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* [[wikipedia:Christine O'Donnell|Christine O'Donnell]]<ref>{{webcite|author=Alison Flood|articleurl=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/sep/16/christine-odonnell-tolkien-women|articlename=Christine O'Donnell praises Tolkien's women|dated=17 September 2010|website=[http://www.theguardian.com/ theguardian.com]|accessed=23 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=[[John D. Rateliff]]|articleurl=http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2010/10/christine-odonnell-tolkien-scholar.html|articlename=Christine O'Donnell, Tolkien Scholar?|dated=2 October 2010|website=[http://sacnoths.blogspot.com sacnoths.blogspot.com]|accessed=23 April 2014}}</ref> | * [[wikipedia:Christine O'Donnell|Christine O'Donnell]]<ref>{{webcite|author=Alison Flood|articleurl=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/sep/16/christine-odonnell-tolkien-women|articlename=Christine O'Donnell praises Tolkien's women|dated=17 September 2010|website=[http://www.theguardian.com/ theguardian.com]|accessed=23 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=[[John D. Rateliff]]|articleurl=http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2010/10/christine-odonnell-tolkien-scholar.html|articlename=Christine O'Donnell, Tolkien Scholar?|dated=2 October 2010|website=[http://sacnoths.blogspot.com sacnoths.blogspot.com]|accessed=23 April 2014}}</ref> | ||
* [[wikipedia:Tony Blair|Tony Blair]]<ref>{{webcite|author=Patrick Wintour|articleurl=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/jun/24/tony-blair-desert-island-books|articlename= | * [[wikipedia:Tony Blair|Tony Blair]]<ref>{{webcite|author=Patrick Wintour|articleurl=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/jun/24/tony-blair-desert-island-books|articlename=Tony Blair's top reads: Tolkien, Trotsky and Treasure Island|dated=24 June 2011|website=[http://www.theguardian.com/ theguardian.com]|accessed=14 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=Tony Blair|articleurl=http://www.welovethisbook.com/features/tony-blairs-desert-island-books-0|articlename=My "Desert Island Books": by Tony Blair|dated=24 June 2011|website=[http://www.welovethisbook.com/ welovethisbook.com]|accessed=17 May 2015}}</ref> | ||
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* [http://www.aaronconners.net/ Aaron Conners]<ref>Interview published in ''[[Wikipedia:Under a Killing Moon|Under a Killing Moon]]: The Official Strategy Guide'' by Rick Barba</ref> | * [http://www.aaronconners.net/ Aaron Conners]<ref>Interview published in ''[[Wikipedia:Under a Killing Moon|Under a Killing Moon]]: The Official Strategy Guide'' by Rick Barba</ref> | ||
* [[wikipedia:James Rollins|James Rollins]]<ref>{{webcite|author=Salman Rushdie|articleurl=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/books/review/james-rollins-by-the-book.html|articlename= James Rollins By the book|dated=December 28, 2017|website=[http://www.nytimes.com/ nytimes.com]|accessed=28 December 2017}}</ref> | |||
==Others== | ==Others== |
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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[9]
- David Mitchell[10]
- Isaac Asimov
- A.S. Byatt[11]
- Christopher Paolini
- Diana Wynne Jones[12]
- Neil Gaiman
- Lisa Goldstein[13]
- Stephen King
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- George R. R. Martin
- Salman Rushdie[14]
- Iris Murdoch
- Mary Renault
- Orson Scott Card
- Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Fernando Savater
- Margaret Weis
- Christopher John Farley[source?]
- Aaron Conners[15]
- James Rollins[16]
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)
- ↑ Patrick Wintour, "Tony Blair's top reads: Tolkien, Trotsky and Treasure Island" dated 24 June 2011, theguardian.com (accessed 14 May 2015)
- ↑ Tony Blair, "My "Desert Island Books": by Tony Blair" dated 24 June 2011, welovethisbook.com (accessed 17 May 2015)
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Salman Rushdie, "James Rollins By the book" dated 28 December 2017, nytimes.com (accessed 28 December 2017)