[Lotr_announce] TheOneRing.net Newsletter (01/12/00)
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V1 #67
Friday December 1, 2000=20
Here it is, the weekly newsletter! Enjoy..=20
Rings Roundup (Top headlines of major interest)=20
Minas Tirith in the Sun: Ringer Spy WaiSpy sends=20
along some great pics from the Minas Tirith set. [More]
Look Out! Oliphaunt!!! The NZ Herald Online has a=20
GREAT picture of an Oliphaunt! Wow is this thing big!=20
[More]
Middle-earth arms and armour: When it comes to=20
medieval arms and armour, few people know as much=20
as Joe Piela of the Lonely Mountain Forge. A longtime=20
Tolkien fan, he agreed to look at all the images we had=20
of arms and armour in the film production. The result is=20
this great article! [More]
LOTR Sneak Peak! "New Zealand paper The Dominion=20
reports that a sneak behind the scenes preview of the=20
animation of "Lord of the Rings" is happening in Wellington=20
next weekend.=20
Sad News: Tolkien Publisher Passes: Tolkien's longtime=20
publisher, Rayner Unwin, passed away on the 23rd of=20
November, aged 74. [London Times Obituary]
Action at Wingate means...ACTION!! We asked for more=20
detail about the latest at the Wingate set and it all seems=20
rather exciting. Lights, shouting, a big moon....[More]
Scouring of the Site (Breakdown of our various sections)=20
Barlimans is more than a place to get your mead! There=20
is the Fun Section, Regulars Map and Photo Gallery, and=20
of course the gateway to our ever famous MIRC Chatroom!=20
Gaming Havens is keeping all you gamers up to date on=20
the latest RPG/Fantasy/Sci-Fi games out there. Check it=20
out daily for gaming news.=20
Green Books Ah, CRAM. the perfect Thanksgiving Feast to=20
serve a Tolkien fan. Not only can Green Books teach you the=20
secret recipe for those famous rib-sticking dwarf rations, but=20
we can teach you Elvish too! Turgon has a copy of this most=20
perfect of Christmas presents over on his Bookshelf. We are=20
very proud to bring you this exclusive feature: Cent o Hedhellem
"An Examination of the Elvish Tongues" over in Moon Letters!=20
The Official Peter Jackson Fanclub (TBHL) The Lord of the Rings=20
Director's very own fanclub! Stop on by to learn more about the man,=20
the myth, the bastard. If you are a Peter Jackson fan, then 'The=20
Bastards Have Landed' is the place for you!
Palantir Premonitions (What's to come)
John Howe Interview!!!
That's Right, Tolkien artist beyond compare John Howe will step into=20
the arena with me to chat LOTR!!! John Howe's work can be seen far=20
and wide across the world of Tolkien, just take a look at our Rolozo=20
Tolkien image gallery for proof, Howe is a well respected artist.=20
John has also spent many a month in New Zealand working as conceptual=20
artist for the LOTR films!!! So keep an eye out right here for an =
EXCLUSIVE=20
INTERVIEW with John!! Got a question you want me to ask? Drop me a line!
Look for the Howe interview to happen very early in the new year!
See anything you want to add to the site? Have any=20
suggestions as to chat guests, content items, or just want to=20
say hi? Drop us a line at theonering@theonering.net, do you=20
want to speak with a specific person? just type in their handle=20
(i.e. Jincey =3D jincey@theonering.net).=20
That's all for now, keep clicking, have fun and keep sending in=20
those letters! I love to hear from you!=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>V1 #67</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Friday December 1, 2000 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Here it is, the weekly newsletter! Enjoy.. =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG><U>Rings Roundup</U></STRONG> (Top =
headlines of=20
major interest) </FONT></DIV>
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color=3D#003300><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT =
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT =
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color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><EM>Minas Tirith in =
the Sun</EM>:=20
</FONT><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000>Ringer Spy WaiSpy sends=20
</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000>along some great pics =
from the=20
Minas Tirith set. [<A=20
href=3D"http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/2/975685420">More</A>]</F=
ONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><EM>Look Out! Oliphaunt!!!</EM> </FONT><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#000000>The <A target=3Dnew=20
href=3D"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?reportID=3D56531&s=
toryID=3D162545">NZ=20
Herald Online</A> has a </FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#000000>GREAT picture of an Oliphaunt! Wow is this thing big!=20
</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial =
color=3D#000000>[<A=20
href=3D"http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/2/975561568">More</A>]</F=
ONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><EM>Middle-earth arms =
and=20
armour</EM>: </FONT><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000>When it comes to=20
</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000>medieval arms and =
armour, few=20
people know as much </FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000>as Joe Piela of the =
Lonely Mountain=20
Forge. A longtime </FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000>Tolkien fan, he =
agreed to look at=20
all the images we had </FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000>of arms and armour in =
the film=20
production. The result is </FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000>this great article! =
[<A=20
href=3D"http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/975363464">More</A>]</F=
ONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><EM>LOTR Sneak Peak!</EM> </FONT><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#000000>"New Zealand paper The Dominion =
</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#000000>reports that a sneak behind the scenes preview of the=20
</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#000000>animation of "Lord of the Rings" is happening in =
Wellington=20
</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#000000>next weekend. </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><EM>Sad =
News: Tolkien=20
Publisher Passes</EM>: </FONT><FONT face=3Darial =
color=3D#000000>Tolkien's=20
longtime</FONT></FONT><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#000000> </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000>publisher, =
Rayner Unwin,=20
passed away on the 23rd of </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000>November, =
aged 74. [<A=20
target=3Dnew =
href=3D"http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,41628,00.html">London=20
Times Obituary</A>]</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><A name=3D975280153><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><EM>Action at Wingate =
means...ACTION!!</EM></FONT></A><FONT=20
face=3Darial color=3D#000000> We asked for more =
</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000>detail =
about the latest=20
at the Wingate set and it all seems </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000>rather =
exciting. Lights,=20
shouting, a big moon....[<A=20
href=3D"http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/2/975279014">More</A>]</F=
ONT></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#003300></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG><U>Scouring of the Site</U></STRONG> =
(Breakdown of=20
our various sections) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><A href=3D"http://www.theonering.net/barlimans/index.html"><FONT=20
face=3DArial>Barlimans</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial> is more than a =
place to get=20
your mead! There <BR>is the Fun Section, Regulars Map and Photo Gallery, =
and=20
<BR>of course the gateway to our ever famous MIRC Chatroom! =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><A href=3D"http://haven.theonering.net/index.shtml"><FONT =
face=3DArial>Gaming=20
Havens</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial> is keeping all you gamers up to =
date on=20
<BR>the latest RPG/Fantasy/Sci-Fi games out there. Check it <BR>out =
daily for=20
gaming news. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><A href=3D"http://greenbooks.theonering.net/index.shtml"><FONT=20
face=3DArial>Green Books</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial> Ah, CRAM… =
the perfect=20
Thanksgiving Feast to </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>s</FONT><FONT face=3DArial>erve a Tolkien fan. =
Not only can=20
<A href=3D"http://greenbooks.theonering.net/index.shtml">Green Books</A> =
teach you=20
the </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>secret recipe for those famous rib-sticking =
dwarf rations,=20
but </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>we can teach you Elvish too! Turgon has a copy =
of this=20
most </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>perfect of Christmas presents over on his <A=20
href=3D"http://greenbooks.theonering.net/turgon/files/110000.html">Booksh=
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We are </FONT></DIV>
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href=3D"http://fan.theonering.net/writing/reviews/files/urban_elvish.html=
">Cent o=20
Hedhellem</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> “An Examination of the Elvish =
Tongues” over in <A=20
href=3D"http://fan.theonering.net/writing/">Moon Letters!</A> =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><A href=3D"http://tbhl.theonering.net/index.shtml"><FONT =
face=3DArial>The=20
Official Peter Jackson Fanclub</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial> =
(TBHL) The Lord=20
of the Rings </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Director's very own fanclub! Stop on by to learn =
more=20
about the man, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>the myth, the bastard. If you are a Peter =
Jackson fan,=20
then 'The </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Bastards Have Landed' is the place for =
you!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG><U>Palantir Premonitions</U></STRONG> =
(What's to=20
come)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D5><STRONG>John Howe=20
Interview!!!</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV><FONT face=3DArial>
<DIV></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>That's =
Right, Tolkien=20
artist beyond compare John Howe will step into </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial>the arena =
with me to chat=20
LOTR!!! </FONT><FONT face=3DArial>John Howe's work can be seen far=20
</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and wide across =
the world of=20
Tolkien, </FONT><A=20
href=3D"http://fan.theonering.net/rolozo/images.php?collection=3Dhowe&=
;order=3Dtimestamp&desc=3D1"><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2>just take a look at our Rolozo =
</FONT></A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://fan.theonering.net/rolozo/images.php?collection=3Dhowe&=
;order=3Dtimestamp&desc=3D1">Tolkien=20
image gallery for proof</A></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>, Howe is =
a well=20
respected artist. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>John has also spent many a month in New =
Zealand=20
working as conceptual </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial>artist for the LOTR =
films!!! =20
</FONT><FONT face=3DArial>So keep an eye out right here for an EXCLUSIVE =
</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial>INTERVIEW with =
John!! </FONT><FONT=20
face=3DArial>Got a question you want me to ask? </FONT></FONT><A=20
href=3D"mailto:xoanon@theonering.net"><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Drop =
me a=20
line!</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Look for the Howe interview to happen very early in the new=20
year!</DIV></FONT>
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size=3D2></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>See anything you want to add to the =
site? Have any=20
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<BR>say hi?=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>That's all for now, keep clicking, have =
fun and=20
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