[ksen]

I found this linked over at TORN and thought everyone would like to see it.

Enjoy, rip apart, whatever......

[ksen]

Ping-a-ling

[Elenya]

All the time, their friends are risking everything to distract the Eye of Sauron from them, but they don't know that. They go on anyway.

This was one of the most moving aspects of the story for me. And in the books, Sam ended up being my favorite character (after Gollum and for different reasons) because he is in my mind the real hero of the quest. I remember being so moved by his purity of soul and his extraordinary courage. I have a feeling Astin will be up to the task.

[Sam Cree]

ksen, that is a really nice article, it does a good job of articulating what is so great about LOTR.

I am pretty sure that Tom Shippey is the professor who now occupies Tolkien's old job at Oxford. He is a huge admirer of Tolkien and has written a couple books on him, including one titled "J.R.R. Tolkien, Author of the Century."

[HairOfTheDog]

Ring Ping!!