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Top Ten Gifts

1. Arwen giving her place on the ship to Frodo [LOTR – ROTK] Arwen giving up her place on the ship to Frodo made quite an impression on readers everywhere. The chance to leave his pains behind by going into the West and spending the remaining years of his life in peace and tranquillity was […]

Top Ten Coolest Creatures

1. The Watcher in the Water If you are an avid tourist, then the chances are you have gone to the Walls of Moria to try and locate the Doors of Durin. You probably didn’t find them, but perhaps you did find the large sign reading: DO NOT THROW ROCKS INTO THE LAKE! The reason […]

Tolkien Abbreviations and References

Like any science, Tolkienism uses its own vocabulary. One part of this is the abbreviations, mostly used when referencing to a section in a Tolkien-publication or identifying a quote. This is a short, handy list of common abbreviations. Books ‘The Hobbit’ ~ H, obviously. There are no other Tolkien-books beginning with ‘h’, so this one […]

Pocketsize Profile: Éomer

Name: Éomer Sex: male Race: Rohir Year of birth: TA 2991 Home: Edoras, Rohan Occupation: Third Marshall of the Mark Appears where? LOTR, Book 3, Book 5 + Book 6, IV + V + VI Relatives: brother to Éowyn, nephew to King Théoden; marries Lothiriel, one son Elfwine Appearance: Tall, blonde hair, beard Significance: Encourages […]

Pocketsize Profile: Arwen

Name: Arwen Undómiel Sex: female Race: Elf Year of birth: TA 241 Home: Rivendell / Lothlórien Appears where? LOTR, Book 2, II; LOTR, Book 6, V + VI; LOTR Appendix A (vi) Relatives: father Elrond Peredhil, mother Celebrían, brothers Elrond and Elrohir; marries Aragorn Appearance: Tall, dark hair, pale skin, beautiful Significance: Is betrothed to […]

The Tale of the Ring

I am the Ring of Power, the One Ring, the Ruling Ring and… Anyway, the evil Ring of Sauron, and this is my life story. I was forged a long, long, long… well, a pretty long time ago by the dark lord Sauron in the fires of Mount Doom in the dark land of Mordor. […]

All the music

On December 13th (12th in the UK), 2005 the complete music of the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring will be released. It is a 3 disc set with 37 tracks and also includes a DVD featuring the entire soundtrack in Surround Sound. You can buy it either on Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk .

You can also read a review of the soundtrack at SoundtrackNet.

The Lord of the Rings Exhibition returns to NZ

Stuff report that a deal, which will allow the LotR exhibition to return to NZ, has been agreed between Te Papa, The Museum of New Zealand, and Peter Jackson. Instead of cash PJ has asked the museum to buy him a vintage Sopwith Camel airplane engine.

The exhibition will run for a six month period starting in April 2006.

Happy Birthday Dominic

Today, December 8th, is Dominic Monaghan’s birthday. He was born in Berlin, Germany in 1976 and is 29 today. You can see pictures of Dominic here, pictures of Dominic in the role of Merry here and read his cast bio here.

Happy Birthday Dominic!

LotR is the top film in Australia

A nationwide poll has revealed that Australians favorite film is the Lord of the Rings trilogy. You can read more at News.com.au.