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I came across a theory a while back that suggested that the Pillars of Hercules were the Straight of Messina, and that Atlantis was modern-day Sardinia. If nothing else, it seems to fit distance-wise. Somewhere in the Atlantic always struck me as a bit too far from the cultures centred around...

Where do you get that he has mental health issues? Because so far all I've seen is entitlement and self-importance. "Demetrious Polychron", seriously? Although I'll admit he has more nerve than I'd ever have

Christopher Tolkien was still actively publishing books based on his father's works and notes just five years ago. I'd say the property is very much alive.

Not every work, of course, but a high-profile work such as LotR? Does no-one think, "Hmm, strange, I haven't seen marketing for an officially licensed sequel."

Am I the only one wondering how B&N ever decided to sell the book? I mean, surely someone must have asked about copyright?

Or the Iron Tower Trilogy. Which, if I remember rightly, came about because the author wanted to write a sequel to LotR, but didn't get permission.

Congrats! And thanks for everything - not least for providing a friendly hangout where so many diverse and often opinionated geeks from all over the world get along with, by and large, very little drama or unpleasantness.

If I remember rightly from back when this was first in the news, he was suing because RoP supposedly copied elements from his book. From the blurb, I gather that he writes about the history of the Rings in a prologue or something. Of course he still stole that from Tolkien's writings, so...

From the blurb, it's even worse that the Iron Tower by Dennis Mckiernan. I mean, at least he understood sentence structure and commas. Even though his not-Gimli was forever "casting his hood over his face" whenever he got bad news.

"Aaargh, help, help, it's eating me! Get it off! Haha, just kidding, there's no-one here. Surprise."

"Find Dejah Thoris, bathe her, and bring her to my tent."

"The human race took a vote, and... well, you're it."

"I dub thee Planet Bob!"

Blackadder's Christmas Carol, and if we're including New Year in the holiday season, Blackadder Back and Forth.

I caught several episodes of the radio show when they were first broadcast. My mother taped as many as she could, and I listened to those as well. So probably in the 5-6 age range. Read the books not long after. Prefer the radio show though. ETA: the radio show was released on audio cassette...

€4,600.

There are very few people called Dioltach around my way.

Sadly, no.

The wife and I have an arcade machine in the living room. It's been upgraded with a modern screen and CPU and has sixty of the old classics. Pacman, Donkey Kong, Dig Dug, Galaxian, Space Invaders, Time Pilot, you name it. Great fun.

Curious how we're six pages in and no-one has mentioned Empress Savina from the original D&D movie...