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  ‘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.

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  ‘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 | 5 Comments

  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.

• Videos

  The Hobbit + Nimoy = Despair

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

  Okay, so this isn’t new to 90% of the Tolkien fan community. But if there is some n00b out there, a young person who just discovered Tolkien, who hasn’t seen this — well, then I want to be the one to introduce it. Won’t somebody think of the children?

• Web Links

  You can have Periannath.com when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers

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

  Tolkien Enterprises, the folks who own the worldwide exclusive film, stage and merchandising rights to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, which The Professor sold off in 1968 for the bargain bin price of £10,000, are cracking down on cybersquatters holding onto domain names featurng the word “hobbit.”

• Features

  The Hobbit 2: Electric Boogaloo

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

  Sauron, driven from Mirkwood, escapes to Mordor. Gollum leaves the mountains to search for his Precious. Barad-dûr is rebuilt. Aragorn meets Arwen. Balin goes to Moria. Saruman tries the palantir, and goes bad. Some people are born, some die. That’s it. Not much of a story.

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