There’s apparently a trailer, or a teaser, or whatever, for the new Amazon series, but I’ll be damned if I can find it. The important fact is, Amazon doesn’t get to hose this the way everyone expects they will. Amazon has a relatively free hand when it comes to adding something, since, as I said,… Read More The Tolkien Estate Gets to Veto Amazon
You can knock Wikipedia all you like, but I discovered some truly interesting information about the descendants of J.R.R. Tolkein, just by doing a bit of research on the Mabinogion. To wit: Christopher Tolkein deserves all the credit in the world for the existence of The Silmarillion. It was he who edited his father’s chaotic… Read More Fun Facts about the Tolkein Family
First, the same chap who cheekily questioned Aragorn’s claim to the throne of Gondor lists the Most Metal Deaths in Middle-Earth. From the Feanor entry: While Ecthelion, Glorfindel, and Gandalf all bit the dust fighting individual Balrogs, Fëanor died in battle with a platoon of them. Not only that, his spirit was so fierce it incinerated… Read More And now, some Tolkien Nerdery…
Over at Wired, a lawyer named James Daily has done a quick (to the extent that lawyers do anything quick) analysis of the legal contract drawn up between Bilbo and the dwarves in The Hobbit. It’s a fun read for those interested in the intricacies of law, and manages to avoid turgidity. For the most part, Daily… Read More The Hobbit: An Unexpected Legal Conundrum
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