What’s not love about a new collection of essays entitled “Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson
This collection of essays addresses various aspects of Peter Jackson’s film adaptations of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings including scriptwriting and the creative process, the place of the films in cinematic history, gender roles in the films and the books, wisdom and councils, hobbits and heroism, fan culture and fanfic, the use of Tolkien’s languages in the films, and other issues.
The essays on fan fiction and gender roles alone look worth the $20 (plus shipping and handling).