- Ain't it Cool News's LotR-related articles: Ain't it Cool News is one of the most popular "spy" sites on the net. This link carries you directly to the archive (constantly updated) of articles regarding the LotR movies. Search far enough back and you'll even find two Q&A's with Peter Jackson, conducted before the movies were ever cast.
- Rob Alexander's official site: a small site, but well stocked with lovely, little seen fantasy images.
- Ardalambion: Your source for all things Quenya and Sindarin, including pronunciation guides, language courses, and lots and lots of links.
- Ardalambion: Your source for all things Quenya and Sindarin, including pronunciation guides, language courses, and lots and lots of links.
- Catherine Karina Chmiel's official website: Lots of great LotR and Silmarillion pics, as well as some others.
- The Digital Middle Earth Project: This ambitious digital landscape artist is creating a 3D landscape of all of Middle-Earth, complete with animations and 360° virtual tours. It's far from complete, but what makes this site exceptional is its meticulous detail and concern with "accuracy." Tolkien himself would approve of these renderings.
- Dan Smith's Fantasy Fonts for Windows: Download Tolkien's Tengwar and Cirith Fonts.
- DreamBorn/Middle-Earth Flies: Explore fly fishing opportunities in Middle-Earth at this truly unique site.
- E! Online's "Force of Hobbit" series: E! Online sent a reporter to New Zealand to cover the LotR movie production and send back monthly reports. This reporter had the kind of set access any LotR fan would kill for. Unfortunately, this reporter is not a LotR fan; he hasn't even read the books, as he makes painfully obvious from time to time. Still, if you can get past the occasional glaring factual errors, you'll learn a lot about the film production here -- and you'll find some unique pictures, as well.
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- Anke-Katrin Eissman's Official Site: Includes illustrations from LotR, The Silmarillion, and several other sources both Tolkien and otherwise. This site is available in English and in German.
- The Encyclopedia of Arda: A very comprehensive encyclopedia of the people, places and events of all three ages of Arda. Also includes timelines and some very insightful commentaries on controversial topics like whether or not the balrog had wings.
- A Geek's Adventure in Middle-earth: Ain't it Cool News's Harry Knowles scored the LotR fan's coup of a lifetime when he was invited to visit the movie set in New Zealand during the last week of filming. He sent back 11 loooong reports of the kind that will turn any Tolkien fanatic chartreuse with envy. The link above takes you to the concluding chapter of the report. If you scroll down a little you'll find the table of contents for the whole series - along with a description of what's in each report.
- The Grey Book and The White Book: Sir Ian McKellan (a.k.a. Gandalf)'s on-set diary of the making of Lord of the Rings. Fascinating, humorous, and full of great pics of New Zealand.
- Michael Hague's official website: mostly non-Tolkien related, a few Hobbit pics.
- Herr der Ringe: This LotR site is mostly in German, but don't worry if you don't know the language. Just look for articles labeled "mit bild"; that's where the pictures are, and Herr der Ringe has some great ones.
- John Howe's official site: The artist behind some of the most famous representations of Gandalf, the balrog, and other denizens of Middle-Earth. The portfolio gallery, especially, is huge and beautiful.
- Michael Kaluta's official site: Are you curious to see what else this artist has done, besides illustrating the 1994 LotR calendar? You'll be surprised at how prolific he really is.
- The Land of Shadow: A beautiful, detailed site that focuses on the bad guys of LotR.
- Lalaith's Middle-Earth Science Pages: Lalaith has put a lot of work into answering various scientific, geographic, and linguistic questions about Tolkien's world, such as how the parts of Middle-Earth correspond to those of Europe and how to pronounce Rohirian. She also has some humor and some audio clips. All in all, an interesting and varied site.
- Let the Hobbit Happen: Join a letter-writing campaign to get a film version of The Hobbit made with Peter Jackson at the helm!
- Lord of the Rings official movie site: Hey, what can I say? Get over there!
- Legolas Paper Doll: Just for kicks.
- The Mithril Awards for Tolkien Fanfiction: Only the best in Tolkien fanfic: drama, comedy, adventure, romance (both het and slash), poetry, essays - pretty much anything you can name.
- Ted Nasmith's official site: includes all his best-known illustrations from The Hobbit, LotR, and The Sil - with detailed "making of" notes on each.
- New Zealand Herald Online's archive of LotR articles: The Herald has done a great job of keeping LotR fans around the world up to date with filming in New Zealand. This link carries you to a constantly updated archive of articles.
- Numenoreen: Yet another French site that has scored some fantastic scoop pictures.
- Rolozo Tolkien: A collection of Tolkien artwork so comprehensive it boggles the mind. If it's Tolkien related, and if it's ever been scanned, Rolozo probably has a copy of it. Check this site for art by the Great Ones like Lee, Howe, and Nasmith, as well as for little-known gems like Rob Alexander and Inger Edelfeldt.
- Scoop: An online journal from New Zealand, Scoop has, indeed, posted some great scoops on the LotR production. This link carries you directly to their archive of LotR articles.
- The Seat of Kings: good source for image captures and transcripts from the LotR movies.
- The Tolkien Sarcasm Page: A hilarious site with a unique claim to fame. At least two so-called reputable journalists who hadn't read LotR and couldn't be bothered to do so even though they were assigned to write articles about it, tried to use the Tolkien Sarcasm's page's synopsis as Cliffs Notes. The result? Well, among other things, Radagast became a balrog and Galadriel developed an evil sister named Beruthiel.
- TheOneRing.net: TORN is, IMO, the most up-to-date and comprehensive source of LotR news online. It also includes a huge section of trivia and fan art and writing. Last but certainly not least, there's a certain warm and friendly bulletin board whose members call themselves TORNados....
- There and Back Again: A lush, Flash-heavy site of Tolkien lore with gorgeous character sketches by artist Daniel Govar.
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