This caught my attention!
Click on the image above for the story. I agree with Stephen Fry – what pointless, self-defeating bullying!
“To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered”.
Voltaire (1694 – 1778)
Click image to read my short story 'The Inn at the Edge of the World' in Bardic Tales and Sage Advice, Vol. 8.
Click image to read my short story 'The Witch of Wicken Fen' in Aphelion, the Webzine of sci-fi and fantasy.
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I agree! I saw this on Fry’s twitter, it’s pretty disgusting. Just let them be, they’ve clearly meant no harm and done no harm.
No! Not more trouble in the Shire! Call Gandalf, he’ll fix ’em!
Sounds like he already has – just read that Ian McKellen has joined the cause!
Their FB page is here: https://www.facebook.com/SaveTheHobbitSouthampton
I believe they’re winning against the bullies from Hollywood as well…
I wonder if any creative person involved in anything remotely Tolkien – i.e. who actually helped tell the story – is behind this. It doesn’t seem like the kind of move Peter Jackson, or Fran Walsh, or Viggo Mortensen, or I don’t know, the entire Tolkien estate, maybe, would support. Stupid, stupid, stupid.