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Advance notice: A Tolkien Tapestry — Pictures by Cor Blok

Posted on April 12th, 2011 by Marie-Noëlle Biemer

Advance notice: A Tolkien Tapestry — Pictures by Cor Blok

HarperCollins will publish a full-colour art book with more than 100 paintings based on The Lord of the Rings by Dutch artist Cor Blok.

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New look for Karen Wynn Fonstad’s »Atlas«

Posted on March 19th, 2011 by Marcel Bülles

New look for Karen Wynn Fonstad’s »Atlas«

Arda, Gondolin, Helcaraxe? One book to show them all

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Looking for the King — Revisited

Posted on February 12th, 2011 by Marie-Noëlle Biemer

Looking for the King — Revisited

After Marcel Bülles’ positive review, I put Looking for the King by David Downing on my wishlist and was promptly given the book for Christmas. After reading, I cannot join the laudations.

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Advance notice: »The Book of Lost Tales« new edition in March

Posted on February 10th, 2011 by Marcel Bülles

Advance notice: »The Book of Lost Tales« new edition in March

»The Book of Lost Tales« in German will be published in a new edition by publisher Klett-Cotta.

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Review & hymn of praise: Adams. The music of »The Lord of the Rings« films

Posted on December 6th, 2010 by Marcel Bülles

Review & hymn of praise: Adams. The music of »The Lord of the Rings« films

(Deutsch) Die Musik der Filmtrilogie hat viele Fans gefunden und erfreut sich bis heute größter Beliebtheit. Doug Adams faßt in dieser Publikation kenntnisreich und anspruchsvoll zusammen, warum die Begeisterung für den Soundtrack berechtigt ist.

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Book review: Looking for the King.

Posted on November 22nd, 2010 by Marcel Bülles

Book review: Looking for the King.

This review is available in English at the reviewer’s website:

Looking for the King. A review

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Review: Henrik Lange. 90 classic books for people in a hurry

Posted on October 31st, 2010 by Marcel Bülles

Review: Henrik Lange. 90 classic books for people in a hurry

How does »The Lord of the Rings« fare in comparison with eighty-nine other classics of world literature? Review available only in German.

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»The Hobbit« in Frisian

Posted on March 26th, 2010 by Marcel Bülles

»The Hobbit« in Frisian

The Hobbit, a little bit different. For friend of unusual languages there now is a Frisian translation by Anne Popkema. Definitely worth the read.

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Kein ›neues‹ Tolkienbuch — aber mehr als lesenswert! ›Die Kinder Húrins‹

Posted on April 17th, 2007 by Marcel Bülles

Hinweis: Am Ende des Textes befinden sich inhaltliche Spoiler. »Ein Kommentar von Marcel Bülles.» Dreißig Jahre nach der Veröffentlichung des Silmarillion, vierunddreißig Jahre nach dem Tod des Autors und über fünfzig Jahre nach der Veröffentlichung des Herr der Ringe scheint mit Die Kinder Húrins der Abschluß einer langen literarischen Reise gekommen zu sein. Vorab: Die Medien, […]

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