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Children of Hurin Splendidly Rewarding
CNN.com has a review of The Children of Hurin, describing the book as splendidly rewarding, as well as readable and engaging. The book is released today, and can be purchased through CouncilofElrond’s store.
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Children of Hurin- The Trailer
In advance of the release of Tolkien’s ‘The Children of Hurin’, Harper Collins has released a ‘theatrical trailer’ about the story. You can view the trailer here.
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The Children of Húrin UK launch
The worldwide launch of The Children of Húrin takes place on 17th April at 10am at Waterstones Bookshop, Piccadilly, London. The event will include book signings by Alan Lee, readings and competitions. There’s further information at The Tolkien Society website.
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First illustration by Alan Lee from The Children of Húrin released
TolkienLibrary.com has released the first illustration by Alan Lee from The Children of Húrin. It is of Beleg Cúthalion leaving Menegroth. You can view the image here.
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The History of the Hobbit
Author John D. Rateliff will be publishing a two-volume set of The History of The Hobbit in May and June 2007. The volumes will be similar to Christopher Tolkien’s History of Middle-earth series. The first, published in May, will be titled ‘Mr. Baggins’ and will contain the first part of the draft work with commentary.…
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The Children of Húrin – Alan Lee book signing
Alan Lee, illustrator of The Children of Húrin, will be signing copies of the book on Thursday 19th April at Forbidden Planet, London, UK.
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Just can’t live without LotR
‘The Lord of the Rings’ has been voted second in a list of the top ten books that readers cannot live without, in a poll organized by World Book Day UK, receiving 17% of the overall vote. Top of the list is Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’. ‘The Hobbit’ also appears at 16th place in…
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The Children of Húrin
The Children of Húrin, edited by Christopher Tolkien, is due for release on 17th April. You can read more about the book and see the cover art by Alan Lee here.
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Lost in the dark, hungry and afraid- Bilbo is all alone- or is he?
This week, in our discussion of ‘The Hobbit’, the book club moves on to Chapter V. ‘Riddles in the Dark’. Bilbo has been separated from the Dwarves and Gandalf, and he is soon to meet one the most vile creatures in all of the world. How does he handle himself?
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‘We’ve got to kill a hobbit”
Times Online has an extract from Brian Sibley’s forthcoming biography on Peter Jackson. The extract reveals details of Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh’s initial meetings with Miramax in which one of the suggestions made to them was, “we’ve really got to kill one of those hobbits”.
