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Fiction-wise, JRR Tolkien is among our interviewees' favourite authors, with Kerry Quinn and Head of Steam pubs boss Tony Brookes and Clipper Wind MD David ...
Mon, Dec 28 | from nebusiness.co.uk
Avatar: visually stunning, morally vapid
Read CS Lewis's science-fiction trilogy, read Tolkien, just read. It's not the adoration of hand-me down paganism, crass environmentalist politics or the ... and more »
Sun, Dec 27 | from MercatorNet
Cool heroes of the hot season
The Lord of the Rings trilogy For three consecutive summers, Peter Jackson's JRR Tolkien saga was the cinematic gorilla in the room, or at least until ... and more »
Sun, Dec 27 | from Sydney Morning Herald
Church leaders find season's meaning
According to Jones, Lewis was agnostic until he found Christ through another famous writer, JRR Tolkien -- the author of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. ... and more »
Thu, Dec 24 | from Roanoke Times
Hoping to out-Klingon Klingon
Straits Times though, brim with invented languages, from Nadsat in Anthony Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange to the Middle Earth languages of JRR Tolkien. ... Na'Vi: brand new language brought by "Avatar"AFP all 24 news articles »
Fri, Dec 18 | from Globe and Mail
Our dream 'Hobbit' cast (yes, including Gerard Butler)
I've always thought there was something a tad elven about Sheen (and doesn't Tolkien note somewhere that the hobbits are very distant relatives of the elves ... and more »
Fri, Dec 18 | from seattlepi.com
Review: 'Narnia' faithfully retells the first book of CS Lewis' series
obsession with the Second World War the Narnia books echo, more lightly, the broad themes of the Middle Earth stories of Lewis' friend JRR Tolkien. ...
Sun, Dec 13 | from OregonLive.com
Fanfiction: A Torturous Predicament Called 'Entertainment' by Nieriel Raina
Disclaimer: If this fic doesn’t prove I am not Tolkien, I’m not sure what would. Written for the Middle-earth Express Prompt #84: Entertainment WARNING: This short story contains sexual innuendo and alludes to a male’s reaction to ...
Fri, Nov 21 | from Lord of the Rings Fanfiction
Fanfiction: Speak, Friend and Enter by Formegil
Disclaimer: I don’t own anything J.R.R. Tolkien wrote. King Durin, Celebrimbor and Narvi are his characters, not mine. The story is set in ca. 750 Second Age. Speak, Friend and Enter Narvi was just taking his apron off after a long day ...
Sat, Nov 1 | from Lord of the Rings Fanfiction
Fanfiction: The Singsong Sindar by Formegil
Disclaimer: I don’t own anything J.R.R. Tolkien wrote whatsoever. The members of the band are my only original creations. This fic is written as a response to the challenge ”A Salute to Jules”. It is very late in coming, but hey, ...
Sat, Nov 1 | from Lord of the Rings Fanfiction
Fanfiction: The Son of Curufin by Formegil
Disclaimer: I do not own anything J.R.R. Tolkien wrote whatsoever. The characters in this story are his creations. Chapter 1: The Departure of Finrod The Man was haggard and his clothes were tattered, but he looked noble nonetheless as ...
Sat, Nov 1 | from Lord of the Rings Fanfiction
Podcast: The Ring and I (Radio Lab)
It might seem hyperbole to claim, as many Wagnerites do, that The Ring Cycle is "The Greatest Work of Art Ever." But the grandeur and power of this monumental work have permeated our culture from Star Wars to Bugs Bunny to J.R.R. Tolkien.
Mon, Dec 31 | from WNYC
Book Review: The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien
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...
Tue, Jun 12 | from Blogcritics
Book Review: Tolkien 'novel' a tale of woe, but a great read
In May 1973, I received a letter from one of my heroes, J.R.R. Tolkien. Like many another young fan, I had written to him begging to know when we could expect to see "The Silmarillion." To most readers at that time, this was just a title referred to in the appendices of "The Lord of the Rings." It could...
Sat, May 19 | from San Antonio Express
Opinion: Book 5/50
As someone who cut my literary teeth on J. R. R. Tolkien, Michael Moorcock, Gene Wolfe, and Robert E. Howard, I don't like most of the stuff that lands in the sci-fi/fantasy ghetto at the local Books-A-Million. For one thing, I've noticed that the back covers of many fantasy novels claim that the...
Fri, Apr 27 | from 50 Book Challenge
Opinion: New Book By 'Lord Of The Rings' Author JRR Tolkien Released
The Children of Hurin" by J. R. R. TolkienBook review by AP writer Bruce DeSilva(April 17, 2007) -- Six thousand years before the Fellowship of the Ring, long before anyone had even seen a Hobbit, the elves and men of Middle-earth quaked at the power of the dark lord...
Tue, Apr 17 | from Access Hollywood
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