{"id":44872,"date":"2011-06-01T21:46:23","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T02:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=44872"},"modified":"2011-06-02T11:28:36","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T16:28:36","slug":"tolkien-hippie-stickers-resurface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/06\/01\/44872-tolkien-hippie-stickers-resurface\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolkien hippie stickers resurface"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Ethan Gilsdorf<\/strong> writes: I attended the recent 3rd Conference on Middle-earth (in Westford, Massachusetts) where I listened to talks on blond elf imagery and debates on how to adapt The Hobbit into one movie or two movies (and the wisdom of that latter endeavor).<\/p>\n

I also wandered over to a vendor table manned by an older gentleman named Ed Meskys, who has been involved in science fiction and fantasy fandom since the early days. The former president of the Tolkien Society of America (1967-1972), Meskys had been cleaning out his garage, he told me, and wanted his old treasures might see the light of day again. Most of the stuff — magazines and old book jackets — was a buck or two each.<\/p>\n

Among the ephemera were some yellowed, dusty, wonderful, terrible, Lord of the Rings stickers. It was the end of the day, and Meskys gave me his last sheets of stickers for free. <\/p>\n

So the Nine (yes, there are nine stickers in all) have come to light again. I\u2019ve done my best to clean them up without destroying them. As you\u2019ll see here, the artist has taken some liberties with Tolkien\u2019s vision<\/a>. Legolas looks more like a crime-fighting Robin than elf, Aragorn wields an ax, Tom Bombadil is sporting some groovy bellbottoms, and Frodo resembles a pig on crack. My favorite might be Gandalf \u201cKeep on Truckin\u2019\u201d the Gray.<\/p>\n

I later asked Ed Meskys where the stickers came from. Here\u2019s the story of where the stickers came from<\/a>. Any further information on the artist or the origin of these stickers is welcome.<\/p>\n

Ethan Gilsdorf is the author of the award-winning book Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms, his travel memoir investigation into fantasy and gaming subcultures the Huffington Post called \u201cpart personal odyssey, part medieval mid-life crisis, and part wide-ranging survey of all things freaky and geeky,” National Public Radio described as “Lord of the Rings meets Jack Kerouac\u2019s On the Road” and Wired.com proclaimed, \u201cFor anyone who has ever spent time within imaginary realms, the book will speak volumes.\u201d Follow Ethan’s adventures at http:\/\/www.fantasyfreaksbook.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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