Famous fans
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Below is a partial list of Famous fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's works.
Actors and Film directors
- Christopher Lee
- Stephen Colbert
- James Franco[source?]
- George Lucas[1]
- Peter Jackson
- Vin Diesel[2]
- Nicolas Cage[source?]
- Megan Fox[source?]
- James Cameron[source?]
Musicians
Politicians
Royalty
Writers
- Terry Pratchett[7]
- David Mitchell[8]
- Isaac Asimov
- A.S. Byatt[9]
- Christopher Paolini
- Diana Wynne Jones[10]
- Neil Gaiman
- Lisa Goldstein[11]
- Stephen King
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- George R. R. Martin
- Salman Rushdie[12]
- Iris Murdoch
- Mary Renault
- Orson Scott Card
- Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Fernando Savater
- Christopher John Farley[source?]
- Aaron Conners[13]
Others
External links
References
- ↑ Amanda Yesilbas and Charlie Jane Anders, "The 10 Most Unlikely Things That Were Influenced by J.R.R. Tolkien" dated 7 December 2012, io9.com (accessed 23 April 2014)
- ↑ Amanda Yesilbas and Charlie Jane Anders, "TheTonight Show=03 August 2014", nbc.com (accessed 3 August 2014)
- ↑ Alison Flood, "Christine O'Donnell praises Tolkien's women" dated 17 September 2010, theguardian.com (accessed 23 April 2014)
- ↑ John D. Rateliff, "Christine O'Donnell, Tolkien Scholar?" dated 2 October 2010, sacnoths.blogspot.com (accessed 23 April 2014)
- ↑ Gordon Rayner, "Tolkien fan Prince Charles to meet Peter Jackson in The Hobbit film studios on New Zealand visit" dated 22 October 2012, telegraph.co.uk (accessed 23 April 2014)
- ↑ Leon Watson, "The Duke of Cambridge outed as huge fan of The Hobbit according to the man who plays Bilbo Baggins" dated 20 April 2014, dailymail.co.uk (accessed 23 April 2014)
- ↑ "Terry Pratchett: By the Book", nytimes.com (accessed 17 August 2014)
- ↑ "David Mitchell Who cares if a book is highbrow or lowbrow.Is it any good or not?", irishtimes.com (accessed 2 November 2014)
- ↑ Philip Hensher (interviewer), "A. S. Byatt, The Art of Fiction No. 168", theparisreview.org (accessed 23 April 2014)
- ↑ Caron Parsons (interviewer), "Wrestling with an angel", bbc.co.uk (accessed 4 July 2014)
- ↑ Lisa Goldstein, "Meditations on Middle-earth: Lisa Goldstein", greenbooks.theonering.net (accessed 23 April 2014)
- ↑ Salman Rushdie, "Meditations on Middle-earth: Lisa Goldstein", theguardian.com (accessed 17 August 2014)
- ↑ Interview published in Under a Killing Moon: The Official Strategy Guide by Rick Barba