Volume 190/Issue 7
Volume 190/Issue 7
Circulation: One thousand one hundred and eighty-eight. Welcome all!
Note from the Mods: Please encourage friends on your friends list to join and send their news. If you have an announcement you would like to make, a fic you'd like to promote, a question you'd like to ask, we invite you to simply format it according to the rules on the info page and email it to middle_earth_news@yahoo.com. You do not have to be a member to post but we are an open community and encourage everyone to join now. Only the mods may initiate new posts but comments are encouraged.
MEDIA NEWS:
From TORn: Today in Middle-earth, June 22
The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on June 22nd: [Read more]
Collecting The Precious - Weta Workshop’s The Witch-king and Frodo at Weathertop Part 2
As we shared with you a couple of weeks ago, our friends at Weta Workshop posted part one of a video, showing us the path the Witch-king and Frodo statue took to arrive at its final design. [Read more]
The Nature of Middle-earth: New Book with Tolkien’s Unpublished Writings
It has come to light on the Tolkien Collector’s Guide that Harper Collins and Houghton Mifflin have plans to publish a new book titled The Nature of Middle-earth in 2021 containing previously unpublished writings by J.R.R. Tolkien. The book has been edited by Tolkien expert Carl F. Hostetter who heads the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship. [Read more]
COMMUNITY NEWS: Note from the Mods: We would like to invite the moderators of other fandom communities to become 'reporters' or 'scouts' for middleearthnews. All we ask is that you send us formatted updates on your own communities for posting here.
* tolkien_weekly (drabbles) updates:
To See Our Enemy Coming (Edhellos (Eldalote), Angrod's wife; Cirdan; rated PG) by hhimring
Knowing What’s Ahead (Pippin; rated G) by kortirion
* tolkien100 updates:
To See Our Enemy Coming (Edhellos (Eldalote), Angrod's wife; Cirdan; rated PG) by hhimring
All Was Black (Frodo/Sam; rated 12) by fredbassett
CHALLENGES/WORKSHOPS/AWARDS: The current challenge at tolkien_weekly is Bathing: Clean
The current challenge at tolkien100 is Captive.
From hobbit_kink:
RPF prompt post #3
Prompt post #19
FIC/ART NEWS: From AO3 - Archive of Our Own:
-- TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works
-- Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
-- Lord of the Rings RPF -- The Hobbit - All Media Types
-- The Hobbit - Jackson movies
-- The Hobbit (2012) RPF
-- The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
DISCUSSIONS OF INTEREST: * Via /r/Tolkienfans:
What would have happened if Gandalf went to Mordor with Frodo?
I think it's obvious that he would've succumbed to the Ring at least at Mount Doom, but I'm also wondering what would've happened to him as the bearer of Narya. Would Sauron have known a ring of power was nearby?
CLASSIFIED: Your friendly middleearthnews mods are constantly on the lookout for all things LotR-related, from fics to fandom events, comics to current news. Make them happy by emailing them at middle_earth_news@yahoo.com.
RESEARCH AIDS:. From Middle-earth and J.R.R. Tolkien Blog:
Can Dwarves Use Magic?
The use of magic in Middle-earth is almost ubiquitous. It’s a rare speaking role in the book that doesn’t mention magic; and many characters whom most readers feel have no magic end up using it. Magic is ubiquitous. It permeates Middle-earth.
TRIVIA: Friday's BOOK question: What is the name of the burial-mounds of those slain in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields?
Answer: The Mounds of Mundburg.
No one gave it a go this time.
Today's MOVIE question contributed by special_majick: How many sides does the deep well in Balin's tomb have?
All comments are screened so that only the mods can see the answers. Comments will be unscreened when the next edition is posted. Any comments on a different subject will be unscreened ASAP.
SEND MATHOMS: HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY, queerbobaggins!
The mods would like to wish anyone having a special day the very best. Please send your special wishes to middle_earth_news@yahoo.com.
COMICS: (Link contributions are welcome)
From Lord of the Rings Memes:
That's it for this edition. Please send your formatted post for Friday's edition by 8:00 a.m. (Eastern time) to middle_earth_news@yahoo.com. Thanks for joining us and tell your friends!
Circulation: One thousand one hundred and eighty-eight. Welcome all!
Note from the Mods: Please encourage friends on your friends list to join and send their news. If you have an announcement you would like to make, a fic you'd like to promote, a question you'd like to ask, we invite you to simply format it according to the rules on the info page and email it to middle_earth_news@yahoo.com. You do not have to be a member to post but we are an open community and encourage everyone to join now. Only the mods may initiate new posts but comments are encouraged.
MEDIA NEWS:
From TORn: Today in Middle-earth, June 22
The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on June 22nd: [Read more]
Collecting The Precious - Weta Workshop’s The Witch-king and Frodo at Weathertop Part 2
As we shared with you a couple of weeks ago, our friends at Weta Workshop posted part one of a video, showing us the path the Witch-king and Frodo statue took to arrive at its final design. [Read more]
The Nature of Middle-earth: New Book with Tolkien’s Unpublished Writings
It has come to light on the Tolkien Collector’s Guide that Harper Collins and Houghton Mifflin have plans to publish a new book titled The Nature of Middle-earth in 2021 containing previously unpublished writings by J.R.R. Tolkien. The book has been edited by Tolkien expert Carl F. Hostetter who heads the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship. [Read more]
COMMUNITY NEWS: Note from the Mods: We would like to invite the moderators of other fandom communities to become 'reporters' or 'scouts' for middleearthnews. All we ask is that you send us formatted updates on your own communities for posting here.
* tolkien_weekly (drabbles) updates:
To See Our Enemy Coming (Edhellos (Eldalote), Angrod's wife; Cirdan; rated PG) by hhimring
Knowing What’s Ahead (Pippin; rated G) by kortirion
* tolkien100 updates:
To See Our Enemy Coming (Edhellos (Eldalote), Angrod's wife; Cirdan; rated PG) by hhimring
All Was Black (Frodo/Sam; rated 12) by fredbassett
CHALLENGES/WORKSHOPS/AWARDS: The current challenge at tolkien_weekly is Bathing: Clean
The current challenge at tolkien100 is Captive.
From hobbit_kink:
RPF prompt post #3
Prompt post #19
FIC/ART NEWS: From AO3 - Archive of Our Own:
-- TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works
-- Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
-- Lord of the Rings RPF -- The Hobbit - All Media Types
-- The Hobbit - Jackson movies
-- The Hobbit (2012) RPF
-- The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
DISCUSSIONS OF INTEREST: * Via /r/Tolkienfans:
What would have happened if Gandalf went to Mordor with Frodo?
I think it's obvious that he would've succumbed to the Ring at least at Mount Doom, but I'm also wondering what would've happened to him as the bearer of Narya. Would Sauron have known a ring of power was nearby?
CLASSIFIED: Your friendly middleearthnews mods are constantly on the lookout for all things LotR-related, from fics to fandom events, comics to current news. Make them happy by emailing them at middle_earth_news@yahoo.com.
RESEARCH AIDS:. From Middle-earth and J.R.R. Tolkien Blog:
Can Dwarves Use Magic?
The use of magic in Middle-earth is almost ubiquitous. It’s a rare speaking role in the book that doesn’t mention magic; and many characters whom most readers feel have no magic end up using it. Magic is ubiquitous. It permeates Middle-earth.
TRIVIA: Friday's BOOK question: What is the name of the burial-mounds of those slain in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields?
Answer: The Mounds of Mundburg.
No one gave it a go this time.
Today's MOVIE question contributed by special_majick: How many sides does the deep well in Balin's tomb have?
All comments are screened so that only the mods can see the answers. Comments will be unscreened when the next edition is posted. Any comments on a different subject will be unscreened ASAP.
SEND MATHOMS: HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY, queerbobaggins!
The mods would like to wish anyone having a special day the very best. Please send your special wishes to middle_earth_news@yahoo.com.
COMICS: (Link contributions are welcome)
From Lord of the Rings Memes:
That's it for this edition. Please send your formatted post for Friday's edition by 8:00 a.m. (Eastern time) to middle_earth_news@yahoo.com. Thanks for joining us and tell your friends!