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There are FOUR Tolkien and Lewis movies in the works: the third installment of T...

There are FOUR Tolkien and Lewis movies in the works: the third installment of The Hobbit in December, plus Lewis's THE SILVER CHAIR, and two big-budget movies on Lewis and Tolkien's friendship.

How about a film version of LOOKING FOR THE KING?


New Movies to Highlight Friendship Between Creators of Narnia and Middle Earth
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As Hollywood works its way through dramatizing the fantasy novels, several hope to tell a more historical tale of real-world friendship.

Here's the new trailer for the third and last of the Hobbit movies: The Battle o...

Here's the new trailer for the third and last of the Hobbit movies: The Battle of the Five Armies. They make "The Hobbit" look like Tolkien's rendition of WAR AND PEACE!


The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Official Teaser Trailer [HD]

https://www.facebook.com/TheHobbitMovie http://www.thehobbit.com/ From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Fiv...

Here comes a big-budget film about Lewis and Tolkien's friendship. Will there be...

Here comes a big-budget film about Lewis and Tolkien's friendship. Will there be dragons, we wonder?



J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis’ friendship will be the subject of a new film | EW.com
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British fantasy literature has two towering figures: J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, and C.S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia....

Here is C. S. Lewis's original review of The Lord of the Rings. Suffice to say,...

Here is C. S. Lewis's original review of The Lord of the Rings. Suffice to say, Lewis knew a literary classic when he saw one!



The Gods Return to Earth: C.S. Lewis' Review of The Fellowship of the Ring
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The Gods Return to Earth: C.S. Lewis' Review of The Fellowship of the RingJonathan | September 29, 2009This is quite a review... full of unabashed love and laud for the work. Of course, it was with Lewis's continuous encouragement that Tolkien was able to finish The Lord of the Rings, so I think it…

Here is a collection of inspirational quotations from J. R. R. Tolkien. It looks...

Here is a collection of inspirational quotations from J. R. R. Tolkien. It looks as if readers are allowed to add their own favorites!


7 of The Most Inspirational Lines J.R.R. Tolkien Ever Wrote - Mind Openerz
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Here are 7 of the Most Inspirational Lines J.R.R. Tolkien ever wrote in his life

A vivid rendering of Gandalf's encounter with a balrog by Danny Gonzalo. You can...

A vivid rendering of Gandalf's encounter with a balrog by Danny Gonzalo. You can see more of Danny's work at http://www.gonzalokenny.daportfolio.com/gallery/540165#5

Tolkien's translation of "Beowulf" has arrived! (There are complaints about the...

Tolkien's translation of "Beowulf" has arrived! (There are complaints about the Kindle edition, so you might invest in the print copy for this one.)



Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary
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The translation of Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was an early work, very distinctive in its mode, completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication. This edition is twofold, for there exists an illuminating commentary on the text...

Here's Joan Acocella's thoughtful review of Tolkien's "Beowulf" translation in T...

Here's Joan Acocella's thoughtful review of Tolkien's "Beowulf" translation in THE NEW YORKER.


Joan Acocella: Tolkien’s “Beowulf”
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J. R. R. Tolkien finished his translation of “Beowulf” in 1926, at the age of thirty-four. Then he put it in a drawer and never published it. Forty years after his death, his son Christopher has brought it out. It is a thrill.

According to this website, a little-known fact about Sarah Palin is that she lov...

According to this website, a little-known fact about Sarah Palin is that she loves C. S. Lewis. We'll let our readers decide what to make of that fact.


10 Little-Known Tidbits About Sarah Palin
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Sarah and her husband Todd were high-school sweethearts. The moment that Sarah Palin laid eyes on Todd during a high school basketball game, she literally thanked God for giving her love at first sight.

Here's an overview of the newly-published translation of "Beowulf" by none other...

Here's an overview of the newly-published translation of "Beowulf" by none other than J. R. R. Tolkien, the man who convinced the world that "Beowulf" should be read as serious literature, not just as a linguistic artifact. With all the thick volumes of Tolkien's unfinished work that have been published, one wonders why it has taken so long for such a major document as this one to find its way into print?



New Statesman | J R R Tolkien's Beowulf: one man's passion for the threshold between myth and...
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