Eä Tolkien Society Meeting Notes for June 2020

Dear Hawke,

After a few months’ hiatus, we resumed the Ea Tolkien Society in June.

Here's what we discussed:

- Tolkien Society Seminar on July 4
- the death of Sir Ian Holm this month, and a short bio on his career
- the topic of illustrations of Tolkien's books on Middle Earth (
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/books/barbara-remington-dead.html)
- Examples of book covers that don’t seem to match the author’s intent.
- the latest news on the Amazon "LOTRPrime" project, and what does it
mean that Tom Shippey's no longer a consultant?
https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2020/04/15/107811-tom-shippey-is-out-at-amazon/
- Read Letters of JRR Tolkien #172, 173, 174 with focus on topics such
as:
- "Celticness"
- the publication of The Return of the King in October 1955
- Latest issues of Amon Hen and Mallorn out (from the Tolkien Society)
- What parts of LOTR were filmed in the spring and summer of 2000,
twenty long years ago, pre-9/11!

Submitted by Brian Huseland
Secretary of the Smialf