Spring/Summer 2003

• Letters from the Chairman and Co-chair of the Heren Istarion

• BALROGS AND FLYING MONKEYS: The Dark Side of Tolkien by Ginger Wages

• An Interview with Howard Shore Conducted by the Staff of Heren Istarion, with contributions from the President of The Gathering of the Fellowship

• In Defense of Moots by Sabrina Jackson

• Musings on Myth by Jessica Burke

• The Gods Return to Earth by C. S. Lewis Source: Time and Tide, August 14, 1954, pp. 1082-83

• A Review of Gary Russell's The Art of the Two Towers by Anthony S. Burdge

• Tolkien Word Search by Stephanie Kushner

• Taking on Tolkien: Peter Jackson Brings the Epic Novel to the Screen an excerpt from the program booklet of The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers: The Exhibit

• To See, or Not to See ...That is the Question The Black Gate Approacheth...One Fan's Movie Anxieties by Ginger Wages

• "Who would be a hobbit round" A poem by Constance Schuchardt