Over at Kirkus, Patrick Hester talks about The Illustrated Hobbit. Because...[insert dramatic pause]...THAT'S WHAT HE DOES. [Now insert dramatic music. Yeah, I know...A lot of Do-it-Yourself here.] [...]
Martin Freeman (Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit and BBC’s The Office) was the host of Saturday Night Live this past weekend. So naturally, the idea emerged of a [...]
Kenneth G. Bennett is the author of the new sci-fi thriller, EXODUS 2022 (Booktrope Publishing, 419pp.) as well as the young adult novels, THE GAIA WARS and BATTLE FOR [...]
Even though some critics are Hobbit-bashing as of late, everyone has to agree that at least one thing cam out of the Peter Jackson adaptation: it gave us this video of the [...]
REVIEW SYNOPSIS: Despite a relentless pace and impressive effects, most notably bringing to life the impressive dragon at the heart of the tale, part two of Peter Jackson’s [...]
I found the first Hobbit film to be enjoyable, if a bit too long. After watching the trailer for part 2, I’m left to wonder what extra stuff Jackson has added to pad [...]
Came across these and wanted to share. Both are wonderful versions/interpretations of ‘Over The Misty Mountains Cold. by J R R Tolkien. Check them out after the [...]
From the YouTube description: When Tolkien visited a friend in August of 1952 to retrieve a manuscript of The Lord of the Rings, he was shown a “tape recorder”. [...]
Through Sunday, the book Deconstructing Tolkien: A Fundamental Analysis of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit is available as a free Kindle download (for Kindle devices, [...]
A meme going around recently in the genre blogosphere is to name the five most influential books in your life, and how they changed your life. Some examples recently include [...]
I wish this was more than a news clip! Funny how Serkis mentions how people have mimicked the voice back to him in the intervening years sine Lord of the Rings. There’s [...]
A new trailer is out for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey! “…far to the east, over ranges and rivers, lies a single, solitary peak…” Check it out [...]
Before the 1977 Rankin And Bass production…there was this 1966 version by Gene Deitch. Originally planned as a full-length feature film before the Tolkien craze hit, a [...]
The New Yorker chats with Ursula K. Le Guin about The Left Hand of Darkness. [via Locus Online] The Vietnam News interviews the head of the VFSF, biologist and SF writer Vu [...]