Plans for the book originated after the recent exhibition proved so popular. Now, as SYFY WIRE reports, fans will have the chance to read a special edition of The Lord of the Rings that actually has Tolkien’s illustrations printed inside.

An exhibition of Tolkien’s varied auxiliary materials-including calligraphy, maps, colored pencil sketches, vibrant watercolors, and more-made the rounds in New York, Paris, and Oxford, England beginning in 2018. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator, which first hit bookshelves in the 1990s, contains about 200 reproductions of Tolkien’s artworks and in 2012, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt released The Art of The Hobbit, with more than 100 of Tolkien’s Hobbit-specific artworks. Tolkien’s drawings, sketches, and paintings have popped up in various volumes over the years. But a quick glance at one of his watercolor paintings will tell you everything you need to know: If Tolkien didn’t write his own books, he probably could’ve made a career out of illustrating other authors' works. Tolkien never took art lessons, and he often downplayed his artistic skills. What might be surprising is how good he was at it. Tolkien invented languages, drew detailed maps, and practically wrote history textbooks in order to make Middle-earth come alive, it’s not exactly surprising that he illustrated scenes from his work, too. They were adapted into a blockbuster trilogy of films by director Peter Jackson.Considering that J.R.R.

“The Lord of the Rings” books, which include “The Fellowship of the Ring,” “The Two Towers” and “The Return of the King,” are among the best-selling fantasy novels in history. “This modesty meant that relatively little else of his artwork was known of or seen during his lifetime, and generally only in scholarly books afterwards.” ‘Yet the author himself was characteristically modest, dismissive of the obvious and rare artistic talent he possessed despite having had no formal training,” Brody said in a statement. Deb Brody, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s vice president and publisher, noted that Tolkien was already known for his illustrations which appeared in “The Hobbit” and that his artwork for “The Lord of the Rings” had been exhibited in 2018 in New York, Paris and in Oxford, England. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media announced Thursday that the new version will come out Oct. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy will include paintings, drawings and other illustrations by the British author for the first time since it was published in the mid-1950s. NEW YORK (AP) - An upcoming edition of J.R.R. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.

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