Bonhams Auction House in London has a signed first edition copy of the Hobbit going up for auction. It is estimated that the auction could reach close to $60,000. Also going on the block is a 1947 Swedish Edition (the first foreign language edition of the Hobbit).
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Red Velvet Rose sends along this link to the latest ‘Faux Pas’ comic, where the author shows a little bit of geek cred with this Tolkien reference. Click on the image to read the comic. [ozfoxes.com]
January 12, 2008 — The White Tree Fund (TWTF) would like to thank everyone for the incredible reception of the inaugural issue of Silver Leaves and is now calling for submissions to its second issue. The theme for this issue is ‘The Inklings’ and all academic, journalistic, reflective, creative and artistic pieces relative to the collective group known as the Inklings or any of its individual members are welcome. Continue reading “‘Silver Leaves’ Call for Submissions”
Henry Gee writes: Here is a sneak preview of what’ll be in Issue 45 of Mallorn, the Journal of the Tolkien Society, currently in advanced edit mode and due out in Spring. Mallorn is distributed free and exclusively to members of the Tolkien Society, so join up now! You know it makes sense. Continue reading “New Issue of ‘Mallorn’ Sneak Peek”
2007 has been quite an exciting year for Tolkien fans! There’s been an abundance of news and events from across the globe including openings of musicals, new book releases and new movies in the pipeline: something to satisfy just about any geeky preference! As a thank-you for following all the developments of the year with us, we thought we’d put together a retrospective of the top Tolkien stories of 2007 in one convenient list. The list below is in chronological order.
Here’s to a 2008 that’s just as exciting! Stay tuned! Continue reading “Top Tolkien Stories of 2007”
On behalf of the staff of TheOneRing.net, we’d like to wish you all peace, health and love this holiday season. You may notice that our site has ‘re-skinned’ in time for the holiday with a ‘Letters from Father Christmas’ theme – inspired by the artwork of J.R.R. Tolkien. If you weren’t aware, starting in the early 1920s Tolkien responded to his children’s letters to Father Christmas with notes and drawings. He introduced the chores of packing the many packages, the mishaps of weather and the mischief of his faithful helper, North Polar Bear, to his sons and daughter. These letters are lovely reproduced in ‘Letters from Father Christmas,’ a wonderful little book published by Houghton Mifflin. Consider picking it up sometime if you have not already! [Purchase at Amazon]