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The Early Word: New Books for the Week of May 4, 2009
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• Tue, May 5
essentially old-fashioned novel is until everything falls together in the final pages of the promising Stone's Fall. By Claire Cook By Gillian Flynn By Charlaine Harris By Reif Larsen By Chuck Palahniuk By Robert B. Parker By JRR Tolkien By Shawn Levy.
Interview with R. Scot Johns, Author of Epic Fantasy Novel The ...
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• Thu, Mar 5
OH He first came to Beowulf through his love of JRR Tolkien, a leading scholar on the subject. As an Honors Medieval Literature major he has given lectures on such topics as the historical King Arthur and the construction of Stonehenge. ...
Book Review: Eragon by Christopher Paolini
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• Sun, Jan 11
OH - Jan 11, 2009 In this, there are also shades of JRR Tolkien's Gandalf (up to and including blowing dancing and colored smoke rings on occasion). Ultimately, like both his ...
Music DVD Review: Down The Tracks: The Music That Influenced Led ...
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• Fri, Dec 19
OH - Dec 19, 2008 The DVD also makes its way back to the writings of JRR Tolkien and the occult ramblings of an evil Brit whose name emerged again in the 1960s after being ...
Beyond the Books: Interview with Lloyd Lofthouse, Author of My ...
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• Wed, Dec 10
OH - Dec 10, 2008 Other than Waldron’s novel, my all time favorite is Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. I’ve read Tolkien’s masterpiece three times - the first time in a ...
Book Review: The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien
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• Tue, Jun 12
By Asgard The Children of Hurin is an assemblage of Tolkien's assorted writings, put together in novel format by son Christopher. The story was begun by JRR Tolkien in 1918, but never assembled as a complete novel. Christopher Tolkien has organized the work into novel format without altering his fa...
PC Game Review: Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
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• Wed, May 16
By Kaonashi Turbine's long awaited The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of Angmar (LOTRO) was released on April 24, much to the delight of Tolkien and MMORPG fans alike. For $14.99 a month, anyone can assist Frodo, Gandalf, and the rest of the Fellowship in preventing Sauron and his armies from enslaving the F...
The Early Word: New Books for the Week of April 15, 2007
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• Mon, Apr 16
By Gordon Hauptfleisch Begun in 1918, The Children of Hurin -- the first complete J.R.R. Tolkien work since the publication of The Silmarillion in 1977 -- was one of three “Great Tales” the author worked on throughout his life, though he never realized his objective in seeing it published. Now reconstructed by Chri...
Interview with Kay Green, Author of Jung's People
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• Wed, Jan 31
By Ambrose Musiyiwa In a recent interview, Kay Green spoke about her writing. What would you say are your main concerns as a writer? Are you going to retain the Welsh and Old English names or are you going to 'modernize' them? What would you say has been your most significant achievement as a writer?