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Middle Earth Blog
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An up to date news source including articles and videos about Tolkien's world.
- Added on: Mar 23rd, 2007
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: scott malthouse
- Listed in: Books Entertainment
- Tags: tolkien middle earth fellowship children of hurin two towers return of the king
Recent Posts
Sigurd and Gudrun FAQ
Over at the Tolkien Library is an FAQ all about The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun. It outlines the history of the writing and the two tales in the book - The New Lay of the Volsungs and The New Lay of Gudrun.What I think is one of the coolest things ab...
Mortensen Talks Aragorn
Viggo Mortensen recently spoke to totalfilm.com about reprising his role as Aragorn in The Hobbit. The shaggy haired warrior said: "I'd rather finish the job myself rather than have another actor do it." Could we really imagine anyone else in the ra...
McKellen says Hobbit won't be like Rings
Ian McKellen spoke to a TV critic's press tour in Hollywood about reprising his role as Gandalf in The Hobbit, saying that the movie is not going to be a remake of The Lord of the Rings and that he will play Gandalf differently."We’re not remaking ...
Valar Magazine Launched
I've decided to launch an online magazine called Valar that contains a round up of the month's news and some of the more interesting posts and videos. It can be found here As you can imagine, Valar will come out at the end of every month. I hope you...
Hobbit and Rings in 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings have been selected in the 'Imagined Worlds' section of the Guardian's '1000 Novels Everyone Must Read' feature. Suzanne Clarke, author of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell has chosen a selection of fantasy books and...
Arthur Rackham's Art of the Ring
Reader, Jared of pornokitsch (don't worry, it's an awesome geek culture blog) pointed me towards a great illustrator, Arthur Rackham, who did the artwork for composer Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung which was a four-part musical epic based ...
