Margaret Davis from Flowinglass Music writes: Flowinglass Music is pleased to report that after seven years of negotiations with the Tolkien Estate, we have received permission to reprint The Starlit Jewel CD and Songbook. The Starlit Jewel contains 13 songs from THE LORD OF THE RINGS and THE HOBBIT, set to music by fantasy author Marion Zimmer Bradley (author of THE MISTS OF AVALON), Kristoph Klover, and Margaret Davis. Music is performed by Celtic/Medieval group Broceliande. This edition is one of the very few to be officially sanctioned by the Tolkien Estate, and has once again been limited to 2000 CDs. To hear samples and for more information, visit http://www.flowinglass.com/sjewel.html
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From ADC Publications Ltd.: “Inspiring Middle-earth” A prelude exhibition by Ted Nasmith and other leading artists of J.R.R.Tolkien. 24th April – 19th June 2010 Free entry. Discover more about some of the real places behind the scenes described in Tolkien’s books. The exhibition is a prelude to a 2011 exhibition, coinciding with the predicted release of the first of ‘The Hobbit’ films. Continue reading ““Inspiring Middle-earth” Tolkien Themed Exhibit in the UK”
Tyler writes: It seems Tolkien Enterprises has changed their name to Middle-earth Enterprises. Their site is now www.middleearth.com, and you can go there for more information.
Roheryn writes: The Professor’s grandson Simon Tolkien will be interviewed in the second hour of NPR’s “The Diane Rehm Show” today. Check local public radio listings. An archived audio file of this program will be available after the program airs. More..
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The Hollywood Reporter reports: Travis Adam Wright has been hired to adapt “Here, There Be Dragons” and “The Search for the Red Dragon,” the first two books in James A. Owen’s popular young-adult fantasy series “The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica.”
The Gotham Group is producing the feature adaptations, with “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy co-producer Rick Porras also coming aboard to produce. Warner Bros. will distribute the films in the potential franchise.
So far, “Geographica,” which Owen also illustrates, includes four novels revolving around a secret book that contains the unpublished maps and journals of history’s most famous author-adventurers. Included as protagonists are a young J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, future giants of the fantasy-adventure genre whose famous works are imagined by Owen to have been inspired by these fictional adventures. Continue reading ““Dragons” Movies Depicts Young Tolkien And Lewis Adventures”
Fantasy writer George R.R. Martin, besides sharing the “double Rs” in his name with J.R.R. Tolkien, is a beloved fantasy author who is in the midst of creating his imaginative masterpiece. Unlike Tolkien, he is able to communicate with and to fans in the digital age. At his “Not A Blog” he wrote today about Tolkien’s skills with linguistics and contrasted it with his own invented language which to date contains only seven words! With an adaptation of his first book in the “Song of Ice and Fire” series headed to HBO, Martin explains what must be done to breath life into his fictional tongue on television while praising The Good Professor.
He starts: “Klaatu Barada Nicto…… or something like that. Truth is, I suck at foreign languages. Always have. Always will. That can be a real drawback for a fantasist working in the tradition of J.R.R. Tolkien, who set the bar very high…”
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