News From Around the Web
Matthew Bass

Other Hands is back on-line...

After a three-month redesign hiatus, the on-line Middle-earth Role Playing
site, Other Hands (http://otherhands.com), is up and running again. The new
site includes a review of Decipher's Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Adventure
Game, as well as hundreds of pages of free game-related materials - with more
to come!

The Tolkien Music List breaks new records...

The March update of the Tolkien Music List web site
(http://www.vikings.lv/~witchcraft/jrrt/index.htm) has brought the grand
total to over 900 albums and songs inspired by JRR Tolkien's writings! This
month's newbies include Battlelore's newly released CD "Where the Shadows
Lie...", re-released songs by Haze, and some rare 70's folk songs.

New TTT toys available...

www.bigbadtoystore.com has a Two Towers toy pre-order section. Their site has info on series #3 of the line, set for release in November, as well as a Smeagol and Deagol 2-pack.

National Geographic launches movie site...

National Geographic's Beyond The Movie: The Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring has been released this month on video and DVD. A companion web site has been launched as well at

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngbeyond/rings/

The site offers streaming video clips and other content that helps users discover the history, myth, and cultural forces that inspired The Lord of the Rings. Also, users can explore the parallels between the imaginary world of Middle-earth and our own.