--------------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 <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> http://theonering.net NewsletterV1 #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 serverTBHL 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