Oh, the things we do for the things we love...

Here it is, two days after my deadline and I still have written nothing for this week's column. My next deadline is now only five days away, so I decided to discuss some of the events at Dragoncon. First I'd like to thank the good people at Tolkien Online for providing the audio Web casts. I never could have done this without help and they have been patient and dedicated in working with me, especially as they have also just picked up some other Dragoncon responsibilities. And especially I want to thank Brad Dourif and Karl Urban. As soon as Brad agreed to appear at the convention I knew we would have a highly successful track (this was before TheOneRing.Net put together their convention package). When I heard we could get Karl Urban, too, I knew we couldn't blow it no matter what happened (and surely this weekend has tried a lot of people's patience). Brad and Karl have great charisma and are fantastic guests. Dragoncon has worked them both to the bone and they deserve a lot of thanks from all the fans, We have had numerous standing-room-only sessions with Brad, Karl, and the guys from TheOneRing.Net. I've already asked for a larger room for the Tolkien and Middle-earth track at next year's convention, and I'll continue to remind the senior directors of our turnout to be sure we stand a good chance of getting it. We had tons of people spilling out into the hallways. We have made several more last-minute schedule changes this year than I anticipated (this is my third year directing a track for Dragoncon, although this is the first year for Tolkien and Middle-earth). All the people who have worked on staff (especially Jincey Chambless, who was loaned to me by TheOneRing.Net) have been completely flexible and supportive, and they have been great folks to work with. Of course, that's not what you folks want to read. You want to know what Brad Dourif and Karl Urban have to say about the movies. :) And you want to know what the secrets behind "The Lord of the Rings" movies are that TheOneRing.Net has been wowing people with at these conventions. I will tell you some of the things Brad and Karl have said (although they have said virtually nothing about the movie production -- so, please, don't expect any earth-shattering revelations to come from them). I'll have to leave it to the OneRing.Net people to determine what details they want revealed on their own Web site.

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