J. R. R. Tolkien publisher used the author's own cover art, maps, and full-page illustrations for the early editions of "The Hobbit". Much of his artwork was collected and published in 1995 as a book: "". The book discusses the paintings, drawings, and sketches of J.R.R. Tolkien and in total includes 200 reproductions of his art. In a 1951 letter to Milton Waldman, Tolkien wrote about his intentions to create a "body of more or less connected legend", of which "[t]he cycles should be linked to a majestic whole, and yet leave scope for other minds and hands, wielding paint and music and drama".
Reception of J. R. R. Tolkien name was created the members added ""of Sweden"" to its name. The Tolkien Society Forodrim was founded in Sweden in 1972 and is one of the oldest Tolkien fan organizations. The Forodrim was founded in a public toilet during a science fiction convention (possibly "SF-Kongressen 1973") as a name change of Sam J Lundwall's "Hyboria". Co-founders were Jörgen Peterzén and Anders Palm. The Forodrim has an especially active group interested in Tolkienian linguistics, "Mellonath Daeron". "Forodrim" is Sindarin for "People of the North". The society is based in Stockholm, but has spawned daughter-organizations in Gothenburg and Malmö. The Tolkien Society