Volume 193/Issue 8
Volume 193/Issue 8
Circulation: One thousand one hundred and eighty-nine. Welcome all!
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MEDIA NEWS:
• From TheOneRing.net:
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• From dawn_felagund:
• From tolkien_weekly:
• From AO3 - Archive of Our Own:
• From TOR:
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RESEARCH AIDS:
• From Ask About Middle-earth:
• Tuesday's MOVIE question: Which Hobbit cut his bindings first when escaping the Uruk-hai in Rohan?
Answer: Pippin.
frolijahfan, fredbassett and disthrainsdotte all answered correctly.
• Today's BOOK question from elanorgardner: Which leader spoke with Gandalf and Pippin at the gate in the Rammas Echor?
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SEND MATHOMS:
• HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY to Morgoth's favourite lieutenant, Sala Baker!
• HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY, anna2grush, theladylucilla and tiryaroofshadow!
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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!
Circulation: One thousand one hundred and eighty-nine. 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 TheOneRing.net:
- ~Interview with Sala Baker
It's not only Bilbo and Frodo's birthday today; it's also actor and stuntman Sala Baker's special day! Sala recently gave an in-depth interview with host Joshy G, for the show 'Get Super' with our friends over at Sideshow. Sala talks about how he went from having to be persuaded by a friend to go along to auditions for extras in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings movies, to snagging the role of Sauron -- to starting a new life in Los Angeles, and most recently appearing in The Mandalorian. [More]
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.
• From dawn_felagund:
- ~Tolkien Fanfiction Survey
Do you read or write Tolkien-based fanfiction, or have you done so in the past? If so, the Tolkien Fanfiction Survey wants to hear from you! We are looking for people who read and/or write fanfiction set in Tolkien's universe, whether the books, films, or other media versions. All fic-writing and -reading fans are welcome, no matter their experience level with Tolkien or fanfiction. We also want to hear from fans who read/wrote Tolkien-based fanfiction in the past but who are no longer involved. For more information on the survey, including more details on what data we're collecting, what we're doing with it, and contact information for the researchers, or to start the survey: https://tinyurl.com/tolkienfanficsurvey.
- Always There Are Far-off Shores (Lady Finduilas; G; Drabble Pair) by kortirion
A few moments at the seaside (Lothíriel, Prince Imrahil; G) by mirkwoodmaiden1
Out Over Open Waters (Voronwe, Erellont, Veantur; G) by hhimring
• From tolkien_weekly:
- ~ New Challenges - Farming: Cattle
New set of challenges! We are going farming. The first prompt is cow or cattle. [ More]
• 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:
- ~The Tragical Misery Tour (of Húrin) and the Return of the Sons (and Jewel) of Fëanor
In Which Morgoth Plays His Last Húrin Card, A Silmaril Raises the Stakes, Dwarves Play Too Close to the Chest, Thingol Folds, Ents Are Wild, and Menegroth Collapses like a House of Cards. In Chapter 22, "Of the Ruin of Doriath," it's finally time to say goodbye to Beleriand's first kingdom of the Eldar, one whose roots began in Chapter 4 when a Teleri Elf-lord named Elwë met a goddess in the woods, changed his name, and decided to tarry indefinitely in Middle-earth. But if there's one lesson to be learned in Tolkien's legendarium, it's that nothing lasts forever...even the most beautiful and majestic of works--maybe especially those. Appreciate it while you can. [More]
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 Ask About Middle-earth:
- ~Who Was King Bladorthin?
Ah, one of the great mysteries of The Hobbit: Who was King Bladorthin? For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, don't worry -- he's only mentioned once, in a brief sentence. [More]
• Tuesday's MOVIE question: Which Hobbit cut his bindings first when escaping the Uruk-hai in Rohan?
Answer: Pippin.
frolijahfan, fredbassett and disthrainsdotte all answered correctly.
• Today's BOOK question from elanorgardner: Which leader spoke with Gandalf and Pippin at the gate in the Rammas Echor?
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 BELATED BIRTHDAY to Morgoth's favourite lieutenant, Sala Baker!
• HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY, anna2grush, theladylucilla and tiryaroofshadow!
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!