Return of the Ring and Barrow-Downs Mega-moot - Celebrating Tolkien in 2012 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lalwendë · 02-08-2012, 06:02 PM

Got my copy of SFX today and aside from being even more interesting by having articles about The Hobbit and about Tolkien's other stories that would make for good films (and a Game of Thrones new series article) - it has a full page ad for Return of the Ring by the Tolkien Society which must have cost them a great deal to have included. It's also a new turn for the TS which has very much been a belt and braces, small scale society who didn't go in for advertising and such - and it really took me by surprise to see an ad in SFX.

For those attending, apparently you have "Tom Shippey, Tolkien polemicist" to look forwards to! Also regulars like Verlyn Flieger and Ted Nasmith. Brian Sibley will also be there (interesting for those who enjoyed chatting with him on the radio series thread). They seem to be trying to pitch the event a little more alongside the film hype by running it alongside a magazine article on it.

02-08-2012, 06:02 PM	#22
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Got my copy of SFX today and aside from being even more interesting by having articles about The Hobbit and about Tolkien's other stories that would make for good films (and a Game of Thrones new series article) - it has a full page ad for Return of the Ring by the Tolkien Society which must have cost them a great deal to have included. It's also a new turn for the TS which has very much been a belt and braces, small scale society who didn't go in for advertising and such - and it really took me by surprise to see an ad in SFX. For those attending, apparently you have "Tom Shippey, Tolkien polemicist" to look forwards to! Also regulars like Verlyn Flieger and Ted Nasmith. Brian Sibley will also be there (interesting for those who enjoyed chatting with him on the radio series thread). They seem to be trying to pitch the event a little more alongside the film hype by running it alongside a magazine article on it. __________________ Gordon's alive!