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Interesting news items relating to J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth.
Why I Stopped Blogging
A not-so-funny thing happened to me in 2022. I was diagnosed with heart disease. To be honest, I hadn’t felt so well for a couple […]
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Amazon Releases 1st Official Summary for Lord of the Rings TV Show
Per TheOneRing.Net: Amazon Studios’ forthcoming series brings to screens for the very first time the heroic legends of the fabled Second Age of Middle-earth’s history. […]
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New (Final) Tolkien Book about Middle-earth to Be Published in 2021
As Xenite.Org founder Michael Martinez mentioned in a comment on the Q-and-A article “Was Smaug Present at the War of Wrath?” a new Tolkien book […]
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Christopher Tolkien Has Passed Away
The news of Christopher Tolkien’s passing began spreading online earlier today. He died in a hospital in the south of France. SF Fandom has an […]
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Some News and Rumors about Amazon’s LoTROnPrime Project
UPDATE: January 16, 2020 We have learned there will be a maximum of 8 episodes in the first season. The full cast was announced a […]
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Tolkien Fans Gathering for Meetups Week of May 10, 2019
For those of you who missed the news about a J.R.R. Tolkien biopic named “Tolkien” coming out next month, it stars Nicholas Hoult as J.R.R. […]
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Amazon Launches a LoTR On Prime Website
We don’t know when the site went live but Amazon has launched a Website where fans can browse or download their version of the Middle-earth map. […]
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Pre-Order a Book of Poems by Dr. Jane Chance
If you know anything about Tolkien scholarship then you have undoubtedly come across the name (and perhaps books) of Dr. Jane Chance. Amazon lists three […]
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Xenite.Org Shuts Down Endor Mailing List
Today we said farewell to the subscribers of our Endor mailing list. This discussion group began more than 20 years ago as the Middle-earth Mailing […]
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New Middle-earth Books to Be Published in 2018
We received word this week that two new books about Middle-earth will be published later this year. Of course, everyone knows by now that The Fall […]
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Sir Ian McKellen Still Wants to Play Gandalf
Fans who listen to the Graham Norton radio show on BBC Radio 2 would have been pleasantly surprised if they tuned in on December 16, […]
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Christopher Tolkien Resigned from the Tolkien Estate
Eduardo Oliferr notified me that Christopher Tolkien resigned as an officer of the Tolkien Estate effective August 29, 2017. You can confirm this for yourself […]
Continue reading.@jeffbezos and Amazon announced a TV Deal with the Tolkien Estate
Who saw this coming? Despite the rumors flying across the media that Amazon was in negotiations with the Tolkien Estate and Warner Bros. Entertainment to […]
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Help a Young Musician Create a Fantasy-inspired Album
UPDATE: Daniel reached his goal! Good work! Daniel Cann wants to produce an album of music inspired by The Lord of the Rings and other fantasy […]
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DragonCon Cancels the Tolkien and Middle-earth Fan Programming Track
It is by no means the end of Middle-earth at DragonCon. They fully intend to continue to schedule Tolkien and Middle-earth programming, but Atlanta’s big […]
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