Well folks, Ebay.com has a signed first edition of The Hobbit. You will definitely need a large checkbook to bid on this one! But even if you can’t buy it, check out the auction for some great images of this amazing Tolkien collectible. [More]
Month: February 2001
IN their 1996 film “Forgotten Silver,” the directors Peter Jackson and Costa Botes tell the story of Colin McKenzie, a plucky New Zealander who, as a young man in the early years of the 20th century, built a bicycle-powered movie camera, with which he captured history’s first tracking shot and made his own film stock out of flax leaves. [More]
Everyone agrees that ‘The Lord of the Rings’ has stood almost alone as a landmark in fantasy literature. People often ask if there’s anything written since that can compare. With the completion of Philip Pullman’s trilogy ‘His Dark Materials’, I’m satisfied I’ve got my answer to that question, anyway. [More]
Christopher Lee (Saruman) was in Germany this past weekend. He was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award at Deutscher Videopreis (German Video Awards) 2001 Gala. [More]
MSN.com showcase the ‘Lord of the Rings’ preview on their homepage, with a nice little montage image to draw attention to it. [More]
The ‘Searching for the Hobbit’ website offers some new downloads and some neat stories. [More]