" If you go to the Tolkien page (via author menu) and click on the 'The Hobbit ' link , below the 'Interviews ' heading , a quicktime video comes up !

The video is a short extract from the Tolkien Society official video portrait from a few years ago ..... it shows Tom Shippey talking about Tolkien's popularity and Tolkien himself telling how ' The Hobbit ' got started !!! [More]

My Precious: Check out the BEST LotR Flash site out there! This well designed and beautifully intricate page makes use of Flash to bring you LotR movie news and much more!

You will need the flash plugin to view this site.

"A former Lord of The Rings security guard who stole $213,000 worth of costumes and props from the movie set is now selling his own memorabilia of the Tolkien classic." [More]

More details here. It's the Tolkien reading group you've always wanted... from now right up to the Fellowship's movie debut in December... with all the comforts of your own little smial... First timers welcome!

Page 29 : A New Lineup - With a slump at the box office and a change at the top, will the home of Austin Powers find its mojo again? [More]

Page 103: Ringing Endorsement - The Internet was crawling with wizards and orcs and elves: Tolkien buffs got into the hobbit of downloading the heavily hyped trailer of Lord of the Rings, which led the pack at both Film.com and Dark Horizons. Close on its heels was another lick with heavy web buzz, Tomb Raider. [More]

Thanks to Ringer spy Gilfanon for sending us these scans of the magazine.

I thought you might be interested in linking to my review of Tom Shippey's J R R Tolkien: Author of the Century, published late last year in the London Evening Standard. [More]

You can see Jincey's product suggestions at Shop.TheOneRing.net.

Finally I've got an answer for the people that wrote and asked, "What other fantasy compares with Tolkien?" It may not be an answer everyone likes, but you'll have to wait for Tehanu's Note 17 "His Dark Materials" to be posted up so you can argue about it.

They have done a good job putting the place back to normal. The road they built up the back of the hill has either been removed or covered over with soil. [More]

From: izMO

I saw the news about the trailer on 'The Big Breakfast'. Well, they have been showing the trailer here in Finland for a week now, every 20 minutes, on a commercial channel. So it's on tv here about 80 times a day.

The Long Island philharmonic presents 'Flights of Fantasy', featuring the symphonic world premiere of Johan de Meijs' LOTR symphony. A setting of Tolken's immortal classic narrated by George Takei, Sulu from Star Trek. Tickets go for $23, Sat. Feb 17, 2001, 7:30 pm Tilles Center, Brookville.