Nerd News Roundup - 2.20.09

- Embattled publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is going to drop an unpublished J.R.R. Tolkien book on the hobbit worshippers of the world this May: an English retelling of a Norse legend (a huge influence on LOTR) called The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun.

- In other nerd-a-riffic book news, Discworld creator Terry Prachett was knighted.

- The European Union is our new best friend because according to a recent study of theirs, video games can actually be good for kids.

- In their continuing attempt to have 100% global awareness of Cars and The Little Mermaid, the Walt Disney Company just acquired Kerpoof.com.

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