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Category Archives: the science of middle earth
The Rings of Power: Impressions of the First Series
You’ll both be aware that I offered a few impressions of the first two episodes of The Rings of Power, the multi-squillion-dollar televisual emission from Amazon Prime. Now that all eight episodes of the first series (or ‘season’, as we … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in amazon prime, durin, elrond, galadriel, gandalf, gil-galad, halbrand, john garth, Monty Python's Life of Brian, sauroin, Science-fiction, the lord of the rings, the rings of power, the science of middle earth, tolkien
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The Rings of Power: Impressions of the First Series
You’ll both be aware that I offered a few impressions of the first two episodes of The Rings of Power, the multi-squillion-dollar televisual emission from Amazon Prime. Now that all eight episodes of the first series (or ‘season’, as we … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in amazon prime, durin, elrond, galadriel, gandalf, gil-galad, halbrand, john garth, Monty Python's Life of Brian, sauroin, Science-fiction, the lord of the rings, the rings of power, the science of middle earth, tolkien
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Science of Middle-Earth: New Paperback Edition
The printing history of The Lord of the Rings is reputedly one of the more complex and tangled issues in modern publishing history. Matters aren’t quite so fraught for The Science of Middle-earth, my own contribution to the canon. For … Continue reading
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Season’s Greetings (And, Oh Yes, Buy My Books.)
The time is rapidly fast approaching when we indulge in the Michael Bublé Christmas Album Human Sacrifice, notwithstanding insmuch as which this might well be the last time I’ll post this year. So, while I’m here – and whether you … Continue reading
Posted in Books, kindle, reading, The Accidental Species, the science of middle earth, the sigil, Writing, Writing & Reading
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Crossover Fanfic
Ever since one of her friends acquired a T-shirt on which was emblazoned a Mockingjay with the legend ‘District 9 3/4′, Crox Minima and I have been discussing crossover fanfic – that is, fan fiction in which two different franchises … Continue reading
Posted in crossover fanfic, dr who, fan fiction, harry potter, hunger games, mockingjay, Science-fiction, Silliness, the lord of the rings, the science of middle earth, tolkien, Writing & Reading
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Extrafunicular
If posting on this blog were not enough, I have also been writing things for other people, and other people have been writing things about me. The frequency of such extrafactual activity has been heightened by the propinquity of my … Continue reading
Posted in Apparitions, brian clegg, coffee with a canine, desolation of smaug, discover magazine online, evolving thoughts, forbes, geoscientist, huffington post, john farrell, john wilkins, marc srour, nature, now appearing, ted nield, The Accidental Species, the page 99 test, the science of middle earth, tim radford, Toronto star, Writing & Reading
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FREE BOOK !!!
Roll up, roll up, roll up – for today only (that’s 6 February 2013), you can download my book The Science of Middle-earth for FREE from the Amazon Kindle Store. Now, you might ask, how does it profit me to … Continue reading
Posted in business, Chris Anderson, FREE, hobbit, online, online business, the long tail, the lord of the rings, the science of middle earth, tolkien, Writing & Reading
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Writings
It’s just occurred to me that I have the manuscripts of three different books at three different publishers, in three different genres, at once, all together, simultaneously, and at the same time. This has never happened before. The Beowulf Effect: … Continue reading
Posted in chthonic, data entry at the OK corral, eldritch, erumpent, reanimus press, science of middle-earth, Science-fiction, sex, the beowulf effect, the hobbit, the science of middle earth, the sigil, tolkien, Writing, Writing & Reading
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Conversations With My Agent About E-Books
A year ago they were rarer than a very rare thing. There were more of them six months ago, but now they are everywhere – rare is the commute in which I don’t see at least one, and, notwithstanding inasmuch … Continue reading
Posted in before the backbone, Books, ereaders, in search of deep time, jacobs ladder, publishing, Technicrox, the hobbit movie, the lord of the rings, the science of middle earth, tolkien, Writing & Reading
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