"Lord of the Rings reworking a hit with fans, but not Tolkien estate"

[wellinghall]

"An English translation of The Last Ring-Bearer has taken off among Middle-Earth lovers but incurred the disapproval of Tolkien's publisher"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/feb/08/lord-of-the-rings-reworking-tolkien-estate

Also:
"When Hari Kunzru met Michael Moorcock" - interview write-up -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/feb/04/michael-moorcock-hari-kunzru

And a full transcript -
http://harikunzru.com/archive/interview-michael-moorcock-2010

"I was pretty confused after walking around Oxford for most of the day. My friends and I kept passing colleges and buildings that were part of the university but where was the actual main campus?"
http://www.glampacker.com/2011/02/5-things-to-do-in-oxford-on-a-day-trip/

Comments

[garamondbophin.livejournal.com]

Unless the names have been turned into trademarksTM, which is why Dragon magazine once had a joke about the 'phone: circular metal banding...

By the way, I have been sent so much awful fanfic over the years that I would have trouble feeling sorry if the whole lot was banned.

[ewx.livejournal.com]

If he meant trademark infringement then he shouldn’t have said copyright infringement… (The claim about the language it’s written in is rather bizarre now I come to notice it, assuming he was accurately quoted.)