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A new chapter from the highly anticipated forthcoming novel in the Song of Ice and Fire series, Winds of Winter has been released on George R.R. Martin’s website.  Martin wrote on his blog yesterday, “With season 4 of HBO’s GAME OF THRONES almost upon us, I thought the time was ripe for me to give my readers another taste of WINDS ...

An Unexpected Surprise By John Evans I pick up the crumpled paperback, Hardly legible in the fading lamplight, Beneath a pile of rubbish, In a cheap eclectic bookstore. The room is coated in dust, And I can feel my mind turning, Far from that cramped and narrow place, To the yellow taxi waiting for me outside. Should I buy it? ...

Amory Lovins on Tolkien by Noble Smith “J.R.R. Tolkien was just a delightful old gentleman, interested in a lot of things, with a lively curiosity and a deep knowledge of philology; a love of words and language and a masterly storyteller. He had a well-ripened personality, like a wrinkly old apple full of flavor. And he had the Hobbit virtues ...

The Red Book of Westmarch: A Hobbits Tale by Joe Gilronan In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. The ten words that changed my life and keeping with tradition I will be reading extracts from my all time favourite book, The Hobbit. To celebrate Tolkien Reading Day I thought I would share one of my paintings, aptly titled ...

How do you Celebrate Tolkien Reading Day? by Joe Gilronan As per tradition, you will find me reading extracts from my all time favourite book “The Hobbit” and with that in mind, I thought I would share a Hobbit themed painting. “Late For An Appointment” Inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Second breakfast disturbed and all of a fluster Bilbo is ...

George R. R. Martin has been hinting about a possible movie, or movies to finish op his sprawling HBO epic Game of Thrones, based on his A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series. He also mentioned that a movie may be based on his prequel novellas, Tales of Dunk and Egg.  These prequel stories revolve around a group of characters, ...

Co-Founder of Legendarium Media, Tyler Michael Jonsson aka: “The American Gollum”, performs an adaptation of the award winning song from the Disney hit, Frozen as sung by Gollum. You can support future videos by purchasing the song HERE. Lyrics: (Contributions to the revised lyrics by: James Michael Spahn) Nasty Elf bread takes flight down the mountain tonight Now just crumbses to ...

Legendarium is giving you a chance to “Ask Balin” a question! Jay Johnstone, Legendarium’s Head of European Media Operations, has the EXCLUSIVE sit down interviews at the upcoming Hobbit Con 2 with the Dwarven cast of the Hobbit movies. First interview up will be with Ken Stott, who plays the Dwarf Balin. Jay has created and signed a Limited Edition ...

Pre-release Excerpt from Dr. Higgens’ “Anglo-Saxon Community in J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’” The upcoming release of the long-awaited Anglo-Saxon Community in J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ by Dr. Deborah A. Higgens coincides with the Fellowship’s journey into Rohan in this month’s readings for the Tolkien Read-Along 2014. In celebration of both the Tolkien Read-Along and the book’s release, Oloris ...

Lo! Today is a good day for Tolkien fans. Following up on last spring’s publication of the Fall of Arthur is the publication of Tolkien’s translation and commentary on the great Anglo Saxon poem, Beowulf. HarperCollins has announced that “J.R.R. Tolkien: Beowulf a Translation and Commentary” edited by Christopher Tolkien will be published May 22 of this year. Christopher Tolkien states, ...