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By Matthew

I’ve just had a good experience.

When I was in my early teens a friend of mine who was a Tolkien fan told me about a Lord of the Rings series on the radio. He’d taped a few episodes and I loved listening to them. It was dramitised with great voice actors like Sir Michael Horden, John Le Messurier, Ian Holm and other voices that were familiar from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

I’d been keeping my eye out for it through all the LOTR hype and merchandising sorrounding the Peter Jackson movies and I did find it- 13 cd’s full, over 14 hours of story. The thing was was that it was priced at $200! I wasn’t going to pay that.

But yesterday I was looking in a bookshop’s bargain table and what did I find? You guessed it, a pile of about 20 copies of the “Collector’s Edition” of the cd set for $20. I am very happy now and have listened to the first two discs. I highly recommend this production for any fan of LOTR. Its a more engaging way of enjoying the story than the movies as all the action is happening in your mind. I’m all for that. Do yourself a favour.

If anyone wants me to get them a set if its still there I’ll do that too.

Here’s a link with some other people’s reviews.

Oh, and an important point- Sam doesn’t sound like a comic relief yokel.

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Lovecraft/Tolkien/Potter/Lots-of-other-fascinating-subjects scholar and somtimes Hog’s Head commenter Amy H. Sturgis has some updates that will be of interest for Hog’s Head readers:

Hi friends!

As you may know, I’ve begun narrating contemporary science fiction stories for the UK audio science fiction magazine StarShipSofa (http://www.starshipsofa.com). (You can hear my narration of Elizabeth Bear’s “And the Deep Blue Sea” at http://www.starshipsofa.com/podcast/StarShipSofa_Elizabeth_Bear_And_The_Deep_Blue_Sea.mp3 and other narrations will go up soon.)

As of today, I’ve also begun contributing an audio “article” for StarShipSofa’s “Aural Delights” Wednesday program, in which I give my commentary about a science fiction topic. These will run once a month. My first is available on today’s show at http://www.starshipsofa.com/podcast/Terry_Bisson_Bears_Discover_Fire_mp3.mp3 and it begins approximately 10 minutes into the podcast. If you listen, I hope you enjoy!

Have a great day!

Amy

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hogshead.jpgBack to the beginning; the beginning of the artistic process; new beginning for the website

This is a short episode crammed into a really heavy schedule for me. More, better episodes coming soon.

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hogshead.jpgTolkien and Rowling on death; Gandalf, Aragorn, Frodo death/resurrection; news and commentary

Update for iTunes subscribers: I upgraded my podpress software, and in the process there was a bug that kept iTunes from learning there was a new podcast.  The bug should be fixed, and the podcast should be available through iTunes very soon.

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Rowling invokes Tolkien, talks literature and politics

by Travis Prinzi 02.13.2008

by Travis
Rowling rarely mentions Tolkien, but I’ve found in the process of writing my book that she has far more in common with him than I had previously realized. Chalk it up to the Cauldron of Story (which is precisely what I do, actually….) In the recent interview for El Pais, translated (with [...]

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Casting The Hobbit

by korg20000bc 02.10.2008

By Matthew
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Nothing has been confirmed about cast for the movie(s) but I thought we may have some fun before things are nailed down.
Time to cut loose and never mind the expense. Cast whomever you wish for the following roles.

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