Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth - The Book

[Coír Draoi Ceítien]

Some of you may have heard of the recent Tolkien exhibit at Oxford University's Bodleian Libraries entitled Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, which is currently running up until May 2019. By the sound of it, it's a huge gathering of Tolkien's papers, artwork, and other memorabilia, in such a way that I'm not really able to do it justice. Well, since none of us are going there, I think it would be fair to let you know that there's a coffee table book out now that serves as a condensed version of the exhibit.

Here's an article on Tor.com describing the book: https://www.tor.com/2019/01/03/j-r-r-tolkien-the-man-the-myth-the-coffee-table-book/

And here's the Amazon link to the book itself: https://www.amazon.com/Tolkien-Maker-Middle-earth-Catherine-McIlwaine/dp/1851244859/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1546840436&sr=8-1

It's $65 at the list price, so I don't expect anyone to rush out for it, but for collectors, it sounds like it's well worth the time and money spent. Anyone interested?

[Raven]

I used to work in the literary archive called the Wade Center which houses a lot of Lewis' and Tolkien's possessions. I got to be up close and personal in some cases. Not sure I've got the money to drop on something like that, but it is an interesting idea. I'm sure the exhibit was good.