The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

June 15, 2000
Tolkien's works have continually managed to remain popular. But anyone who recently caught the Internet-exclusive first scenes from director Peter Jackson's forthcoming live-action feature The Lord of the Rings knows that all the orcs in Isengard won't be able to keep new and old fans from tearing everything Tolkien-related off library shelves once this film hits theaters in 2001 (remember where you heard it first). Start gathering these titles early, beginning with Carpenter's 1977 biography and 1981 collection of Tolkien's letters now with a newly expanded index.

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