The Hall of Fire

That's a scythe not a spear/lance. Jackson might have done it too but eh. And Gil-galad's color scheme could have been silver based on LOTR alone but also parts of HOME. Ar-Pharazôn the Golden should be the one in gold. Have to say I diasagree with this entirely. I love the design of Aiglos, and it...

Is Cerin going to be expected top provide citations for everything she says? I don't see any other posters here being held to that standard, and I know I haven't been. If we want to hear opinions other than our own, shouting "prove it!" every time someone says something you disagree with i...

No it wasn't. It's genuinely refreshing to hear the other perspective without hyperbole.

This is sounding much more interesting

https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2022/0 ... &fs=e&s=cl

I need to grab my books but is it something like "Perhaps it sits and chats with us a bitsy? Does it like riddles?"

I have to say Cerin, its great to hear someone sensibly and clearly arguing the republican stance here.

Gollum to Bilbo?

From my NYT Summary email this morning Good morning. After abortion, how is the Supreme Court likely to change American society next? The impatient, ambitious five Protesting for abortion rights in Brooklyn last month.Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times My colleague Adam Liptak, who covers the Supre...

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/2022/06/new-tolkien-book-the-fall-of-numenor-to-be-published/ Speaking to The Tolkien Society exclusively, Brian Sibley said: As my many friends in the Tolkien Society will understand, it has been a great honour to have been entrusted with the task of bringing together...

I've only read UT twice or three times, and the last was over 20 years ago. Not gonna be much help here.

I hope this doesn't turn into a witch hunt to blame first responders instead of looking at the actual causes... oh who am I kidding...

Sibley was also responsible for the best Tolkien adaptation of all time (IMHO), the BBC Radio Play of "Lord of the Rings". Also, I would argue that the more recent books would have been more accessible, and more enjoyable to the majority of the public, if they had been edited by someone le...

PM Sent Inanna.

I agree with Voronwë...

Julian Fellowes insists almost all of the storylines (including the dead lover in Ep 1) are based on actual historical cases. Granted, they didn't all happen in the same house, but they did happen.

Its depressing to see it all laid out in black and white and know it will be ignored.

Or, based on the internet, anyone!

Théoden?

Just a brief reminder that the only reason we have LotR as all is because the publishers were unwilling to follow up The Hobbit with a book that didn't contain Hobbits. ;) And it is safe to say that to 99% of moviegoers*, Hobbits are the differentiating factor between Tolkien and other fantasy. *63....