{"id":67333,"date":"2012-12-17T21:10:48","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T02:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=67333"},"modified":"2012-12-17T21:10:48","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T02:10:48","slug":"collecting-the-precious-the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-chronicles-creatures-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2012\/12\/17\/67333-collecting-the-precious-the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-chronicles-creatures-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Collecting The Precious &#8211; &#8216;The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Chronicles, Creatures &#038; Characters&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/hobbitbookchronicles2creaturesalrg2.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-67334 no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/hobbitbookchronicles2creaturesalrg2-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/hobbitbookchronicles2creaturesalrg2-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/hobbitbookchronicles2creaturesalrg2-994x1024.jpg 994w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/hobbitbookchronicles2creaturesalrg2-600x617.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/hobbitbookchronicles2creaturesalrg2.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a>Following the success of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wetanz.com\/chronicles-art-and-design-2\/?affiliate=1834\">The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey called The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Chronicles, Art, &amp; Design<\/a>, HarperCollins has announced\u00a0another amazingly comprehensive and detailed offering. The book called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wetanz.com\/the-hobbit-chronicles-creatures-and-characters-coming-soon\/?affiliate=1834\">The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Chronicles, Creatures &amp; Characters<\/a>\u00a0explores the amazing cast of heroes and villains, beasts and beings that populate Middle-earth.\u00a0Richly illustrated with behind-the-scenes photographs, digital renders and film stills, this comprehensive book goes species by species, character by character, through the film\u2019s huge ensemble of characters and bustling menagerie of creatures, both physical and digital, telling the stories of how each came to be realized for the film.\u00a0Weta will start taking orders for this book in January with shipping in \u00a0April of 2013. No word yet if there will be an autographed version but we can always hope for one! 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