The Hall of Fire

Osprey? Cool shot!

Would you recommend watching it without reading the books first? I have only the vaguest idea of the series.

Inanna, I actually read The Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy last year. I'm currently listening to The Sword Defiant by Gareth Hanrahan. He's written narrative for video games, including the Middle-earth one, and is currently posting commentary on LOTR following the chronology in the appendices. It's on blu...

I hit another spell of being unable to process fiction. It seems I need to be in near-perfect health to be capable of reading, or listening to, something new, which kind of defeats the purpose. It's getting better, I hope, and in the meantime here's a book report from the last few months. I still st...

Spoken by Gandalf?

Voronwë the Faithful wrote: ↑Wed Mar 12, 2025 7:35 pm Thanks! I must admit I find it more than a little terrifying!

All the important and worthwhile things are.

Very exciting, hope to see it in print!

Is it (insert name here) when Théoden rode out of Meduseld? When Théoden made the very sensible decision to go to Helm's Deep, that in the movie Gandalf criticized for no reason.

It's not The way is shut, is it?

Is it when the Hobbits were gossiping about Bilbo and Frodo?

That video is so cool!

Spoken before Frodo left the Shire?

Susan Collins will be Very Concerned?

Sorry, wrong thread.

Spoken by a Hobbit?

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It looks like it's giving you a side eye and judging all your choices.

A wife inheriting her husband's position is not necessarily a sign of a progressive society. At least two Russian empresses ruled after their husband's death. Catherine I ruled after the death of her husband, Peter the Great until her own death. And Catherine II, aka the Great, took over from her hu...

Somehow I'm just now discovering Michael Spyres.

Shout-out to the person in the comments who said Spyres can do "bear tones".

Is it Gandalf about Hobbits?

Does Calibre still work for downloading? And what format should we convert Kindle books to?

This kind of BS is why I only ever gotten free Kindle books or on sale for under $3. But even cheap books add up.

Shire Reckoning tweet reminded me that Galadriel's gift to Aragorn was a sheath for Anduril. Also remembered "You shall not be sheathed again until the last battle is fought." Do you think the gift was a subtle hint that it wasn't a good idea to carry an unsheathed sword? (How did that wor...