Just got back from watching War of the Worlds (a waste of time, in my opinion), and saw a trailer for the upcoming Narnia movie. Wow. Joan Marie Verba...
A post on the Williams list, coinherence, alerted me to the fact that a newly-researched biography of Williams is being written. Here's some information about...
Hello-- Something that the "mytho-poets" might be especially interested in: a project I am working on for Summer 2006. Already, several musicians, poets, a...
Barbara Hambly's Trek novel Ishmael actually borrowed from two television series. Apparently she wrote it without planning to publish it, and when she found...
Wow, what a topic, and one close to my heart--given that I'm both a reader and writer of fan fiction. As such I have such mixed feelings on this issue! Reading...
A collection some of you might be interested in. Janet Croft University of Oklahoma ... From: Popular Culture & American Culture Associations/H-Net Discussion ...
Of minor interest perhaps: there is an article in the Business Section of today's New York Times about a lawsuit that Peter Jackson has filed against New Line...
To all of you who look forward to this; Glen's told me he still has some significant work left to do on it, and would appreciate it if you wait until a...
Over on Spare Oom, there's been some discussion of a Disney Narnia ride to join the other rides at Walt's theme parks. I actually think this offers some...
That's true, David, I just raised it as a topic of discussion - but of course it comes to personal gossip about CSL, which is something he heartily disliked...
These were posted by Ray Schneider on his "Spare Oom" list: http://www.duncanentertainment.com/movie_myth.php A follow-up to the earlier TV documentary THE...
I'm currently teaching an online Tolkien course for gifted-and-talented kids aged 8 to 16 or so. Many people here will be gratified to learn that several of...
Does anyone know when and where the June meeting of Seattle Mithlond is? I like Howl's Moving Castle and I'd like to attend. I know Matthew is kind of busy and...
I read (and enjoyed) _Paradox in Oz_, so I will look out for this. But we should also note another long-time member's new Oz book: _The Emerald Wand of Oz_,...
Hello, I've been a long time member of the Mythopoetic Society, and I just wanted to announce my new book, which I'm very excited about, and which finally...
I'd be interested in seeing people's comments on a children's/YA novel that recently received a glowing review in the NYTimes, Nina Bernstein's MAGIC BY THE...
Are people aware that Dover Books just published a reprint of _A Middle English Reader and Vocabulary_ which originally came out (in two volumes) in 1921 and...
Hi all, Can anyone help me remember a book title? It's space-opera sci-fi, and if anyone wants to ask the mythic angle I'll say, hmm, well, even though we ...
Greetings! Tolkien fans in and around the Atlanta metropolitan area are invited to the June meeting of the Andúnië Smial of the Tolkien Society at 6pm on...
The full text of _Tolkien Studies_ is also available in _Project Muse_, a subscription database available in many university libraries. If the library in...
(long post in reply to a long post, which I leave in full at the end for reference) What I find especially interesting is that a history professor recently ...
<<The Jackson films, he says, "have remade memories of Western imperialism as the only honorable alternative to an evil Eastern Empire." >> Well, that's...
Does anyone else find the article in Tolkien on Film, "Three Ages of Imperial Cinema" by J.E. Smyth so dreadful as to be offensive? He argues his thesis, that...
Query to me as Corresponding Secretary--can anyone help? I am working on a series of books for children called 'Writers Uncovered' to be published by Harcourt...
http://www.101-280.com/archives/000528.html Quote: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (Gameboy Advance) "I'm not buying a Gameboy...
Just in for review here: Hiawyn Oram -- The Giant Surprise: A Narnia Story A very lightweight (story wise) childrens book of about thirty unnumbered pages...
spoiler spaces http://www.nationalreview.com/thecorner/corner.asp DUMBLEDORE RIP? [Rick Brookhiser] English bookies have been taking bets on which major...
