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 J.R.R. Tolkien
Tolkien lost his father when he was very young.
Tolkien was explicit that hobbits are not like rabbits, although the eagle carrying Bilbo says: "You need not be frightened like a rabbit, even if you look rather like one." In a letter to the Observer, he said that "my bobbit...
Tolkien's mother was a capable artist, and taught her son to draw and paint.
www.kirjasto.sci.fi /tolkien.htm   (2003 words)

  
 The Silmarillion edited by Christopher Tolkien - collecting all editions of The silmarillion - rare, limited and signed ...
When collecting Tolkien books most people stop when The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings is on the shelves.
It was edited and published posthumously by his son Christopher Tolkien, with the assistance of fantasy fiction writer Guy Gavriel Kay to reconstruct some major parts.
Tolkien was asked to write a sequel to The Hobbit which would become his significant novel The Lord of the Rings.
www.tolkienlibrary.com /reviews/silmarillion.htm   (1756 words)

  
 The Encyclopedia of Arda: Disclaimer and Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The question of canon (that is, which works to treat as authoritative) is a thorny one where Tolkien's work is concerned, especially as so much of his legendarium was published posthumously by his son Christopher.
Some scholars prefer to give later writings authority over earlier ones, and from a literary perspective this is probably the approach to be preferred, although it presents important problems of its own.
This site is not intended as a literary discussion of Tolkien's work, though, but an attempt to explore his world as a self-consistent universe, so far as this is achievable.
www.glyphweb.com /arda/books.html   (403 words)

  
 Tolkien - Internet Tolkien Book Society (ITBS)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hello and welcome to "Scholar", the approved fanlistings for the author John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
JRR Tolkien has won worldwide acclaim for his creation of Middle-earth, complete with its own geography, history, languages, and legends.
General Note: The British Tolkien Society publishes Amon Hen and Mallorn (journals) and Mythopoeic Society (USA) produces Mythprint (newsletter).
tolkien.surferfind.com   (178 words)

  
 Books, Listed by Author
Tolkien) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1988) marvellous illustrated version of the classic fantasy novel with extensive annotations by Douglas A. Anderson.
* *Bilbo’s Last Song (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440728-9, Sep ’90, £6.95, 32pp, hc, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Middle-Earth] Lavishly-illustrated edition of a 24-line poem by Tolkien (previously published as a poster) with 40 original illustrations by Pauline Baynes, with notes on each of the illustrations.
* _Bilbo’s Last Song (Red Fox 0-09-991020-9, Mar ’92, £3.99, 32pp, tp, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1990) lavishly-illustrated edition of a 24-line poem by Tolkien (previously published as a poster).
www.locusmag.com /index/b474.html   (2428 words)

  
 Other Web Resources
It is published with the guidance and supervision of Christopher Tolkien and with the permission of the Tolkien Estate.
Web site for the British Tolkien Society, whose aim is the furtherance of interest in the life and works of the late Professor J.R.R. Tolkien CBE.
Co-organizers of the 1999 BreeMoot 4/Mythcon XXX conference, this group, run by Richard West, meets monthly to discuss Tolkien and related fantasy literature.
www.mythsoc.org /otherres.html   (1084 words)

  
 Links
Tolkien and Middle-earth - web page for Discussion Board group including a time line of JRR Tolkien's life.
Tolkien Info Page - huge number of Tolkien links, compiling ended in 1997, but many links are still good.
Tolkien Network - The Tolkien Archives: Tolkien articles, pictures, music and The Lord of the Rings Movie Site: live LotR Movie news: by a web team of Bass (general webmaster), Costa, Lewis, and Martyniak for the Archives, and Bass, Barlow, Herbert, Lewis, and Schmitz for the Movies.
www.valarguild.org /varda/links/links.html   (8409 words)

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