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Tolkien R.J.J
Rivendell
Sep 8, 10:00pm
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Contact Artist Allen Lee and John Howe
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I was wondering if anyone knows how I can contact the Tolkien artists john Howe and Allen Lee.
Thanks
“I am in fact a Hobbit (in all but size). I like gardens, trees and unmechanized farmlands; I smoke a pipe, and like good plain food (unrefrigerated), but detest French cooking; I like, and even dare to wear in these dull days, ornamental waistcoats. I am fond of mushrooms (out of a field); have a very simple sense of humour (which even my appreciative critics find tiresome); I go to bed late and get up late.”
J.R.R Tolkien
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Otaku-sempai
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Sep 9, 1:22am
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No, but you might want to look for Alan Lee.
#FidelityToTolkien
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Tolkien R.J.J
Rivendell
Sep 9, 10:05pm
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lol thanks.
“I am in fact a Hobbit (in all but size). I like gardens, trees and unmechanized farmlands; I smoke a pipe, and like good plain food (unrefrigerated), but detest French cooking; I like, and even dare to wear in these dull days, ornamental waistcoats. I am fond of mushrooms (out of a field); have a very simple sense of humour (which even my appreciative critics find tiresome); I go to bed late and get up late.”
J.R.R Tolkien
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AshNazg
Gondor
Sep 12, 8:06pm
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You might want to look out for book signings...
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Just before lockdown Alan Lee was doing talks & signings for his Hobbit Sketchbook. I got to see him here in the UK and the projector malfunctioned, so for a good hour we had a long chat while it was being fixed. A really lovely man.
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Tolkien R.J.J
Rivendell
Sep 12, 8:07pm
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but will he come across the pond?
“I am in fact a Hobbit (in all but size). I like gardens, trees and unmechanized farmlands; I smoke a pipe, and like good plain food (unrefrigerated), but detest French cooking; I like, and even dare to wear in these dull days, ornamental waistcoats. I am fond of mushrooms (out of a field); have a very simple sense of humour (which even my appreciative critics find tiresome); I go to bed late and get up late.”
J.R.R Tolkien
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AshNazg
Gondor
Sep 12, 8:11pm
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Given the current situation it looks unlikely. But do keep an eye open, you never know.  Good luck
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grammaboodawg
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Sep 13, 2:52pm
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If we've learned nothing else from the Good Professor... it's perseverance :D *high five*
We have been there and back again.
“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength." – Theodore Roosevelt
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dormouse
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Oct 29, 9:21am
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... and my first reaction was goodness, were you there too? But then I read more carefully and realised you were talking about a signing of the Hobbit sketchbook - at least, I think you were. In which case the same thing happened in 2007 when Waterstone's in Piccadilly held an all-day signing event for the publication of The Children of Hurin. Alan Lee was signing and the first 60 people in the queue had the option of buying the slipcased edition with a bookplate signed by Christopher Tolkien - I wasn't intending to but I had the chance, so I did.
After the signing Adam Tolkien spoke, and Bernard Hill, and in the afternoon Alan Lee was due to give a talk on the illustrations. The room was packed, but when the time came to start they couldn't get the projector to work with his laptop - there was was some problem about the leads which they couldn't seem to resolve, and gradually the audience drifted away.When the gave up on the projector there were only about eight of us left, and Alan Lee said that if we'd like to gather round his laptop he'd show us the talk on that. It was brilliant. With so few people it wasn't a formal presentation, we were just chatting over the images. It was an outstanding experience and, as you say, he's a lovely man.So if you were there, belated hello. And if you weren't, I know just what you mean!
For still there are so many things
that I have never seen:
in every wood and every spring
there is a different green. . .
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