links about J.R.R. Tolkien & the Lords of the Rings

• J.R.R.Tolkien - Biography - excerpt from Wikipedia; concerning Tolkien also look here (I still have to translate the linked page), comparing Tolkien - Rowling (also still to be translated)
• HobbitPresse @ Klett-Cotta (German publishing company)
• Tolkien @ Harper-Collins

music for "Lord of the Rings":

• TolkienEnsemble - they made songs of the poems which are the illustrations in the booklet are pictures made by Her Majesty Queen Margarethe II. of Denmark, she's very fond of Tolkien and knows a lot about him and his works
• Enya produced several songs for the movie by P. Jackson
• Gollums Song - of the Soundtrack "The Two Towers" - the Soundtrack for the 2nd movie is the best I believe, although Annie Lennox produced a wonderful song for the final movie, really moving!
• The King of the Golden Hall - of the Soundtrack of "The Two Towers"
• Galadriel's Song of Eldamar - beautiful! here are the Lyrics
; this song in included in the album of the danish ⇑ TolkienEnsemble; ⇒ Galadriel of the Noldor, Wallpaper © New Line Cinema

Middle-earth illuminated:

• John Howe - Illustrator and painter; he was (one of the) first persons visualizing Middle-earth before Ralph Bakshi and Peter Jackson, he helped P. Jackson to visualize vividly Middle-earth

and especially about the movies by P. Jackson:

• The Lord of the Rings - the site about the blockbuster of New Line Cinema by Peter Jackson; here you can get pictures, screensavers, posters etc.
• lotr.com - Lord of The Rings.com

Middle-earth explained:

• Encyclopedia of Arda
• Middle-earth Portal on Wiki
• Tolkien @ WDR 5 - radio station in NRW
• tolkien.com - the Heirs of the Ring
• The Ardapedia - German "speaking" Web Encyclopedia of Middle-Earth

fansites:

• The Land of Shadow - Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul!
• a further Tolkiensite
• Mordor
• The One Ring - a messageboard for interested persons

collecting Tolkien's books:

• collecting several German editions (German only)
• collecting Tolkien's books English and American editions
• Tolkien-Sammlerforum (German only)
• Die Grauen Anfurten - Sammlerforum für Bibliophile Tolkienfans - a collectors' site named Grey Heavens (German only)