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Lord of the Rings Online to Launch Expansion on November 18th
October 10, 2008 - "Turbine, Inc. announced today the details of the launch of The Lord of the Rings Online™: Mines of Moria™. On November 18, 2008 The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria will be available in stores across North America and Europe allowing players to begin their journey to the vast, terrifying and unparalleled world beneath Middle-earth." |
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Win The "Treasures of Moria" From Lord of the Rings Online
October 10, 2008 - Free stuff is always good, so you might as well see what you can get from The Lord of the Rings Online! |
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Lord of the Rings on Empire's 500 Greatest Movies of All Time
October 8, 2008 - All three LOTR films made it into Empire's comprehensive (for those 500 films) list... I'm sure lots of you can guess what the #1 overall film might be too. |
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The Proceedings of "Tolkien 2005: The Ring Goes Ever On" being published at end of September
September 3, 2008 - Published in two volumes the proceedings are available to order from Tolkien Society Trading and include papers from David Bratman, Rhona Beare, John Garth, Nancy Martsch, Michael Scott Rohan, Greg Wright, Dimitra Fimi, Lynnette R. Porter, and Tom Shippey. |
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Today is the thirty-fifth anniversary of J. R. R. Tolkien's death.
September 2, 2008 - On September 2, 1973 J. R. R. Tolkien passed away at the age of 81. |
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Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro All Set to Start Writing The Hobbit
August 20, 2008 - Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens have all finalized their writing deals For The Hobbit and it's sequel/LOTR prequel. |
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MTV Wants to Talk to Lord of the Rings Fans
August 20, 2008 - "Are you a young person who is obsessed with a certain book, comic, or video game? MTV's True Life is looking for young people who are die-hard fans of certain brands, characters, or fantasy series." |
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2008 Mythopoeic Award Winners
August 20, 2008 - Take a look at the list of this years winners of the Mythopoeic awards. |
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Pauline Baynes, Tolkien and Lewis Illustrator, Dies at 85
August 6, 2008 - Known for her pen and ink drawings in Tolkien's Farmer Giles of Ham, she also caught Lewis's eye and illustrated all 7 of The Chronicles of Narnia books. |
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Douglas Kane talks about "Arda Reconstructed"
August 4, 2008 - Douglas Kane, an avid member of many Tolkien-related websites and forums under the alias Voronwe_the_Faithful, has accomplished what many so-called "Tolkien-scholars" can only dream of. |