityofPraguePhilharmonic CrouchEndFestivalChorus TheFellowshipoftheRing TheProphecy
Video: The Silmarillion - Audio Book - Part 56Original at YouTube
• Sat, Nov 22
By rss@youtube.com (RingsradioDrama) J. R. R. Tolkien's epic work laying down the foundations of Middle-Earth. Long before the adventures of Frodo and The Ring, long before Biblo went on his adventure; was the story of how it all began. The Silmarillion. Divided into five parts, The Silmarillion, tells the history of Middle Earth;...
The Piano Lesson's characters have lots to say but little to do.
Original at Chicago Reader
• Wed, May 20
The effect is to create the illusion of a complete world extending beyond the limits of the play itself—sort of like what JRR Tolkien accomplished in “The Lord of the Rings” with all those mythologies and maps of Middle Earth. ...
New Lord Mayor of Birmingham appointed
Original at BirminghamMail.net
• Wed, May 20
UK Raised in the Black Country, he went to school and university in Birmingham before settling in Hall Green with wife Vivienne, the new Lady Mayoress. The couple share a passion for the works of JRR Tolkien and organise the annual Middle Earth Weekend. ...
Hall Green councillor appointed as new Lord Mayor of Birmingham
Original at Birmingham Post
• Tue, May 19
UK The couple share a passion for the works of JRR Tolkien and are very active in the promotion of the Lord of the Rings author, through the Birmingham Tolkein Group, the drama group Shire Producations and as organisers of the annual Middle Earth Weekend. ...
JRR Tolkien fans have fun in the rain at Middle Earth Weekend
Original at BirminghamMail.net
• Mon, May 18
UK FANTASY fans had a magical weekend in a Birmingham suburb transformed into a scene from Middle Earth to celebrate author JRR Tolkien. About 5000 of them went along to the tenth Middle Earth Weekend at Sarehole Mill, in Hall Green, a former childhood ...
After storybook boom, Bend faces a tough chapter
Original at OregonLive.com
• Sat, May 16
OR It's hardly the storybook ending JRR Tolkien might have written for a project that symbolized the extremes of Bend's legendary boom. But central Oregon has become the Middle Earth of unemployment -- at 17 percent, Bend suffers the second-highest rate ...
Manitowoc theater presents 'The Hobbit'
Original at Herald Times Reporter
• Thu, May 14
WI novel by JRR Tolkien features sword fighting, choreographed by combat expert, Christopher Elst of Milwaukee; a spooky spider dance, choreographed by Cari Jaeger of Manitowoc; and a setting of Middle Earth designed by Tony Olson of Sheboygan. ...
Monstrous fun laid on at Tolkien weekend
Original at BirminghamMail.net
• Wed, May 13
UK SWORD-WIELDING warriors, fire-breathing dragons and magical monsters will be on the prowl in Birmingham for the tenth annual Middle Earth Weekend. The life and works of Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien will be celebrated with a weekend of adventure ...
Here and back again.
Original at kinless (WordPress)
• Sun, May 10
Just watched a documentary about J.R.R. Tolkien and decided to join the wife in Middle Earth for a bit. Our earlier couple, a Champion and a ... kinless.wordpress.com
Poetry shows another side of Tolkien
Original at The Olympian
• Sun, May 10
• 2 related articles
WA Before JRR Tolkien was known as the master fantasy writer behind “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit,” he was fascinated with Norse mythology. Lost for 70 years, buried among his papers, were two poems he wrote concerning “the Volsung and Niflung ... Beyond Middle Earth Ottawa Citizen
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Beyond Middle Earth
Original at ottawacitizen.com
• Sat, May 9
Canada A "new" book by JRR Tolkien, based on a Norse myth, will be released in 2009. It wasn't until last summer that JRR Tolkien's publishers learned that a fascinating new saga -- unlike anything he had done before -- had surfaced among the legendary ...
What else does Tolkien have up his sleeve?
Original at EducationGuardian.co.uk
• Tue, May 5
UK The Middle-Earth Children's Songbook A charming collection of Olde Englande folk songs, including How Much is That Hobbit in the Window and Brown Girl in the Lord of the Ring, that JRR might have once sung to Christopher when he was a child. ...
Beyond Middle Earth:unearthed Tolkien book explores Norse myth and ...
Original at Canada.com
• Mon, May 4
Canada - Jamie Portman By Jamie Portman, Canwest News ServiceMay 4, 2009 It wasn't until last summer that JRR Tolkien's publishers learned that a fascinating new saga - unlike anything he had ever done before - had surfaced among the legendary author's papers. ...
JRR Tolkien fans await latest book, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún
Original at Telegraph.co.uk
• Sat, May 2
He added: "It is something completely different from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, but incredibly fascinating. It will be of value in shedding light on how Tolkien perceived the source material." Tolkien's Middle Earth fantasy novels have sold ...
The terms of Tolkien
Original at St. Joseph
• Sat, Apr 25
by Blake Hannon Acclaimed fantasy author JRR Tolkien had quite the imagination. He dreamed up the world of Middle Earth in his classic “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, which was later brought to the screen to become modern-day classics. ...
HC turns Middle Earth digital
Original at TheOneRing.net
• Mon, Apr 20
New Zealand From thebookseller.com: JRR Tolkien will move into the digital age as HarperCollins begins selling his Lord of the Rings series as enhanced e-books. As The Bookseller went to press, the publisher said it was planning to issue Tolkien's entire back ...
The Whole Point of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
Original at msokorea.com
• Sat, Apr 18
South Korea The appeal of this epic tale isn抰 the writing; it抯 the rich detail and history of the world Tolkien created. Reading The Lord of the Rings is like putting on your hiking boots and taking a stroll in Middle Earth.
Ribble Valley brewery goes into liquidation
Original at Lancashire Telegraph
• Wed, Apr 8
UK At last week’s Middle Earth Beer Festival, Hurst Green, the company launched a special beer for the event called 1420. The name of the beer referred to a special date within the Lord of the Rings books written by JRR Tolkien. ...
Three-day Ribble Valley beer festival with Tolkien theme
Original at Lancashire Telegraph
• Wed, Mar 25
UK The Middle Earth Beer Festival has been organised and sponsored by The Aspinall Arms, in Mitton, and takes its name from the Ribble Valley’s location as the geographical centre of the UK. Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien was believed to be a big ...
Exploring Middle-Earth: The Rift
Original at Massively
• Thu, Feb 26
By Colin Brennan While the high level area "The Rift" never made it into the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien, it is another great example of how Turbine was able to expand the lore of The Lord of the Rings without treading on his toes and ripping apart the world. It is also the subject of the exploring Middle-Earth colu...
The score can be troublesome even for a professional choir
Original at thenational.ae
• Wed, Feb 11
United Arab Emirates The music, written to evoke the thrilling vistas and epic drama in the books and films as well as the various civilisations of the author JRR Tolkien’s Middle Earth, poses several challenges. The styles jostle amid nine-part harmonies and complex vocal ...
Troubles in Middle Earth? New Line Being Sued by the Estate of J.R.R. Tolkien
Original at First Showing
• Tue, Feb 12
By Alex Billington Talk about kicking New Line when they're already down! The Tolkein Trust, a British charity that manages the estate of legendary author J.R.R. Tolkien, and publisher HarperCollins decided to file a lawsuit against New Line Cinema earlier today for $150 million. Their claim is that they hav...