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Seven Minutes in (Hobbit) Heaven
A SEEMINGLY BIG FAN of The Hobbit took some time to put together something awesome: a compilation of all of the promo material for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey that has been released just far. Some of the quality is … Continue reading
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Five Minutes of New Hobbit Music
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY hits theaters next month! And even though theaters seem stuck with playing that very first trailer for the movie, other new bits are leaking out here and there. On Monday, Ain’t It Cool News posted … Continue reading
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Tagged Howard Shore, Radagast the Brown, The Hobbit
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Airplane Safety Should Be Hobbit-Forming
UNTIL THE HOBBIT PREMIERES NEXT MONTH, here’s a nice little video from Air New Zealand. They seem to have a lock on Middle Earth travel and have made a surprisingly good airplane safety video. Even has a couple of nice … Continue reading
TV Spot for The Hobbit Airs
WHO CARES about the trailer for Iron Man 3 when there’s a new TV spot for The Hobbit? Spin-Off Online and Empire are reporting that the first of three new films from Peter Jackson is clocking in at 2 hours … Continue reading
Tolkien’s Return of the (Once and Future) King
I’M NOT SURE HOW I WENT A WEEK NOT KNOWING THIS, but J. R. R. Tolkien has a new book coming out in 2013. And it could be a good one. Before Tolkien sat down to write The Hobbit, he … Continue reading
The Time Has Come to Read The Twelve
THESE ARE GOOD DAYS FOR READERS OF NEW STUFF. This summer saw the release of a new (and National Book Award finalist) Dave Eggers novel . Then there was the first full biography of David Foster Wallace. Just before Denver … Continue reading
Gandalf, Donald Miller, and Fear
THERE’S A MOMENT in the newest trailer for The Hobbit where Galadriel asks Gandalf, “Why the halfling?” Of the many he could call to action, why a hobbit who has never left home should go on such a dangerous adventure? … Continue reading
The New Trailer for The Hobbit
DON’T HEAD OUT YOUR FRONT DOOR without catching the new trailer for The Hobbit. The folks over at The Beat posted it this morning. Here it is below. I think the tone is spot on: tense but not as dark … Continue reading
Donald Miller and Revisiting Your Storyline
THE MISSION OF DONALD MILLER has definitely evolved over the last ten years, yet the seeds of “telling a good story with your life” can be found at least as far back as Blue Like Jazz. Starting next week, Miller … Continue reading
Love Stories, Ghost Stories, and David Foster Wallace
I HAD FORGOTTEN that a full-length biography of David Foster Wallace was on the way. I’m not as much of a fan as DFW as I should be: I have yet to read my way through Infinite Jest. But I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged David Foster Wallace, Every Love Story is a Ghost Story
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Space Enough, and Time 