New Zealand residents can enter for this art competition run by Harper Collins in association with Hoyts Cinemas and Games Workshop. Illustrate a scene from “The Return of the King.” Entries will be judged by Alan Lee! [More] Thanks to “Sheepish Ringer” for the link.
Month: October 2003
The beginning of October marked the release of yet another top-notch item from Houghton Mifflin book publishers. Ringer staffer Thorongil had a chance to take a look at ‘The Maps of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth,’ a beautifullly packaged collection of large, full-color maps from author Brian Sibley and artist John Howe. [More]
There has been precious little information from most theaters across the U.S. on exactly *when* or *how* tickets for the LOTR trilogy will be sold. Give a round of applause therefore for the Seattle Cinerama, which has actually set up a web page for its showing. [More]
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“The Maps of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth” by Brian Sibley & John Howe
Thorongil reports: After getting my hands on “The Maps of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth” I couldn’t help but be impressed with the beautiful artwork that adorns the outside of the boxed slip cover. You are peering out of Bilbo’s front door, looking at his beloved Shire.
“The Maps of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth”, is Houghton Mifflin’s latest Tolkien offering. As the title implies, it is a collection of four maps of Middle Earth beautifuly painted by John Howe and an accompanying 80 page hardcover book by Tolkien expert Brian Sibley. The Sibley book consists of four separate chapters; Wilderland, Middle Earth, Beleriand, and Numenor, each describing how the maps were originated by Tolkien. Sibley also gives us insightful information on how “The Hobbit”,” The Lord of the Rings,” and “The Silmarillion” came to be. There are wonderful full color and black and white illustrations by John Howe to go along with descriptive accounts of each name that appears on the maps.
Each map is 28″ in length and 28″ in width. The borders of these maps include some of Howe’s best Tolkien artwork. I will most likely frame them, but you can use it to follow along with Frodo and Gandalf as they travel in Middle Earth or you can see where Turgon’s hidden realm of Gondolin is located as you read the Silmarillion. Whichever way you use the maps, it is a fine addition to any Tolkien collection! I am glad I have one and if you are a big Tolkien collector like myself, you will want to go grab yours now too, or put it on your Holiday wish list!!!!
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Irascian writes: Collectormania 4 turned out to be a very different event from Collectormania 3, which I reported on back in May. Although the previous event had been extremely busy with long delays for many fan signings, this was largely mitigated by the excellent organisation that ensured very few fans had any real cause for complaint. [More]
princessofhalflings writes: I bought Pringles today and guess what I saw on the can? Return of the King, the EA game!! On the back of the can there are little boxes with codes in them! [More]