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[GUEST INTERVIEW] Multiple Award-Winning Author Pat Murphy on Defying Genres and Exploring the Human Condition
Carl Slaughter gives us a n in-depth look at Pat Murphy's award-winning and -nominated fiction [...]
Catching Up on SciFi Movies (Part 30): Edge of Tomorrow / Interstellar / The Hobbit Trilogy (2012 – 2014)
John is way behind on his movie-watching. Here, he plays catch-up with the rest of the word. [...]
At Kirkus: Patrick Hester Discusses THE HOBBIT: An Illustrated Edition of the Fantasy Classic
Over at Kirkus, Patrick Hester talks about The Illustrated Hobbit. Because...[insert dramatic pause]...THAT'S WHAT HE DOES. [Now insert dramatic music. Yeah, I know...A lot of Do-it-Yourself here.] [...]
Martin Freeman’s Hobbit/Office Mashup from SNL
Martin Freeman (Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit and BBC’s The Office) was the host of Saturday Night Live this past weekend. So naturally, the idea emerged of a [...]
TRAILER PARK: Chappie / The Hobbit / Ex Machina / 12 Monkeys
Ready for some new trailers? I knew you [...]
[GUEST POST] Kenneth G. Bennett on The Lord Of The Rings, Dark Side Of The Moon, And The Role Of Humility In Art
Kenneth G. Bennett is the author of the new sci-fi thriller, EXODUS 2022 (Booktrope Publishing, 419pp.) as well as the young adult novels, THE GAIA WARS and BATTLE FOR [...]
The Stars of “The Hobbit” Read The Lyrics to Leonard Nimoy’s “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins”
Even though some critics are Hobbit-bashing as of late, everyone has to agree that at least one thing cam out of the Peter Jackson adaptation: it gave us this video of the [...]
MOVIE REVIEW: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
REVIEW SYNOPSIS: Despite a relentless pace and impressive effects, most notably bringing to life the impressive dragon at the heart of the tale, part two of Peter Jackson’s [...]
TRAILER: The Hobbit – The Desolation of Smaug
I found the first Hobbit film to be enjoyable, if a bit too long. After watching the trailer for part 2, I’m left to wonder what extra stuff Jackson has added to pad [...]
Video: How The Hobbit Should Have Ended
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Tuesday Tune: 2 Versions of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Over The Misty Mountains Cold” For Your Listening Pleasure
Came across these and wanted to share. Both are wonderful versions/interpretations of ‘Over The Misty Mountains Cold. by J R R Tolkien. Check them out after the [...]
Listen to J.R.R. Tolkien Read from “The Hobbit”
From the YouTube description: When Tolkien visited a friend in August of 1952 to retrieve a manuscript of The Lord of the Rings, he was shown a “tape recorder”. [...]
Free Kindle eBook: “Deconstructing Tolkien: A Fundamental Analysis of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit” edited by Edward J. McFadden III
Through Sunday, the book Deconstructing Tolkien: A Fundamental Analysis of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit is available as a free Kindle download (for Kindle devices, [...]
Registration Now Open for Mythgard Institute’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Courses
Mythgard Institute has posted the schedule for their Spring 2013 courses. They include the following juicy programs for genre [...]
The Five Most Influential Books in my Life
A meme going around recently in the genre blogosphere is to name the five most influential books in your life, and how they changed your life. Some examples recently include [...]
VIDEO: “The Hobbit” The Way It Was Meant To Be Read: By Andy Serkis
I wish this was more than a news clip! Funny how Serkis mentions how people have mimicked the voice back to him in the intervening years sine Lord of the Rings. There’s [...]
TRAILER: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
A new trailer is out for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey! “…far to the east, over ranges and rivers, lies a single, solitary peak…” Check it out [...]
Long-Lost 1966 Animated Version of ‘The Hobbit’ Rediscovered
Before the 1977 Rankin And Bass production…there was this 1966 version by Gene Deitch. Originally planned as a full-length feature film before the Tolkien craze hit, a [...]
SF Tidbits for 7/29/09
The New Yorker chats with Ursula K. Le Guin about The Left Hand of Darkness. [via Locus Online] The Vietnam News interviews the head of the VFSF, biologist and SF writer Vu [...]
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