Tolkien book to Jackson sc...
Jul 13 at 4:46 am -In this 50-minute lecture at at Swarthmore College, Professor Tom Shippey, the...
Welcome to the Library!
Formerly known as "Greenbooks", the library is a place for more in-depth articles of a scholarly nature. Yeah…it's for hard-core Tolkien fans. Get your geek on and start browsing!
Magic, movies and The Lord of the Rings
July 25, 2014 at 1:53 pm -Cinefex writer Graham Edwards examines what magic in movies should look like, and lists some of his favourite depictions of magic in movies through the years. His conclusion that magic in movies is most often associated with light is interesting since, in Tolkien, magic so often derives from sound, music and words (think of Frodo saying “Elbereth” on Amon Sul, or the Music of the Ainur that brings Arda into existence). Portraying magic on the...
An awesome colour-renderin...
Jul 12 at 11:52 pm -This may just be the coolest Tolkien-related map you’ll see today. This...