Social media have their most wonderful advantages and you may know that Twitter is probably the one I like most these days. It is rather obvious, though, that they all come with side effects...
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The International Astronomical Union (IAU) and its Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) are responsible for selecting official names for features on solar system bodies. Luckily for Tolkien fans in 2012 his success...
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I was 19 when I wrote up this two-page-summary of a most fascinating week of my life: “Project Fantasy” happened at my school, the Kaiserin-Theophanu-Gymnasium, amid the multi-cultural hubbub that is Cologne-Kalk. When I...
Our times are blessed with a large number of excellent authors writing fantasy and science fiction stories but it comes as no surprise that to me J.R.R. Tolkien is one of the greatest out...
Those of you who have met me in person will probably know that I have a penchant for the silliest of puns: acronyms, word play, you name it. I am particularly fond and proud...
When Bilbo finally heads off for Rivendell after his ‘Long-expected Party’ he sings this song: The Road goes ever on and on, Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road...
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