Ostadan writes: Parma Eldalamberon #17 is now available from the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship. This issue is a commentary by Tolkien from the late 1950s and early 1960s concerning the words and names from his invented languages incorporated into The Lord of the Rings. This includes not only the Elvish languages, but Dwarvish, Black Speech (including some analysis of the words in the ring inscription), and the language of Rohan. It has been edited and annotated by Christopher Gilson, with the permission and guidance of Christopher Tolkien and the Tolkien Estate. This 220-page journal is available for $35. [More]

The first children’s picture book to be illustrated by artists from the award-winning Weta Workshop is due to be launched in September, New Zealand Book Month. Featuring a little rescue helicopter, Champ the Chopper is the first book in a series written by local author Rebekah Palmer with the illustrations done by artists from Weta Workshop, Daniel Falconer and Chris Guise. [More]

‘The Frodo Franchise’ autuor Kristin Thompson writes: I’ve recently started a blog for my book, The Frodo Franchise. On it I’ll continue my series of comments about progress on the Hobbit film (including a new entry called “New Line, MGM, and the Hobbit Film”). I’ll also be posting about upcoming events relating to TFF (including two interviews coming next week on New Zealand radio programs) and updating some of the subjects I discuss in the book. [More]

Hi all, Xoanon here. I’ve been reading Kristin Thompson’s ‘The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood’ and loving every page of it! It seems like years ago we spoke about this book, and now it is finally out there for the fans to read! Learn about the early days of ‘TheOneRing.net’ (and the LOTR internet zeitgeist), and all other manner of geeky goodness! [More]

hi all, Xoanon here. How excited was I today when I ripped open a package and out popped Kristin Thompson’s ‘The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood’. It seems like years ago we spoke about this book, and now it is finally out there for the fans to read! Learn about the early days of ‘TheOneRing.net’ (and the LOTR internet zeitgeist), and all other manner of geeky goodness! [More]

The University of California Press is pleased to announce the publication of: ‘The Frodo Franchise: “The Lord of the Rings” and Modern Hollywood’ Kristin Thompson is an Honorary Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her many books include “Film Art: An Introduction” and “Film History: An Introduction” (both with David Bordwell) and “Storytelling in the New Hollywood”. [More]