From Xoanon@theonering.net Thu, 06 Jul 2000 11:02:43 -0400 Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 11:02:43 -0400 From: Xoanon Xoanon@theonering.net Subject: [Lotr_announce] TheOneRing.net Newsletter 06/07/00 --------------FB072D603F7E2F26E8D5281C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit http://theonering.net Newsletter V1 #50 Thursday July 6, 2000 Here it is the weekly newsletter! Enjoy.. Rings Roundup (Top headlines of major interest) LOTR Board Game Confirmed! Rumors of the LOTR Board Game have recently popped up at DragonCon this past week-end. TheOneRing.net can now confirm that there WILL be a LOTR board game designed by Reiner Knizia! [More] LOTR Trailer: November: Since we posted the news on a possible November theatre trailer for LOTR, spies in the american movie business have been sending me emails saying we've hit the nail on the head. [More] Marvel's LOTR Press Release: Marvel rather unceremoniously announced their work on New Line's LOTR action figures, read it here. [More] Busch-Man Reveals all!! Ringer Spy Busch-Man sends in his review of the SIX Minute footage seen at ShoWEST! [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 daily for gaming news. There's a big update at Green Books! Turgon commits "Literary Sacrilege" by endorsing the infamous Bored of the Rings parody on his Bookshelf! Anwyn has a thought provoking new Counterpoint. Our most popular feature, the Questions & Answers, continues to explode: there are 28 new articles that reveal Tolkien's most difficult secrets. Lots of new Moon Letters too... Join us at Green Books as we explore the words and world of Tolkien. The Official Peter Jackson Fanclub (TBHL) is always a fun place to snoop around and learn more of the man behind the movie. We care currently re working our members packages! Sign-up to receive great gifts! Are you a bastard yet? Palantir Premonitions (What's to come) Hall of Fire Chat My comrades Gandalf and Gamgee have recently returned from an excursion to Rivendell. There they met with Elrond to ponder at length an important topic, and they were good enough to bring the gem back for us to discuss as well: What is the Nature of Magic in Middle-earth? Throughout the history of Tolkien's world, the use of what we call magic was a regular practice for both the side of Good as well as Evil. Spells are woven and cast, swords glow blue when enemies are close at hand, Sauron hurls fire from Orthanc, Burt the Troll's handbag talks, rings lend their wearers special abilities and powers... From palantiri to the rods of the five wizards, what is it all about? Elves don't prefer the word 'magic,' so what is it exactly? In addition to this, we'll share our favorite magic moments. What is yours: the mirror of Galadriel, Luthien casting her spell on Morgoth, Bilbo's vanishing act, Gandalf encountering the winged Nazgul, or perhaps something else? Time: Saturday, July 8, 5:30 EDT [10:30 GMT] Place: #thehalloffire chatroom on TheOneRing.net server 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 --------------FB072D603F7E2F26E8D5281C Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit http://theonering.net  Newsletter

V1 #50

Thursday July 6, 2000

Here it is the weekly newsletter! Enjoy..

Rings Roundup (Top headlines of major interest)

LOTR Board Game Confirmed! Rumors of the LOTR
Board Game have recently popped up at DragonCon
this past week-end. TheOneRing.net can now confirm
that there WILL be a LOTR board game designed by
Reiner Knizia! [More]

LOTR Trailer: November: Since we posted the news
on a possible November theatre trailer for LOTR,
spies in the american movie business have been
sending me emails saying we've hit the nail on the
head. [More]

Marvel's LOTR Press Release: Marvel rather
unceremoniously announced their work on New
Line's LOTR action figures, read it here. [More]

Busch-Man Reveals all!! Ringer Spy Busch-Man
sends in his review of the SIX Minute footage seen
at ShoWEST! [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 daily for gaming news.

There's a big update at Green Books!  Turgon commits
"Literary Sacrilege" by endorsing the infamous Bored of the
Rings parody on his Bookshelf!  Anwyn has a thought
provoking new Counterpoint.  Our most popular feature, the
Questions & Answers, continues to explode: there are 28 new
articles that reveal Tolkien's most difficult secrets.  Lots of
new Moon Letters too...  Join us at Green Books as we
explore the words and world of Tolkien.

The Official Peter Jackson Fanclub (TBHL) is always a fun
place to snoop around and learn more of the man behind the
movie. We care currently re working our members packages!
Sign-up to receive great gifts! Are you a bastard yet?

Palantir Premonitions (What's to come)

Hall of Fire Chat

My comrades Gandalf and Gamgee have recently returned
from an excursion to Rivendell. There they met with
Elrond to ponder at length an important topic, and they
were good enough to bring the gem back for us to discuss
as well:

What is the Nature of Magic in Middle-earth?

Throughout the history of Tolkien's world, the use of what
we call magic was a regular practice for both the side of
Good as well as Evil. Spells are woven and cast, swords
glow blue when enemies are close at hand, Sauron hurls
fire from Orthanc, Burt the Troll's handbag talks, rings
lend their wearers special abilities and powers... From
palantiri to the rods of the five wizards, what is it all about?
Elves don't prefer the word 'magic,' so what is it exactly?

In addition to this, we'll share our favorite magic moments.
What is yours: the mirror of Galadriel, Luthien casting her
spell on Morgoth, Bilbo's vanishing act, Gandalf encountering
the winged Nazgul, or perhaps something else?

Time: Saturday, July 8, 5:30 EDT [10:30 GMT]
Place: #thehalloffire chatroom on TheOneRing.net server
 

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 --------------FB072D603F7E2F26E8D5281C-- From Xoanon@theonering.net Fri, 14 Jul 2000 11:53:00 -0400 Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 11:53:00 -0400 From: Xoanon Xoanon@theonering.net Subject: [Lotr_announce] TheOneRing.net Newsletter 07/14/00 --------------0B709811842186687A22043E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit http://theonering.net Newsletter V1 #51 Thursday July 14, 2000 Here it is the weekly newsletter! Enjoy.. Rings Roundup (Top headlines of major interest) EXCLUSIVE: Conway NOT in LOTR: IS Kevin Conway going to be in LOTR? The answer is a simple NO, want to know why? [More] LOTR Gear You'll Wet Your Pants For!! Our content partners, and banner advertisers IGN have scored themselves some great pics of some LOTR gear direct from WETA HQ!!! [More] 163 Days until 13 Days: Harry Knowles over at AICN has confirmed reports about a possible fall or X-Mas LOTR Trailer in theatres. The toss up was between the Adam Sandler 'Little Nicky' comedy or the Kevin Costner 'Thirteen Days' Cuban missile drama, it seems the later has won the argument. [More] Fernside Lodge Shoot: Ringer Spy Andre and his better half Nicky report on the scenes that took place at Fernside Lodge. [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 daily for gaming news. Green Books has lots of new features! Quickbeam invites you to share your daydreams of "The Furthest Reaches" of Middle-earth. There's great news on Turgon's "Bookshelf" about the JRRT Biography! Expand your knowledge with 11 new Questions & Answers. As always, Moon Letters is thriving with new poetry and fiction... Summer reading has never been better. The Official Peter Jackson Fanclub (TBHL) is always a fun place to snoop around and learn more of the man behind the movie. We care currently re working our members packages! Sign-up to receive great gifts! Are you a bastard yet? Palantir Premonitions (What's to come) Hall of Fire Chat New Hall of Fire Topic Keeping Chatters Up Nights Ok well maybe not... but here it goes! Elves, Men, Death and Tolkien In Tolkien's world, the contrast between the fate of Elves and the fate of Humans is dramatic. Together we will explore the differences and ponder the implications behind them. How can death be a gift given to Men by Ilúvatar? Many people in Western society would consider death to be more of a curse then a blessing, yet Tolkien repeatedly refers to death as a 'gift'. What is the nature of the fate of these two races? What can we learn from their differences? How do their deaths reflect their lives? These and other questions will be explored at our next Hall of Fire chat. Date: Saturday, July 15, 2000 Time: 5:30 p.m. EST [-5 hours GMT] Place: #thehalloffire located on theonering.net server TBHL CHAT! It's TONIGHT!! (July 14th) Yup, that's right. The guy's from Bad Taste are going to be online tonight in the TBHL chatroom to answer YOUR question on BT, the filming process, Peter Jackson, LOTR etc. The fun starts at 7pm EST which is 12am GMT Hope to see all ya bastards there, should be a good one! :) 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 --------------0B709811842186687A22043E Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit http://theonering.net  Newsletter

V1 #51

Thursday July 14, 2000

Here it is the weekly newsletter! Enjoy..

Rings Roundup (Top headlines of major interest)

EXCLUSIVE: Conway NOT in LOTR: IS Kevin
Conway going to be in LOTR? The answer is a
simple NO, want to know why? [More]

LOTR Gear You'll Wet Your Pants For!! Our
content partners, and banner advertisers IGN have
scored themselves some great pics of some LOTR
gear direct from WETA HQ!!! [More]

163 Days until 13 Days: Harry Knowles over at
AICN has confirmed reports about a possible fall
or X-Mas LOTR Trailer in theatres. The toss up
was between the Adam Sandler 'Little Nicky' comedy
or the Kevin Costner 'Thirteen Days' Cuban missile
drama, it seems the later has won the argument. [More]

Fernside Lodge Shoot: Ringer Spy Andre and his better
half Nicky report on the scenes that took place at Fernside
Lodge. [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 daily for gaming news.

Green Books has lots of new features!  Quickbeam invites you
to share your daydreams of "The Furthest Reaches" of
Middle-earth.  There's great news on Turgon's "Bookshelf"
about the JRRT Biography!  Expand your knowledge with
11 new Questions & Answers.  As always, Moon Letters is
thriving with new poetry and fiction...  Summer reading
has never been better.

The Official Peter Jackson Fanclub (TBHL) is always a fun
place to snoop around and learn more of the man behind the
movie. We care currently re working our members packages!
Sign-up to receive great gifts! Are you a bastard yet?

Palantir Premonitions (What's to come)

Hall of Fire Chat

New Hall of Fire Topic Keeping Chatters Up Nights

Ok well maybe not... but here it goes!

Elves, Men, Death and Tolkien

In Tolkien's world, the contrast between the fate of Elves and
the fate of Humans is dramatic. Together we will explore the
differences and ponder the implications behind them. How
can death be a gift given to Men by Ilúvatar? Many people in
Western society would consider death to be more of a curse
then a blessing, yet Tolkien repeatedly refers to death as a 'gift'.

What is the nature of the fate of these two races? What can we
learn from their differences? How do their deaths reflect their
lives? These and other questions will be explored at our next
Hall of Fire chat.

Date: Saturday, July 15, 2000
Time: 5:30 p.m. EST [-5 hours GMT]
Place: #thehalloffire located on theonering.net server

TBHL CHAT!

It's TONIGHT!! (July 14th)

Yup, that's right. The guy's from Bad Taste are going to be online
tonight in the TBHL chatroom to answer YOUR question on BT,
the filming process, Peter Jackson, LOTR etc.

The fun starts at 7pm EST which is 12am GMT

Hope to see all ya bastards there, should be a good one! :)

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 --------------0B709811842186687A22043E-- From Xoanon@theonering.net Thu, 20 Jul 2000 12:02:32 -0400 Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 12:02:32 -0400 From: Xoanon Xoanon@theonering.net Subject: [Lotr_announce] TheOneRing.net Newsletter 20/07/00 --------------5DDE6BFABA001B46E412F638 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit http://theonering.net Newsletter V1 #52 Thursday July 20, 2000 Here it is the weekly newsletter! Enjoy.. Rings Roundup (Top headlines of major interest) Spy report: Jason at Dark Horizons sees LOTR set pics: There's no really new news here, but Jason did get a rare opportunity for an overview of much that has happened when he saw five volumes of photos from the LOTR set. [More] Web Watch: Stuff.co.nz: Army not telling about involvement in film, A cloak of invisibility surrounds New Zealand Defense Force's involvement in Lord of the Rings filming in mid Canterbury next month. [More] Filming News: Twizel area to see some Action: Our latest Ringer Spy Mister Snitch (sounds promising doesn't it?) sends news on what and where they'll be filming when production starts up, still scheduled for July 24th. [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 daily for gaming news. Green Books has lots of new features! Quickbeam invites you to share your daydreams of "The Furthest Reaches" of Middle-earth. There's great news on Turgon's "Bookshelf" about the JRRT Biography! Expand your knowledge with 11 new Questions & Answers. As always, Moon Letters is thriving with new poetry and fiction... Summer reading has never been better. The Official Peter Jackson Fanclub (TBHL) is always a fun place to snoop around and learn more of the man behind the movie. We care currently re working our members packages! Sign-up to receive great gifts! Are you a bastard yet? Palantir Premonitions (What's to come) Hall of Fire Chat The Hall of Fire is readied again with a Tolkien character topic. This time 'round we'll be taking a close look at another of the Nine Walkers, Legolas. Legolas Greenleaf: Elf of Mirkwood A fast friend to dwarf, human, and hobbit, Legolas is a character to warm the heart. Quick and deadly with knife or bow, this good elf was also a keen lover of all things forest. What details are known of this great elf? Do you have any favorite Legolas quotes, scenes, or deeds from LotR? What is his fate at the end of Middle-earth's history? Date: Saturday, July 22, 2000 Time: 5:30 p.m. EST [ 10:30 p.m. GMT] Location: #thehalloffire on theonering.net server Directions: come to our chatroom Barliman's and then type /join #thehalloffire MORE HALL OF FIRE NEWS! We have added a new session time and day for our weekly Hall of Fire homepage chats, beginning this Sunday, July 23. That's right! You now have a choice of sessions: our regular chat held Saturdays at 5:30 pm EDT, or our NEW EuroHOF on Sundays at 1800 GMT (1900 CET, 2:00 pm EDT). Frode and Leo will be your moderators on Sundays. The topic will be the same for both sessions each weekend, so pick the one that's most convenient for you! (Diehards are more than welcome to attend both, lol!) As always, Hall of Fire chats are held in #thehalloffire. THEONERING.NET AT COMIC-CON!! Yes! That's right, our friendly neighborhood Ent Quickbeam (blue hair and all) is at Comic-Con! Chat with him about Tolkien, TOR.Net or anything else you wish! Comic-Con Website. 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 --------------5DDE6BFABA001B46E412F638 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit http://theonering.net  Newsletter

V1 #52

Thursday July 20, 2000

Here it is the weekly newsletter! Enjoy..

Rings Roundup (Top headlines of major interest)

Spy report: Jason at Dark Horizons sees LOTR set
pics: There's no really new news here, but Jason did
get a rare opportunity for an overview of much that has
happened when he saw five volumes of photos from the
LOTR set. [More]

Web Watch: Stuff.co.nz: Army not telling about
involvement in film, A cloak of invisibility surrounds
New Zealand Defense Force's involvement in Lord of
the Rings filming in mid Canterbury next month. [More]

Filming News: Twizel area to see some Action: Our
latest Ringer Spy Mister Snitch (sounds promising
doesn't it?) sends news on what and where they'll be
filming when production starts up, still scheduled for
July 24th. [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 daily for gaming news.

Green Books has lots of new features!  Quickbeam invites you
to share your daydreams of "The Furthest Reaches" of
Middle-earth.  There's great news on Turgon's "Bookshelf"
about the JRRT Biography!  Expand your knowledge with
11 new Questions & Answers.  As always, Moon Letters is
thriving with new poetry and fiction...  Summer reading
has never been better.

The Official Peter Jackson Fanclub (TBHL) is always a fun
place to snoop around and learn more of the man behind the
movie. We care currently re working our members packages!
Sign-up to receive great gifts! Are you a bastard yet?

Palantir Premonitions (What's to come)

Hall of Fire Chat

The Hall of Fire is readied again with a Tolkien character topic.
This time 'round we'll be taking a close look at another of the
Nine Walkers, Legolas.
Legolas Greenleaf: Elf of Mirkwood

A fast friend to dwarf, human, and hobbit, Legolas is a character
to warm the heart. Quick and deadly with knife or bow, this good
elf was also a keen lover of all things forest. What details are
known of this great elf? Do you have any favorite Legolas quotes,
scenes, or deeds from LotR? What is his fate at the end of
Middle-earth's history?

Date: Saturday, July 22, 2000
Time: 5:30 p.m. EST [ 10:30 p.m. GMT]
Location: #thehalloffire on theonering.net server
Directions: come to our chatroom Barliman's and then type /join #thehalloffire

MORE HALL OF FIRE NEWS!

We have added a new session time and day for our weekly Hall of
Fire homepage chats, beginning this Sunday, July 23. That's right!
You now have a choice of sessions: our regular chat held Saturdays
at 5:30 pm EDT, or our NEW EuroHOF on Sundays at 1800 GMT
(1900 CET, 2:00 pm EDT). Frode and Leo will be your moderators
on Sundays. The topic will be the same for both sessions each
weekend, so pick the one that's most convenient for you! (Diehards
are more than welcome to attend both, lol!) As always, Hall of Fire
chats are held in #thehalloffire.

THEONERING.NET AT COMIC-CON!!

Yes! That's right, our friendly neighborhood Ent Quickbeam
(blue hair and all) is at Comic-Con! Chat with him about Tolkien,
TOR.Net or anything else you wish! Comic-Con Website.

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
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