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There’s some good in this world, and it’s worth writing about: a precious map of Middle-earth, annotated by J.R.R. Tolkien himself, has been discovered hidden in the pages of an old cop… ...
Hidden in an old copy of The Lord of the Rings, a U.K. rare book store has found a map of Middle-earth annotated by J.R.R. Tolkien himself.
A map of Middle-Earth annotated by J.R.R. Tolkien has been discovered in a copy of “The Lord of the Rings” owned by illustrator Pauline Baynes. The document offers glimpses into many of ...
Middle-earth's map in The Rings of Power is quite different to the one Frodo and his Fellowship crossed in The Lord of the ...
Heavily annotated, the map demonstrates how painstakingly particular Tolkien was about the details of his imagined world, and offers new insight into the background of Middle Earth. “The map ...
J.R.R. Tolkien didn’t just love maps — he ascribed the entire world-building success of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings to his cartographical exercises. And it’s no surprise that The ...
Middle-earth has gone digital. Google and Warner Bros. Pictures have collaborated on a "Chrome Experiment" that maps out author J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy world in advance of the Dec. 13 release of ...
Set decorator Megan Vertelle reveals the initial concepts behind Middle-earth’s most diminutive inhabitants. By Ted Brown This story was created in paid partnership with Prime Building a world ...
A map of Middle-earth, which to generations of fans remains the greatest fantasy world ever created, heavily annotated by JRR Tolkien, has been acquired by the Bodleian library in Oxford to add to ...