For this Halloween installment of J.W. Braun’s bookshelf, J.W. dresses up as a favorite Lord of the Rings character and reviews J.R.R. Tolkien Artist & Illustrator by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull.
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HarperCollins is starting its celebrations for the 75th anniversary of The Hobbit ahead of time, with the publication of a collection of Tolkien’s artwork and a “cute” pocket-sized edition of the novel at the end of this month.
The Hobbit was first published in September 1937, but HarperCollins estates publisher David Brawn said it was beginning its celebrations early to pre-empt the excitement about Peter Jackson’s film version, starring Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, which will be released in December 2012.
HarperCollins estimates around one third of the UK population will see “The Hobbit” film. Brawn said: “Since ‘The Lord of the Rings’ films, The Hobbit has played second fiddle—now it’s going to be the turn of The Hobbit to have that focus on it. We said: ‘Let’s jump in there and celebrate Tolkien before everyone starts to celebrate Peter Jackson as director of the film.'” More..
Parting is such sweet sorrow (there will be spoilers for the last few Harry Potter films)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was a wonderfully creative film with a more unique look due to a new director. But the film franchise always had the same set of Producers, and thank goodness for that. They were the real shepherds to make sure Rowling’s story stayed the course. After all, this series of stories was turning into an epic tale of good versus evil, and there were character arcs to maintain, bits that had to be dropped in to earlier films so that they could pay off in later films. When Dobby first showed up, didn’t you wonder if he was just going to be another Jar Jar Binks? Who knew that he’d be so important to the story later on, or that you’d cry at the end of Deathly Hallows part 1 when he dies? But we also had to have knowledge of the basis of the Horcruxes and the qualities of the Sword of Gryffindor and learn about Polyjuice potion and dueling and the Room of Requirement too. So Prisoner of Azkaban was followed by the Goblet of Fire, and we get our first death and our first indication of the seriousness of this epic battle in the making. We were now getting the type of high drama we’d gotten in the Lord of the Rings. This was followed by Order of the Phoenix, and another high profile death, coupled with a really spectacular duel between Dumbledore and Voldemort.
Continue reading “When Harry Met Frodo, a Final Farewell (part 3 – the finale)”
J.W. Braun is back with another book review! This month, Braun reviews The Science of Middle-earth by Henry Gee.
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Tracy sends this in: In connection with “Lord of the Rings in Concert” at the Honda Center, author Doug Adams will join us to sign his book, a comprehensive look at Howard Shore’s score featuring an Exclusive Rarities CD of unreleased LOTR music — must for all LOTR fans. Thursday September 29, 2011 7:00 PM. Orange Town & Country, 791 South Main Street Suite 100, Orange, CA 92868, 714-558-0028. More..
This month, J.W. reports from Gen Con and reviews The Brazen Serpent Chronicles by R. Dennis Baird. To find out more about these books, visit brazenserpentchronicles.com. Be sure to check out J.W. and The Lord of the Films at www.facebook.com/lordofthefilms
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