The Hall of Fire

Something to look forward to, since I don't think I've seen this mentioned yet: Jeb Bush, George Clooney are the first guests on debut of CBS ‘Late Night with Stephen Colbert’ I'm already interested to see what Colbert will be like on his new show (and not using his old character), and having Jeb Bu...

The articles and press releases I read initially said August 27 for UK (Harper Collins), October 27 for US (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), but all of a sudden some have stated that US will be April 5th, 2016. Amazon also lists it as such, and Houghton Mifflin's Tumblr has April as well. Some websites h...

Wow. Thank you for sharing that!

That interview is indeed interesting; thanks for sharing it! I'm curious what others think about this Time article: Greece May Have to Sell Islands and Ruins Under Its Bailout Deal : Of all the aspects of Monday’s bailout deal that Greeks found humiliating, nothing drilled into their sense of pride ...

What's with all the Christian leaders who call for deferring to biblical definition of marriage? Are they seriously proposing to legalize polygamy? It's funny you say that, because my Facebook feed has conservative Christians contrasting "biblical" marriage to same-sex marriage and this S...

"My words cannot express how appalled I am that we have lost a critical tool to protect law enforcement and Nebraska families." I'm confused about this statement: those sentenced to death are done so after their capture and conviction. As ones convicted would have already been apprehended...

On the topic of being picky about science fiction, I enjoy many novels by Jack McDevitt, including a series of futuristic mysteries. They're thrilling and comfortable; I've thought "I could recommend these to my mother," who reads a lot but not science fiction. However, on Reddit recently ...

I really like that Weihnachtslieder! I'm not a Christian per se, but I'm fond of a good amount of Christian hymns, carols, and classical requiems/Passions/etc. The video you posted is right up my alley.

Good luck, Tyrhael! I hope you find at least some things that you enjoy. Thank you! I enjoyed AUJ much more the second time around. Sure, there were still parts I didn't like at all (while some I didn't mind as much this time having already known of them), but I had forgotten about many parts I did...

Well, after some of your posts in "All the glorious moments" and other threads, I was persuaded to give the Hobbit films a second chance. After seeing AUJ in theaters, I decided that I didn't feel like watching the rest of the trilogy. However, I'm now about to watch DoS EE, and will likel...

Their Art of The Hobbit book is (not surprisingly) superb, as is their previous J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator . [...] But equally, I look forward to Wayne and Christina's informative commentary. Good point - I loved Artist and Illustrator for both its art content and their commentary, so I...

Dorwiniondil at the Plaza has pointed out that Scull and Hammond have revealed their latest project on their blog: The Art of the Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien . I'm getting very excited about this new publication. :love: I'll have to check out Art of The Hobbit as well; I must have not been a...

Hi! I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this, but I saw this article posted on G+ (thanks to Jeremiah Burns) and thought some of you might be interested. :whistle: Guy Gavriel Kay: ‘I learned a lot about false starts from JRR Tolkien’ Thirty years ago, the first in Kay’s bestselling Fionovar...

I just discovered the works of Justin Gerard via reddit; he has a few Tolkien-related pieces on his website: Glorfindel and the Balrog , the Fall of Glorfindel , Smaug , and Glaurung and the Dwarf King . I particularly like the latter two (his rendition of dragons!), as the curved swords and Balrog ...

Bodleian? I seriously doubt I'd be allowed access.

Woohoo! I am always pleased to see a new piece handwritten by Tolkien, as his sometimes calligraphic / sometimes illegible scrawls are rather intoxicating to view. I'm saving up on my computer pictures of every Tolkien handwriting-piece found online (Sothebys, Christies, etc.) or scanned from books ...

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In the joint del Toro / PJ online chat regarding 'The Hobbit', I planned to ask whether they intended to once again utilize "Elvish" in inscriptions, lyrics, dialogue, etc., but wasn't able to. ... Then of course if David Salo was chosen again he'd be between a rock and a hard place on whe...

US Men winning the Bronze in Team Gymnastics. If your not familiar with Raj Bhavsar, and I suppose you wouldn't if you don't follow Gymnastics, it was immensely satisfying to see him win an Olympic medal, not to mentnion the rest of the team :). Anyone else have some highlights? Perhaps without suc...