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The Unnecessary War

A quote from John Zmirak at Takimag, 17 June 2008 You can err to the left all you want – Christopher Hitchens still venerates Leon Trotsky, not that it stops “conservative” journalists from licking...

Book Review: Shadow Haven - Battle Across the Sands by N.P. Michaels

Michaels has formed a believable social society with detailed history, prejudice, epic adventure and magic. As a big fan of J.R.R. Tolkien and the fantasy genre in general, I’ve heard of...

Tolkien's Son Tries to Block Hobbit Movie

You are browsing images from the article:Tolkien's Son Tries to Block Hobbit Movie" target="_blank"<Lord Of The Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien's son is desperately trying to stop a new movie version...

The Hobbit, Uno y Dos

I saw this at Cranach and a few other places: Mexico’s del Toro to direct The Hobbit Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro was named on Thursday to direct two movies based on the J.R.R. Tolkien...

MLB Band List, Part II - American League

Following up on last week's story, here's Part II of the MLB Band List: (Also, go check out the baseball/band videos at Fanhouse TV for a different take on the whole affair...) American League AL...

MLB Band List, Part II: American League

Following up on last week's story, here's Part II of the MLB Band List: (Also, go check out the baseball/band videos at Fanhouse TV for a different take on the whole affair...) American League AL...

Music Review: The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (The Complete Recordings), Composed by

Shore's soundtrack will forever be what plays through my mind as I re-read the books. Even if you are not a fantasy fan, by now you have probably heard of J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy, The Lord of...

The Children of Hurin

stoolpigeon writes "Throughout much of his life, J.R.R. Tolkien worked on a series of stories set in his well known middle earth. A few he considered his "Great Tales" and he would return to them...

Gary Gygax, 1938-2008

Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax has died at age 69. Gygax always enjoyed hearing from the game's legion of devoted fans, many of whom would stop by the family's home in Lake Geneva,...

'The Hobbit' is Safe! (And Other Grim Fallout from New Line's Demise) [The Shaye After]

The forthcoming evisceration of New Line Cinema announced yesterday by founding bosses Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne was expected for a while now, but where the pieces would fall was anyone's guess. It...