Unbelievable LOTR Fan Project🧙‍♂️ Reading Crisis📉 Hugo Results🥇 ~FN~

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Welcome back to Fantasy News! This week we’re covering everything from an unbelievable Lord of the Rings fan project to the Hugo Award winners.

00:00 Unbelievable LOTR fan project:    • 120,000 Page Lord of the Rings FLIPBOOK - ...  

02:07 Authors VS AI write off: https://mark---lawrence.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-ai-vs-authors-results-part-2.html?m=1

05:14 Hugo Awards: https://locusmag.com/2025/08/hugo-lodestar-and-astounding-awards-winners-2/
Statistics: https://seattlein2025.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025-Hugo-Voting-Statistics.pdf

06:49 Audible Update:
Dale Roberts Video:    • Audible’s New Royalty Model Screws Authors  

RiddBooks Alternatives video:    • Audible Alternatives Aren’t Perfect, But T...  

The Petition: https://www.change.org/p/convince-audible-to-revise-it-s-new-royalty-model?recruiter=146287645

09:57 Death Hymns of Homara: https://x.com/zamakhtar/status/1955604299137843389

10:30 The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver: https://www.instagram.com/p/DNTK0myMO9k/?igsh=MXh1YjFhNjl3amY1dA==

11:00 Jeff Vandermeer Update: https://bsky.app/profile/jeffvandermeer.bsky.social/post/3lweuklpp4225

12:02 Platform Decay Release date: https://torpublishinggroup.com/platform-decay/?isbn=9781250827005

12:13 The Demon Star: https://bsky.app/profile/dawbooks.bsky.social/post/3lwowggpfds2e

13:05 Seek The Traitor’s Son: https://x.com/torbooks/status/1957429150492594482

14:18 Barnes & Noble Sale: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/book-haul-50-off/_/N-2r5n

15:14 Gollum Movie News: https://ew.com/ian-mckellen-reveals-gandalf-frodo-return-in-new-lord-of-the-rings-the-hunt-for-gollum-film-11792483

16:08 Rabbit Trap:    • Rabbit Trap - Official Trailer | Starring ...  

16:31 Angel’s Egg:    • ANGEL'S EGG 4K Restoration | Official Trai...  

17:24 Fallout Season 2 Trailer:    • Fallout Season 2 - Official Teaser Trailer...  

18:09 Doofus lying about publishing: no
20:39 Reading for pleasure is dying: https://phys.org/news/2025-08-pleasure-freefall-decades.html