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The Shire is in Foreclosure

jrochest — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:52:00 -0800

Subprime crisis worse than we thought... The Shire, an Oregon housing development based on Tolkien's Hobbit village, is in foreclosure.

The Hobbit Movie, It's Offical

Mintyblonde — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:35:20 -0800

It's official, Del Torro is on board for the new Hobbit move and it's...um..sequel. Anyway, he seems to be adamant in keeping the as much as the original creative team on board which is a encouraging sign, roll on 2010?

Adventures in Balrog Math

homunculus — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:38:02 -0800

Some Thoughts On Balrogs.

The Fellowship of the Feebles?

dazed_one — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:35:09 -0800

"It is an army bred for a single purpose; to destroy the world of men."

The Children of Húrin by J.R.R. Tolkien

stbalbach — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:55:57 -0800

The Children of Húrin is the first complete book by J.R.R. Tolkien in three decades, co-written by his son Christopher. His grandson Adam Tolkein explains how it came about. The Washington Post gives a great review.

If Middle Earth had a website this would probably be it

konolia — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:12:27 -0800

Council of Elrond You have stumbled upon one of the largest resource sites on the web offering a variety of unique features based on the creative works of J.R.R. Tolkien.

The Destruction of that Horrible, Annoying, Egotistical, Asinine, Off-Key and Exceedingly STUPID Ring, and the Return of Whatshisname

zennie — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:41:45 -0800

The Stupid Ring is 'Earth's largest Tolkien parody.' Given a taste of The Lord of the Rings on the big screen [warning: sound], some wacky Tolkien fans craved more. So they rewrote the entire book as a movie script. All sixty-plus chapters. Every scene, every song. And then some. Possibly while drunk.

Grey as a mouse, Big as a house.

sparkletone — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 16:06:28 -0800

Oliphaunts were one of the many amazing sights Sam Gamgee wished to see when he left The Shire. He immortalized the mighty beast in a song, and many other have paid tribute over the years. Origami, a design firm, and even a political cartoonist, it is clear that everyone who's anyone loves them some Oliphaunt. They even have their own urban dictionary entry, and a rather unflattering variant. Be careul not to confuse them with the Mastodon. Nor should be they be considered simple war elephants. The Oliphaunt towers over them all.

The Shire - Oregon Style

jonson — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:51:20 -0800

Attention Tolkien Fans: if this obscure recording of JRR reading (and signing) The Lord of The Rings doesn't quench your lust for all things Middle Earth, then perhaps you should consider buying a home in The Shire, a new real estate development in Bend Oregon (which oddly seems to not feature Hobbit holes, but rather looks instead like Bree, the human village nearest the Shire).

Write your name in Tengwar (Tolkien's Elvish)

persona non grata — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:18:30 -0800

Write your name in Tengwar, the Elvish language/alphabet created by JRR Tolkien. You can work with Tengwar fonts based on Middle Earth languages and runes and see many examples of the script via a Google Image search. According to Tolkien, "there is quite a bit of linguistic wisdom in it." There are certainly websites devoted to his languages and thier history. And It took some thought and work to make the speech sound right in the movies.