Volume 191/Issue 6
Volume 191/Issue 6
Circulation: One thousand one hundred and eighty-eight. Welcome all!
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MEDIA NEWS:
From TORn: Collecting The Precious - Weta Workshop’s Comic-Con at Home Day 1
As many of you are aware, there isn’t going to be an in-person Comic-Con this year due to Covid-19. So our friends at Weta Workshop are doing what they can to help make that easier. They’re bringing the goodies to us virtually and we’re going to be bringing you daily videos as and when these new items are released, giving you a virtual recap. [Read more]
Today in Middle-earth, July 19
The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on July 19th:[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.
CHALLENGES/WORKSHOPS/AWARDS: The current challenge at tolkien_weekly is Contronyms: Cleave
The current challenge at tolkien100 is Out on a Limb.
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 do the Elves do all day in Aman?
Is there every any mention of the day to day life in Aman? It’s seems like it could get pretty boring.
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:
Who Were the Men of Mirkwood?
Based on texts published by J.R.R. Tolkien and his son Christopher, there were three main groups of men living in Mirkwood in the late Third Age. The history of men and Mirkwood goes all the way back to the First Age, however, for it is apparent from the essay “Of Dwarves and Men” (published in The Peoples of Middle-earth) that the ancestors of the Beorians (the First House of the Edain) and the Marachians (the Third House of the Edain) had migrated northwest from the region of the Sea of Rhun into Greenwood the Great, and from there passed over Anduin and crossed into Eriador.
TRIVIA: Friday's BOOK question: What is the name of the open platform built in a Lórien mallorn as a living-place for the Elves?
Answer: Talan (telain in the plural). The Westron name is flet.
elwenlj, baranduin, addie71, frolijahfan, fredbassett and noadvertising answered correctly.
Today's MOVIE question contributed by special_majick: What does Eomer first guess is Grima's promised prize for betraying Rohan?
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, calenfalathiel AND beatriceorme!
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COMICS: (Link contributions are welcome)
From LotR 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: Collecting The Precious - Weta Workshop’s Comic-Con at Home Day 1
As many of you are aware, there isn’t going to be an in-person Comic-Con this year due to Covid-19. So our friends at Weta Workshop are doing what they can to help make that easier. They’re bringing the goodies to us virtually and we’re going to be bringing you daily videos as and when these new items are released, giving you a virtual recap. [Read more]
Today in Middle-earth, July 19
The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on July 19th:[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.
CHALLENGES/WORKSHOPS/AWARDS: The current challenge at tolkien_weekly is Contronyms: Cleave
The current challenge at tolkien100 is Out on a Limb.
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 do the Elves do all day in Aman?
Is there every any mention of the day to day life in Aman? It’s seems like it could get pretty boring.
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:
Who Were the Men of Mirkwood?
Based on texts published by J.R.R. Tolkien and his son Christopher, there were three main groups of men living in Mirkwood in the late Third Age. The history of men and Mirkwood goes all the way back to the First Age, however, for it is apparent from the essay “Of Dwarves and Men” (published in The Peoples of Middle-earth) that the ancestors of the Beorians (the First House of the Edain) and the Marachians (the Third House of the Edain) had migrated northwest from the region of the Sea of Rhun into Greenwood the Great, and from there passed over Anduin and crossed into Eriador.
TRIVIA: Friday's BOOK question: What is the name of the open platform built in a Lórien mallorn as a living-place for the Elves?
Answer: Talan (telain in the plural). The Westron name is flet.
elwenlj, baranduin, addie71, frolijahfan, fredbassett and noadvertising answered correctly.
Today's MOVIE question contributed by special_majick: What does Eomer first guess is Grima's promised prize for betraying Rohan?
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, calenfalathiel AND beatriceorme!
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 LotR 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!