From our friends to the north at the CBC, an article about progress on the upcoming film "The Hobbit"

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2009/11/24/jackson-tintin-hobbit.html

Peter jackson farmed this one out to Guillermo del Toro, director of "Pan's Labyrinth" and the two "Hellboy" movies, so we are undoubtedly in for a visual treat.

Hello! I thought I would remind everyone that the discussion forum for Jennifer Government is still open, if anyone has comments to add ---- and, someone who couldn't make our meeting on Wednesday added some interesting thoughts of their own on this book --- please take a look! :) ok... I just made a rhyme....

Claims that it was a language experiment:

http://tiny.cc/A9U02

Or maybe a sanity experiment

For anyone who is interested ----

CapriCon 30 February 11-14, 2010 LINK
Author Guests of Honor: Frederik Pohl, Spider and Jeanne Robinson, Robert J. Sawyer Held in Wheeling, IL

Pre-registration:

$45 until December 31, 2009
$55 January 1, 2010-January 31, 2010
$70 thereafter and at-the-door

I am thinking I'd like to go to this, so if anyone might be going, and is interested in car-pooling --- give a shout!… Continue