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[[Image:Rayner Unwin.gif|thumb|Rayner Unwin]] | [[Image:Rayner Unwin.gif|thumb|Rayner Unwin]] | ||
'''Rayner Stephens Unwin''' ([[ | '''Rayner Stephens Unwin''' ([[23 December]], [[1925]] – [[23 November]], [[2000]]) reviewed [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Hobbit]]'' at age 10 and without his praise of the book it might have never been published. His father was Sir [[Stanley Unwin]], co-founder of [[Allen and Unwin|George Allen & Unwin]]. In [[1968]], Rayner Unwin followed in his father's footsteps as chairman of the publishing firm. He retired in 1985 and passed away in 2000. | ||
==Bibliography, selected== | ==Bibliography, selected== | ||
===Books=== | |||
*[[1992]]: ''[[The Making of The Lord of the Rings]]'' | |||
*[[1999]]: ''[[George Allen and Unwin: A Remembrancer|George Allen & Unwin: A Remembrancer]]'' | |||
===Articles=== | |||
*[[1936]]: [Manuscript] | |||
**"[[Report on the Hobbit]]" | |||
*[[1982]]: [[The Sunday Times Magazine 19 September 1982|''The Sunday Times Magazine'' 19 September]] | |||
**"The Return of Tolkien" [interview] | |||
*[[1987]]: ''[[Science Fiction Chronicle 8]]'' | |||
**"The Hobbit 50th Anniversary" | |||
*[[1992]]: [[Mallorn 29|''Mallorn'' 29]] | |||
**"Publishing Tolkien" | |||
*[[1993]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography]]'' | |||
**"Foreword" | |||
*[[1995]]: ''[[Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference]]'' | |||
**"Publishing Tolkien" | |||
*[[1997]]: ''[[Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees|Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees: A Selection from 25 Years of Speeches at the Tolkien Society's Annual Dinners. Vol. 1. ]]'' | |||
**[Speech at the Tolkien Society's Annual Dinner 1990] | |||
*[[2000]]: ''[[Tolkien's Legendarium]]'' | *[[2000]]: ''[[Tolkien's Legendarium]]'' | ||
**"Early Days of Elder Days" | **"Early Days of Elder Days" | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/tolkien/unwin-video.html Video of Rayner Unwin] | * [http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/tolkien/unwin-video.html Video of Rayner Unwin] | ||
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Revision as of 07:12, 23 April 2013
Rayner Stephens Unwin (23 December, 1925 – 23 November, 2000) reviewed J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit at age 10 and without his praise of the book it might have never been published. His father was Sir Stanley Unwin, co-founder of George Allen & Unwin. In 1968, Rayner Unwin followed in his father's footsteps as chairman of the publishing firm. He retired in 1985 and passed away in 2000.
Bibliography, selected
Books
Articles
- 1936: [Manuscript]
- 1982: The Sunday Times Magazine 19 September
- "The Return of Tolkien" [interview]
- 1987: Science Fiction Chronicle 8
- "The Hobbit 50th Anniversary"
- 1992: Mallorn 29
- "Publishing Tolkien"
- 1993: J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography
- "Foreword"
- 1995: Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference
- "Publishing Tolkien"
- 1997: Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees: A Selection from 25 Years of Speeches at the Tolkien Society's Annual Dinners. Vol. 1.
- [Speech at the Tolkien Society's Annual Dinner 1990]
- 2000: Tolkien's Legendarium
- "Early Days of Elder Days"