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Hidden Archives of Middle-Earth
| Archive | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Hidden Archives of Middle-Earth |
| Date(s): | 06 April 2002 - 19 June 2003 (last updated and site closed later that year)[1] |
| Archivist: | Aralanthiriel, Drew |
| Founder: | Aralanthiriel |
| Type: | |
| Fandom: | The Lord of the Rings |
| URL: | http://hidden-archives.com/ (Wayback) |
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Hidden Archives of Middle-Earth is a Lord of the Rings fanfiction archive. The main archivist was Aralanthiriel, assisted by Drew.
From the main page:
Description from Tower of Ecthelion:
An excellent archive featuring all types of Lord of the Rings works, including essays and other non-fiction. Also included is a collection of “Rare Finds” (10th member stories that actually work!) and hilarious “excuse” and “response to flame” generators.[2]
In June 2003, the archivist reported a fire at the "data center" (web server/host?) that caused a loss of emails containing new submissions. Submissions were closed and never reopened.[3] Later that year, Aralanthiriel posted that she was shutting down the site:
The Hidden Archives of Middle-earth has been shut down. Please remove it from your links/bookmarks. My apologies for any inconvenience this may cause, but I no longer have the time to maintain it properly.
If you're looking for the Hidden Archives Forum, it has been re-located to be hosted on Dwim's domain. (Much thanks to her for that!)
Both the Denethor and Tolkien fanlistings have been shut down as well. I've already e-mailed the Fanlistings Network about it.
If you're looking for Dwimordene's website, it is located here at its new address. http://www.dwimordenespage.org
The http://www.hidden-archives.com domain will expire sometime in November, so try not to reach the site after that date. I can't control whether the domain will simply die or be picked up by someone else.
~Aralanthiriel[4]
References
- ^ Hidden Archives of Middle-earth: Most Recent Updates
- ^ Tower of Ecthelion - Links, via Wayback. (Accessed 12 October 2012)
- ^ Hidden Archives of Middle-earth Submissions
- ^ Hidden Archives of Middle-earth, Site Shutdown