This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------34A707B6B8F80F822D2B0DDA Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------9B51A225EBDF51855BD3AFD8" --------------9B51A225EBDF51855BD3AFD8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit http://theonering.net Newsletter V1 #24 Thursday January 6, 2000 The first Newsletter for the new year! We hope all our mailing list ringers had a very happy new years break. It's back to work! And with that here we go... Rings Roundup (Top headlines of major interest) Does Loreena Want in? In a recent interview singer/songwriter Loreena Mckenitt avoided a question as to weather she will be singing on the LOTR films, we shall see if this develops into something :) First report from Tehanu's travels: Tehanu has returned from her amazing trip all over New Zealand. She returns with some amazing stories and some great pictures! [More] Scouring of the Site (Breakdown of our various sections) Gaming Havens is keeping all you gamers up to date on the latest RPG/Fantasy/Sci-Fi games out there. Check it out this week for Neverwinter Nights Vault news concerning Death and the solstice toolset. GreenBooks section is always packed full of interesting essays and articles, as well as fan submissions and reviews. Turgon's bookshelf has been updated, a must read! The Official Peter Jackson Fanclub (TBHL) is always a fun place to snoop around and learn more of the man behind the movie. The latest news concerns ordering the 'Heavenly Creatures' DVD, are you a bastard yet? Palantir Premonitions (What's to come) In the new year you'll see some great chat's with some people in the sci-fi/fantasy genre. As well as some great new sections and features! This weeks Hall of Fire Chat Hail Tolkien Debate fans! Balin and I have put tinder and flint together to come up with this weekend's Hall of Fire topic. It's sure to send up a few sparks! Come in from the cold and enjoy the fireside glow of The Hall as we kick around our thoughts and citations. Special thanks to Barliman chatters Pippin Took, Gil-Estel, Eldarion, and Pippin Skywalker for their feedback. Topic: The Power of the One Ring What was the nature of the power of the One Ring? With as much 'factual' information you can dig up in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and other texts, what can we deduce about the Ruling Ring? To what extent was the Ring influenced by its wearer, or vice versa? How is it that some individuals were able to overcome the Ring, but others succumbed easily? Did the Ring posses powers of its own? These and other questions will be asked....do you have an answer? Time: Saturday, January 8, 3:30 p.m. EST Place: #thehalloffire; come to Barliman's and type /join #thehalloffire in your message window References: strongly encouraged Dress: casual Mathoms: optional Tolkien 2000 Contest! Announcing TheOneRing.net™'s newest contest for Tolkien fans great and small. This time, you get to play The Professor! The contest: rewrite the ending to The Lord of the Rings. We challenge you to write your own ending to the beloved tale in one of two contest categories, SERIOUS or HUMOROUS. First place prizes will be awarded for BOTH categories, and the top two essays of each category will be posted on the site. For more info email NOB [More] Special Ringer Mailing List Offer! Direct from the folks at Spiderwebart To your email customers only -- On their first order we will give them a 10% discount on any Tolkien product. Including original artwork! All they have to do is mention that they are from TheOneRing.net Mailing list. I'd jump on that if I were you! See anything you want to add to the site? Have any suggestions as to chat guests, content items, or just want to say hi? Drop us a line at theonering@theonering.net, do you want to speak with a specific person? just type in their handle (i.e. Jincey = jincey@theonering.net). That's all for now, keep clicking, have fun and keep sending in those letters! I love to hear from you! Xoanon & TheOneRing.net Team http://theonering.net --------------9B51A225EBDF51855BD3AFD8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> http://theonering.net NewsletterV1 #24
Thursday January 6, 2000
The first Newsletter for the new year! We hope all our
mailing list ringers had a very happy new years break.
It's back to work! And with that here we go...Rings Roundup (Top headlines of major interest)
Does Loreena Want in? In a recent interview
singer/songwriter Loreena Mckenitt avoided a question
as to weather she will be singing on the LOTR films, we
shall see if this develops into something :)First report from Tehanu's travels: Tehanu has returned
from her amazing trip all over New Zealand. She returns
with some amazing stories and some great pictures! [More]Scouring of the Site (Breakdown of our various sections)
Gaming Havens is keeping all you gamers up to date on
the latest RPG/Fantasy/Sci-Fi games out there. Check it
out this week for Neverwinter Nights Vault news concerning
Death and the solstice toolset.GreenBooks section is always packed full of interesting
essays and articles, as well as fan submissions and reviews.
Turgon's bookshelf has been updated, a must read!The Official Peter Jackson Fanclub (TBHL) is always a fun
place to snoop around and learn more of the man behind the
movie. The latest news concerns ordering the 'Heavenly
Creatures' DVD, are you a bastard yet?Palantir Premonitions (What's to come)
In the new year you'll see some great chat's with some
people in the sci-fi/fantasy genre. As well as some great
new sections and features!This weeks Hall of Fire Chat
Hail Tolkien Debate fans! Balin and I have put tinder and
flint together to come up with this weekend's Hall of Fire
topic.It's sure to send up a few sparks! Come in from the cold
and enjoy the fireside glow of The Hall as we kick around
our thoughts and citations.Special thanks to Barliman chatters Pippin Took, Gil-Estel,
Eldarion, and Pippin Skywalker for their feedback.Topic: The Power of the One Ring
What was the nature of the power of the One Ring? With as
much 'factual' information you can dig up in The Hobbit, The
Lord of the Rings, and other texts, what can we deduce about
the Ruling Ring? To what extent was the Ring influenced by its
wearer, or vice versa? How is it that some individuals were
able to overcome the Ring, but others succumbed easily? Did
the Ring posses powers of its own? These and other questions
will be asked....do you have an answer?Time: Saturday, January 8, 3:30 p.m. EST
Place: #thehalloffire; come to Barliman's and type
/join #thehalloffire in your message windowReferences: strongly encouraged
Dress: casual
Mathoms: optionalTolkien 2000 Contest!
Announcing TheOneRing.net™'s newest contest for Tolkien
fans great and small. This time, you get to play The Professor!
The contest: rewrite the ending to The Lord of the Rings. We
challenge you to write your own ending to the beloved tale in
one of two contest categories, SERIOUS or HUMOROUS.
First place prizes will be awarded for BOTH categories, and
the top two essays of each category will be posted on the site.
For more info email NOB [More]Special Ringer Mailing List Offer!
Direct from the folks at Spiderwebart
To your email customers only -- On their first order we
will give them a 10% discount on any Tolkien product.
Including original artwork! All they have to do is mention
that they are from TheOneRing.net Mailing list.I'd jump on that if I were you!
See anything you want to add to the site? Have any
suggestions as to chat guests, content items, or just want to
say hi? Drop us a line at theonering@theonering.net, do you
want to speak with a specific person? just type in their handle
(i.e. Jincey = jincey@theonering.net).That's all for now, keep clicking, have fun and keep sending in
those letters! I love to hear from you!Xoanon & TheOneRing.net Team
http://theonering.net