Tolkien
An Open Letter to Matt Leacock RE: Your Disgraceful Cartographic Blunder on the Fate of the Fellowship Board Game Map
Greetings from the blackest reaches of Ungoliant’s foetid etherwebs, it is I, Eugene Pendergrass, here again with a Middle-earth-sized missive aimed directly at you Matt Leacock who, frankly, should have known better. As everyone knows, my standards for ludographic adaptations of The Good Professor’s work are as lofty as an eagles’ eyrie atop Thangorodrim itself.…
Read MoreTravels in Middle-earth 75: The Three-farthing Stone
Long ago, in an Age of the Sun far removed from our own, our world was a place of enchantment and lure undreamed of to our current race of Men. However, not all of its wonders have been lost to the mists of time. In this series, I will use advanced crypto-historic techniques to transport…
Read MoreThe Lord of the Rings, The Lost Chapters V – The Fellowship of the Furious
The fantasy fiction community was once again rocked when more previously unreleased sections of The Lord of the Rings were discovered over the holiday weekend. This “grail” of a literary find amounted to a new lost segment cut out of the original manuscript by an overzealous editor. Years of suppression by the Tolkien estate followed, but the…
Read MoreTop 10 Most Upsetting Amazon Lord of the Rings TV Show Choices
In a wide ranging interview with Indiewire over the weekend, showrunners JD Payne and Patrick McKay dropped a LOT of info about the new Lord of the Rings television adaptation. And, while a lot of it was quite exciting (2nd Age confirmed! 1 BILLION dollar budget!), there was a lot that, honestly, has me pretty…
Read MoreTravels in Middle-earth 74: The Orocarni
Long ago, in an Age of the Sun far removed from our own, our world was a place of enchantment and lure undreamed of to our current race of Men. However, not all of its wonders have been lost to the mists of time. In this series, I will use advanced crypto-historic techniques to transport…
Read MoreAn Open Letter to Twitter RE: The Defamatory Claim of Gandalf’s Illiteracy
Thaur govannen Twitterverse, it is I, Eugene Pendergrass, here with the unfortunate news that I must direct one of my inimitably inimical broadsides in your direction. Beware the splashback, this one could get messy, because, like a dad joke upon the Doors of Durin, you shall not pass until I have had my full say.…
Read MoreThe Top 5 Worst Elvish Names I Considered for my Daughter
For those who haven’t heard, Laura and I just had a baby girl. Born December 10th, she’s happy, healthy, and just about perfect in every way, perfect right down to (if I do say so myself) her name: Wren Avari Wolfe. I mean, sure, she’s going to have to go around her whole life saying…
Read MoreMiddle-earth Monday 73: The Hollin Ridge
Welcome back to everyone’s favorite www.isleyunruh.com Monday feature! Middle-earth being the land of enchantment and wonder that it is, each month I will use my love of fictional cartography to transport you to another time and place. So, why not take a moment to fill your head full of knowledge that will have no bearing…
Read MoreMiddle-earth Monday 72: The Field of Cormallen
Welcome back to everyone’s favorite www.isleyunruh.com Monday feature! Middle-earth being the land of enchantment and wonder that it is, each month I will use my love of fictional cartography to transport you to another time and place. So, why not take a moment to fill your head full of knowledge that will have no bearing…
Read MoreMiddle-earth Monday 71: Aldburg
Welcome back to everyone’s favorite www.isleyunruh.com Monday feature! Middle-earth being the land of enchantment and wonder that it is, each month I will use my love of fictional cartography to transport you to another time and place. So, why not take a moment to fill your head full of knowledge that will have no bearing…
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