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FANTASY
Fantasy
Fantasy lovers should not feel left out because of ICon 98's
SF focus. Fantasy events at ICon 98 are focused on JRR Tolkien,
creator of "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings", which has recently
been published in a new hebrew edition. Events include:
The Hobbit
This little-known animated film (made for TV by Rankin and Bass,
who later produced "Flight of Dragons") features the adventures of
Bilbo Baggins and the Dwarves in their quest to recover the hoard
of the dragon Smaug...
Return of the King
The second Tolkien TV animated film produced by Rankin and Bass,
this is not a sequel to Ralph Bakshi's spectacular "Lord of the Rings",
but an independant attempt to produce a stand-alone film from
the greatest epic of modern fantasy. Rarely seen!
Fate and Religion in "Lord of the Rings"
Emanuel Lottem, editor of the new Hebrew edition of "Lord of the Rings",
translator or the appendices and Chairman of the Israeli SF&F Society, discusses
the religious nature of Tolkien's work.
"How I Stole the Sampo"
The Finnish language was a great influence on Tolkien's
impressive linguistic creation, Elvish. However, neither Tolkien
nor his imitators tapped the richness of Finnish
mythology, collected in the national epic, "The Klavela". "The Klavela"
describes the daring exploits of a group of sibling magicians
who steal the magical Sampo from the lap witch Lohi.
Ian Watson describes how he stole his own bit of the Sampo by
borrowing some of the rich finnish myths to fashion his SF/Fantasy
epic, "The Books of Mana".
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