A recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald discusses how the love of J.R.R. Tolkien’s works has spawned generations of fans who are now avid collectors of all things Tolkien. The continuing fascination has only increased after Peter Jackson’s release of “Lord Of The Rings” in 2001 and the intense interest in Guillermo Del Toro’s upcoming take on “The Hobbit”. Fans have been clamoring for other printed books, maps, manuscripts and photographs related to the author and his works.
If you have a Tolkien collection, be sure and share it with other collectors on our Gaming and Collecting message board. Read More
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Stephen writes: The Tolkien treasures discovered in Poole, Dorset England go on Display on the 15th November at Hazael Design, unit 12 Mill Lane Wimborne. The Lord Mayor to open the launch at 11am. See the postcard written to J R R Tolkien discovered laying behind a fireplace for 40 years. Also the fireplace, Griffin, cast fairy, cast candlesticks, stone face man, stone WOODRIDINGS sign and ornate wardrobe doors. Competion to win a mirror made from the wood reclaimed from “WOODRIDINGS” J R R Tolkiens former home.
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Ostadan writes: This is from Peter Beagle’s newsletter, TORN people might want to know: Peter S. Beagle wrote the screenplay for the 1978 animated version of THE LORD OF THE RINGS, but for various reasons we’ve never offered the DVD for sale. That seemed kind of silly, so a few weeks ago we decided to order some…and discovered that Warner Brothers Home Video has discontinued the title. Our distributor told us that WB wasn’t sure how many were still in the warehouse. We told them we’d take everything they had. They shipped us 99 copies. Continue reading “Peter S. Beagle 1978 LOTR DVD Sell Off”
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Our good friend and world famous artist Colleen Doran sends this in: Thought your readers might be interested in this. A graphic novel I helped illustrate and for which I used Jed Brophy as model, has won The International Horror Guild Award for Best Illustrated Narrative. Visit adistantsoil.com for more.
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The folks from Houghton Mifflin sent us along review copies of ‘The Children of Hurin’ paperback and the reprinted edition of ‘Tales from a Perilous Realm’, now featuring artwork by Alan Lee! Continue reading “This Just In: ‘Hurin’ Paperback & ‘Realm’ Reprint!”
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Or a Few Words From Someone Else About Dragons
Forging Dragons will be out towards the end of the month. Here’s the preface, with the kind permission of the editor, so you won’t need to read it on the way to the checkout.
“SVNT DRACONES”
In the original draft of “Pan’s Labyrinth” – and all the way into production – the centerpiece of the fairy tale told by Ophelia (the film’s main character) to her unborn brother was a striking image: A Black, horned Dragon, fused with a flint stone mountain, surrounded with thorns. And, at the peak of the mountain, a delicate blue rose that concedes immortality to whomever would dare pluck it.
But so fierce was the Dragon (whom I called “Varanium Silex”) that men preferred to avoid pain than to gain eternal life. The fable was pertinent to the very core of the film’s message but, instrumental as it was, the Dragon had to be dropped out of the sequence. Money, resources and lack of time conspired to seal that fate… John Howe’s Journal: FORGING (MORE) DRAGONS
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