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  • The memory of a long vanished band, The Nazgul, is strong, and even if that hard rock is nothing that you listen to, Mr. Martin makes the reader hear the music, feel the music, and amazingly enough, love the music.

    MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2008 (Part 1) 2008

  • A couple of references to a rock band called "Nazgul" in X-Men and New Mutants stories are taken from the horror novel Armaggedon Rag, written by George R. R. Martin.

    Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #148 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

  • They do this because they know him to be a reincarnation of their ancient enemy, and they try in various ways to bump him off: Trollocs and airborne Nazgul (I can't, off the top of my head, remember what Jordan calls his Nazgul; but big lizard-like flying evil creatures are certainly there from without, treachery from within, not least the egregiously Gollum-like ('Gollumoid'?

    Archive 2010-03-01 Adam Roberts 2010

  • They do this because they know him to be a reincarnation of their ancient enemy, and they try in various ways to bump him off: Trollocs and airborne Nazgul (I can't, off the top of my head, remember what Jordan calls his Nazgul; but big lizard-like flying evil creatures are certainly there from without, treachery from within, not least the egregiously Gollum-like ('Gollumoid'?

    Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time 1: the Eye of the World (1990) Adam Roberts 2010

  • Imagine trying that with golf clubs: "This driver is called the Nazgul 3000.

    Disc Golf: It's Not Actually Golf 2006

  • Imagine trying that with golf clubs: "This driver is called the Nazgul 3000.

    Disc Golf: It's Not Actually Golf 2006

  • "Developing/emerging vs. developed/advanced/mature, BRIC, the Next Eleven, the 7 Percent Club are no more helpful concepts for Citi's global client base than the Magnificent Seven or the Nine Nazgul," its economists write.

    Overheard: Growth Industry 2011

  • Specifically the scene where the lord of the Nazgul raises up his mace.

    Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » No Politics Thread 2010

  • If we're talking sound track and not track times, the Ferrari's spine-tingling Nazgul shriek just kills the McLaren.

    The Best Sports Car, and Why to Skip It Dan Neil 2011

  • My hatred for hobbits precedes my death and transformation into a Nazgul.

    The Six Quirks Meme 2008

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