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As the long time U.S. publisher of J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is thrilled to partner with Warner Bros. Consumer Products and HarperCollins UK on the release of the tie-in book editions of the two films based on The Hobbit into the U.S. market and to offer these marvelous books in all formats to the millions of fans.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has a strong history with the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, and we know that the detailed tie-in books will bring The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again to life in an in-depth and imaginative way.
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Guardians Of Middle-Earth Coming This Fall To Xbox 360, PS3
Bros. Interactive announced that a new game based on J.R.R. Tolkien's popular Lord of the Rings series will be arriving this fall for the Xbox 360's Live Arcade and on the PS3's PlayStation Network. The name of the game is Guardians of Middle-Earth and it's from Cinema Blend Read more »
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WBIE to publish new game based on J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth
new video game based upon the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth is currently under develoment at Monolith Productions and will be published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Set to debut in Fall of 2011 on Xbox Live ARCADE for Xbox 360 and PlayStation from News 10 Sacramento Read more »
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Comic Review: Orbit #8: JRR Tolkien: The True Lord of the Rings
read, but the narrative never feels rushed. It’s like skimming a beautifully illustrated version of Tolkien’s Wikipedia page. Tolkien’s childhood encompasses the first third of the book. McCarthy and Lent quickly establish the deep affection and respect Tolkien from Geeks of Doom Read more »
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Liverpool Arts: ELLIE PHILLIPS, Director of Liverpool Music Awards chooses The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
a reader from a society in which sorcery is widely dismissed as trickery, rather than presenting a world where magic is “the norm”, Tolkien somehow manages to push the boundaries of the reader’s imagination. When the books end, the reader is still left with from Liverpool Daily Post Read more »
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C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien
fans are aware of that C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were close friends. Tolkien helped convert Lewis to Christianity, whereas Lewis encouraged Tolkien to expand his fictional writing; both taught at Oxford, both were interested in literature, and both wrote from About.com: Agnosticism / Atheism Read more »
