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• Events, News

  Tolkien’s original art on display today in Oxford

  03.03.10 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  Original art by fantasy author JRR Tolkien will be on display today only, March 4th, at the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford, in celebration of World Book Day.

• Events, Tolkien 101

  Happy eleventy-eighth birthday to ‘Lord of the Rings’ author JRR Tolkien

  01.03.10 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE, Oxford University professor, and author of the globally beloved fantasy epics The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was born eleventy-seven years ago today, on January 3rd, 1892, in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State, a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa.

• Features

  Ten new year’s resolutions for fans of ‘The Lord of the Rings’

  12.31.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  Whether you were introduced to Tolkien by Orlando Bloom’s shield-surfing antics, or if you have read The Lord of the Rings every summer since the 3rd grade (guilty), there is always more you can do to become the Tolkien superfan you have always aspired to be.

  Here are ten suggestions…

• Humor

  Scientific Pie Chart: Who Got Shit Done in ‘The Hobbit?’

  11.05.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 2 Comments

  This chart illustrates which characters in The Hobbit actually get any shit done.

• Collectibles, News

  2010 Tolkien calendars announced

  11.01.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  HarperCollins has announced its Tolkien Calendar and Tolkien Diary for 2010. Both will feature the theme “landscapes of The Lord of the Rings,” with art by long-time Tolkien artist Ted Nasmith.

• Humor, Web Links

  What if ‘The Hobbit’ was a Nigerian 419 scam?

  09.25.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  In view of this, I received your contact through a friend and counselor, an ingenious wizard, who noted you as a Burglar who wants a good job, plenty of Excitement and reasonable Reward. And I and my twelve companions have agreed to give you 10% of the total gold and jewels that the dragon Smaug now rests upon if you can join us on our long journey. When you have agreed please tell us the place where you dwell and send one hundred pence so that we might travel to you.

• News

  ‘The Hobbit’ first published 72 years ago this week

  09.22.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  Seventy-two years ago yesterday, JRR Tolkien’s first novel, The Hobbit, was published by George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. of London.

  The 1,500 copies of the first printing sold out by the end of that year, 1937.

• News

  ‘Fellowship’ Published 55 Years Ago Today

  07.19.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  On July 19th, 1954, 55 years ago today, The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume of The Lord of the Rings, was published in London. The book was published in three volumes (instead of JRR Tolkien’s preferred seven) over the course of more than a year

• Tolkien 101

  Tolkien 101: Sauron Gorthaur

  06.29.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Sauron is the titular character and primary villain of The Lord of the Rings. He is introduced as The Necromancer in The Hobbit; and his origins and history are recounted in The Silmarillion. But who is Sauron? Why is he so evil? And how did he become so obsessed with locating missing jewelry?

• Features, Hobbit Report

  The Hobbit Report: June 2009

  06.22.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  A two-part film adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s beloved children’s novel, The Hobbit, is slated for release in December 2011 and December 2012. The films will be directed by Guillermo del Toro, with Peter Jackson acting as executive producer and co-writer.

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