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J.R.R. Tolkien

There And Back Again

Wear This LOTR Middle-Earth Map Dress To Someone’s 111th Birthday

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:21 pm, November 30th, 2012

When J.R.R. Tolkien was writing The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings, did you think he ever considered someone wearing the maps of the land he created as a dress? My guess is no. The photo was taken by Matt & Kristy on Flickr of an attendee at Dragon*Con. Ma’am, we salute you.

(via DJ Judy)

Previously in The Hobbit

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No, This is Literally The Trailer to The Hobbit

by Susana Polo | 1:19 pm, November 26th, 2012

Guys, I promise my next post won’t be related to the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. I just thought you’d all enjoy listening to some dudes describe the visual content of the trailer for The Hobbit, in song along with its soundtrack.

Things get real. Then they get real again.

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Not all that glitters is gold

Animals & Slot Machines Cause Lots Of Legal Trouble For The Hobbit, Peter Jackson Responds

by Jill Pantozzi | 12:36 pm, November 20th, 2012

Peter Jackson is probably hoping the old saying, “there’s no such thing as bad publicity” applies to his current predicament. The Hobbit is currently swirling in midst of two very different controversies. The first is allegations of animals dying on production of the films, the other involves unauthorized merchandising not limited to, but including Lord of the Rings slot machines. Jackson has issued a statement on the former.

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The LOTR Project Charts Exactly How Dude-Heavy Middle Earth Is

by Rebecca Pahle | 4:35 pm, October 15th, 2012

Emil Johansson of the LOTR Project has combed through Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, and J.R.R. Tolkien‘s other Middle Earth-set works in order to chart the demographics—life expectancy, age distribution, and the like—of its denizens. It’s the gender breakdown that’s more up our alley, though. Only 19 percent of Tolkien’s named characters are female. No wonder Peter Jackson created Tauriel.

(via: io9)

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Not all that glitters is gold

Lost Tolkien Epic Poem to Hit Shelves Next Year

by Susana Polo | 2:46 pm, October 10th, 2012

Oh, don’t worry, Python!Arthur, there’ll always be a special place in our hearts for you.

It’s long been known by Tolkien scholars that the professor worked on a version of the King Arthur legend, specifically about the last few days of the legendary king’s life. It’s mentioned by title in the work of biographer Humphrey Carter, and in several of Tolkien’s letters, but a version of it in any finished state has never come to light. Until now, that is, with HarperCollins bringing the epic to a bookstore near you.

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The Hobbit Actor Billy Connolly Calls Tolkien “Unreadable,” Doesn’t Care What You Think

by Rebecca Pahle | 1:45 pm, September 26th, 2012

Billy Connolly, who plays Dáin Ironfoot in the upcoming The Hobbit trilogy, has made clear his rather strong opinions regarding its source material. In an interview with Vulture.com, the Scottish actor called Tolkien “unreadable,” stating “I didn’t read [The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings], and I normally don’t like people who have! The people who love it, they’re kind of scary. They talk all this gobbledygook and they think of it as the Holy Grail.”

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My Precious!

Happy 75th Anniversary, Bilbo Baggins, I Got You Leonard Nimoy

by Susana Polo | 9:30 am, September 21st, 2012

Wait a second… aren’t you supposed to give me a present on your anniversary? Ah well, have some Smauglock.

Not all that glitters is gold

Just in Time for Tolkien Week: Researcher Uncovers the Woman Who Might Have Illustrated The Lord of the Rings

by Susana Polo | 10:15 am, September 20th, 2012

Seventy-eight year-old Australian painter Mary Fairburn is now two years older than J.R.R. Tolkien was when the two first began corresponding about the painted illustrations she’d created of scenes from his then not-even-fifteen-years-old series of fantasy novels The Lord of the Rings. The author himself would die a mere five years later, and though he told her that his art had changed his mind entirely on whether an illustrated version of The Lord of the Rings would ever be published, the collaboration never happened.

We wouldn’t know any of this without the work of researcher Paul Tankard, who just happened to have relatives who live in the same town as Fairburn, otherwise he might not know any of it either.

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These Lord of the Rings Stained Glass Illustrations Are Perfect For Your Hobbit Hole

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:29 pm, September 15th, 2012

Well maybe not perfect considering Hobbit holes have a lot of circular windows but you get the idea. DeviantArtist Jian Guo, aka Breathing2004, says he started work on the images for a Middle Earth contest on the website and that each of his creations takes about a week to finish. They’d likely take a lot longer to create out of actual stained glass but I’d love to see someone try. Check out Guo’s depiction of a few select scenes from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings plus a bonus piece of the Avengers in this style as well.

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: Michelle Obama as Wonder Woman

by Jill Pantozzi | 5:05 pm, September 12th, 2012

Artist J. Bone was so impressed by Michelle Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention, he decided to depict her as Wonder Woman! (via Robot 6)

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