Volume 128/Issue 1

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Volume 128/Issue 1

Circulation: One thousand, two hundred and seven. Welcome all!

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MEDIA NEWS:

• From TheOneRing.net:

~A Speculative History of Aragorn II in Peter Jackson's Middle-earth
Forum member Otaku-sempai has submitted an informative, in-depth analysis of how the time-line of Aragorn's life was changed and condensed as presented in The Lord of the Rings movies, and alluded to in "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies." Enjoy this well-researched article! [More]

~Middle-earth March Madness -- Elite Eight Match-ups! Vote Now!
No April Fools here folks! We've reached the Elite Eight in our 2015 Middle-earth March Madness! This round will determine who will represent each division! [More]

COMMUNITY NEWS:

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• tolkien_weekly (drabbles) updates:

Going Back Is Never That Easy (Gilraen, Ivorwen; G) by curiouswombat

Maybes (Estel, OFC; G) by kortirion

• silwritersguild updates:

April 2015 Newsletter Posted by dawn_felagund

• hobbitfilmfic updates:

Hobbit Video: "Song for Adam" (Bilbo, Thorin; NC-17) by maidavids

Survival of the Fittest - Ten Years On (Part 6/8; Sean/Orlando, Viggo Mortensen, Aidan Turner, Graham McTavish, Richard Armitage, Dean O'Gorman, various dwarf actors; PG-13) by blueskydancers

Hobbit Video: "From Silver Lake" (Tauriel/Kili; PG-13) by maidavids

Clarity of Purpose, Chapter 24 (Thorin/Bilbo, Arwen, Aragorn, Gandalf, Denethor, Theoden, Gimli, Dis, Legolas; No Rating) by mithen

• sons_of_gondor updates from co-mod., caras_galadhon:
Friday, Mar. 27 through Thursday, April 2 inclusive.

Touching by alex_quine
(Aragorn/Boromir; R; Double drabble. Boromir knows that you measure horses in 'hands' and yet...)

While these are the LotR FPF and RPF fics/art that have been posted to sons_of_gondor this week, the mods would like to remind everyone that the comm also carries other FPF/RPF featuring the Gondorian actors in non-LotR roles.

CHALLENGES/WORKSHOPS/AWARDS:

• From tolkien_weekly:

~ Unsung Heroes
The next prompt for Unsung Heroes is Blacksmith or Farrier.

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

DISCUSSIONS OF INTEREST:

• From Anna Smol:

~Talks on Tolkien: Reflecting on Ruins with Michael Drout
In this week's "Talk on Tolkien" listen to Michael Drout as he constructs a lecture on "How to Read J.R.R. Tolkien" out of personal reminiscences, a discussion of the features of oral tradition, and images of stone and textual ruins. [More]

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RESEARCH AIDS:

• From estelanui:

~Guide to Tolkien's Middle-earth: Animals
From The Thain's Book, a guide to Tolkien's Middle-earth.

TRIVIA:

• Tuesday's MOVIE question: Who insists that the care of women and children at Helm's Deep is "an honorable charge"?

Answer: Aragorn.

namarielorien, lindahoyland, philstar22, juliebeth and frolijahfan all answered correctly.

• Today's BOOK question from elanorgardner: The old road that led to Moria from the west followed the course of which stream?

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• HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY, four, birdcordwangler and rhyselle!

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COMICS:
(Link contributions are welcome)

• From Sprout's Book Club:


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