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Sunday, August 13, 2000
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Hall of Fire Topic for August 19 & 20
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Tookish @ 17:17 PST

Tookish here with our next Tolkien talk topic! Our focus this weekend comes courtesy of Joe, a regular HoF attendee.

Middle-earth's Baddest Bad Guy

Who is it for you? Exempting of course Morgoth and Sauron, who is your favorite Tolkien villain? This topic will cover the entire History of Middle-earth, from The Silmarillion down to the Fourth Age. Bring your thoughts, your favorite dastardly deeds and evil dialogue, and come share with us this weekend.

Thanks Joe! We'd love to hear from the rest of you too for future Hall of Fire topics. Send 'em in here!

You can find this chat right here on our server. Come to our main chatroom Barliman's and then type /join #thehalloffire to participate.

Monday, August 07, 2000
Barlimans News

Tolkien fun section
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Gamgee @ 23:30 PST

Hello everyone! I hope you are all ready for another edition of the Tolkien fun section! Our last winner was Morden! Good job man! The answers were:
1) Haudh-en-Ndengin
2) Ringwraith
3) Gimli
Here are the questions for today:
1) "Name the elder of the Two Trees of Valinor."
2) "dlarnoga" (Scrambled Tolkien person, place or thing)
3) "Good morning, merry friends!" (Who said this?)
As always, Mail me with your answers, the 1st person to send all 3 correct answers in one mailing will be posted here next time! Good luck.........Gamgee

Sunday, August 06, 2000
Barlimans News

Hall of Fire Topic for August 12 and 13
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Tookish @ 22:26 PST

Here comes the next installment of The Hall of Fire live chat. Thanks to those of you who are regulars at our weekend discussions, and if you haven't been yet, we'd love to have you jump in at any time. For this Saturday, we're going to talk about Boromir

Boromir: Tragic Hero of Gondor

A proud, strong warrior and leader of men, Boromir the Brave is a tragic figure in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. His need for power, action, and deeds pushes him too far, yet we can admire much in this great hero. How would you have fared under the influence of the Ring? What would have been the outcome if Boromir had come into possession of It, or if he had persuaded the Walkers to go to Minas Tirith? Would Boromir have acknowledged Aragorn as King? Finally, what lessons can we learn from Boromir?

Come share your thoughts with us!

Saturday Chat: 5:30 EDT [10:30 GMT]
Sunday Chat: 6:00 GMT [1:00 EDT]
Place: #thehalloffire on theonering.net server; come to our chatroom Barliman's and then type /join #thehalloffire

Thursday, August 03, 2000
Barlimans News

Tolkien Fun Section
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Gamgee @ 01:23 PST

Hello again Tolkienites! Gamgee here, with yet another rousing edition of the Tolkien Fun Section! Our last winner was LadyWolf! Good job fair Lady! The answers were:
1) Brego
2) Eotheod
3) Daddy Twofoot
Here are the questions for today:
1) "What place name translates to 'mound of the slain'?"
2) "hitarigwnr" (scrambled Tolkien person, place or thing)
3) "If Elves indeed still dwell here in the darkening world." (Who said this?)
As always, Mail me with your answers, the 1st person to send all 3 correct answers in one mailing will be posted here next time! Good luck.........Gamgee

Wednesday, August 02, 2000
Barlimans News

Hey Doll Merry Doll!! Attention Hall of Fire Folks and Tolkien Purists!
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Tookish @ 16:20 PST

Greetings from the the presses down here at TheOneRing.net,

I think you're going to really appreciate this topic. In the rush of today, it seems like so many things are chaepened, devalued, and lost. Will this happen when Peter Jackson translates The Lord of the Rings to the big screen? Thus our topic:

Preserving the Legacy of Tolkien's Work on Film

We all know and expect that PJ will make changes in the Professor's great tale. If, in the upcoming movie, you could have 5 minutes -give or take- of the film that was completely unaltered and just as you imagine it, what would it be and why? What one scene would
you like to see in the movie verbatum? Do you think after the movies are out and finished that Tolkien's vision of Middle-earth will be properly shown, and what impact will the films have on future readers of The Lord of the Rings?

Join your moderators this Saturday, August 4, at 5:30 EST [-5 hours GMT] or Sunday, August 5, at 6:00 p.m. GMT [7:00 p.m. Central Europe Time and 1:00 p.m. EDT]. Please send in your feedback and topic suggestions to us.

Saturday, July 29, 2000
Barlimans News

Tolkien fun section
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Gamgee @ 12:53 PST

HI again everyone! Gamgee reporting in, with yet another edition of the Tolkien fun section! Our last winner was Morden! Good job my friend! The answers were:
1) To suck eggs(es)
2) Lake-town
3) Treebeard
Here are the questions for today:
1) "Who built the Hall of Meduseld?"
2) "toeehod" (scrambled Tolkien person, place or thing)
3) "and no wonder they're queer," (Who said this?)
As usual, Mail me with your answers, the 1st person to mail me all 3 correct answers in one mailing, will be posted here next time! Good Luck.........Gamgee

Thursday, July 27, 2000
Barlimans News

LotR Movie Preview Available Now!
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Tookish @ 19:40 PST

Well, Barliman chatroom regular Smeagol7's LotR preview that is! It's a fun home-made multimedia piece you can download here. Nice work Smeagol!

If you would like to view other mulitmedia fan work, check out this link to our very own TORN collection. Add yours with a quick email to Calisuri@theonering.net!


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