Volume 190/Issue 8
Volume 190/Issue 8
Circulation: One thousand one hundred and eighty-eight. Welcome all!
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RESEARCH AIDS:
• From Ask About Middle-earth:
• Tuesday's MOVIE question: How many sides does the deep well in Balin's tomb have?
Answer: Eight.
gilli_ann and frolijahfan were absolutely correct!
• Today's BOOK question from estelanui: What did the Rangers of Ithilien call the Oliphaunts?
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COMICS:
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That's it for this edition. Please send your formatted post for Tuesday's edition by 8:00 a.m. Tuesday (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!
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MEDIA NEWS:
• From TheOneRing.net:
- ~Middle-earth design contest with Oscha Slings
Calling all creative fans of Middle-earth! Our good friends at Oscha Slings, purveyors of items of great beauty, are holding a contest! This is your chance to create a unique Lord of the Rings or Hobbit (or Silmarillion, if that's your passion!) themed design to be woven into a scarf, shawl, baby sling or throw. Whatever realm of Middle-earth inspires you, now is your chance! The only limitation is that it must be book inspired rather than movie inspired. [More]
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FIC/ART NEWS:
• From AO3 - Archive of Our Own:
- - TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works
- Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
- The Hobbit - All Media Types
- The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
- Lord of the Rings RPF
- The Hobbit (2012) RPF
• From TOR:
- ~Fëanor Rage-quits Valinor
In Which the Noldor Begin Another (and This Time Regrettable) Game of Follow the Leader and then…WTF Fëanor?!! When last we left the intrepid Noldor in the first half of the ninth chapter, "Of the Flight of the Noldor," they were listening to the moody but charismatic Fëanor: first trying to convince them to leave Valinor and pursue Morgoth to Middle-earth, then swearing vengeance against "whoso should hold or take or keep a Silmaril" up to and including anyone there in the audience. Since there is still much exposition to cover in this chapter, it is again easier to summarize what doesn't happen: The Noldor don't have a lovely picnic with the Teleri and swap sea shanties. Manwë and Mandos do not keep mum and mind their own business. And Fëanor certainly does not adopt a No Elf Left Behind policy and stand by it. [More]
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RESEARCH AIDS:
• From Ask About Middle-earth:
- ~Malbeth the Seer
Malbeth the Seer was a man that lived in Arthedain/Arnor during the mid-Third Age. Tolkien tells us very little about him, other than two of his prophecies (both of which came true, by the way). [More]
• Tuesday's MOVIE question: How many sides does the deep well in Balin's tomb have?
Answer: Eight.
gilli_ann and frolijahfan were absolutely correct!
• Today's BOOK question from estelanui: What did the Rangers of Ithilien call the Oliphaunts?
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.
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• HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY, sandy_3151, leianora and marigoldg!
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 Travis Hanson:
That's it for this edition. Please send your formatted post for Tuesday's edition by 8:00 a.m. Tuesday (Eastern time) to middle_earth_news@yahoo.com. Thanks for joining us and tell your friends!