As others are plugging books, I thought I may as well do the same. As such, an extract from my delightful book on The Lord of the Rings is now up on the self-promotion part of the site – an extract of largely theoretical gubbins into the nature of myth and how Tolkein would have responded to the various adaptations of his work, taken from the conclusion.

Go buy it from Amazon – at a very reasonable discounted price of £6.59. Perfect for any Rings fans you may know who haven’t already got fed up with the umpteen different DVD releases of Peter Jackson’s trilogy…