Other Book Related Sites

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The Frodo Franchise
Kristin Thompson is the Madison, WI based author of The Frodo Franchise, a thorough examination of the making and marketing of the movie versions The Lord of the Rings, as well as many other books about film, some in collaboration with her husband David Bordwell. Kristin has now mainly turned her attention to the creation of the forthcoming Hobbit movies in her regular blog

John Ohliger Institute for Social Inquiry
John Ohliger did many things during his life. He was a librarian, but also one of the founders of the community radio station WORT. John was an adult educator who believed education should be about personal growth, not indoctrination. This site is devoted to his ideas and work.

The Library Thing
A communal library catalog with search features, forum, groups, local community listings, blogs plus a lot more.

MadisonDorks Yahoo Group
MadisonDorks is an email list for Gamers, Geeks, Fanboys and girls in the Madison, Wisconsin area to get together. They play games, watch movies and TV, and post about local conventions and events in WI and surrounding areas. Games include Buffy ccg/rpg, Lord of the Rings ccg, Live Action Vampire, Dungeons and Dragons; and games illustrated by John Kovalic, author of Dork Tower(Chez Geek, Munchkin, Apples to Apples). All requests for membership must be approved by a moderator. Please introduce yourself when you first join.

MadSF Yahoo Group
This is a general announcement and discussion list for science-fiction fans living in and around Madison, Wisconsin.

Midwest Book Review
Established in 1976, the Midwest Book Review publishes a wealth of general and specalized book reviews and book related articles as well as several monthly publications for community and academic library systems in California, Wisconsin, and the upper Midwest

Rare Books and Collectibles Australia
Australian booksellers - rare, old, out of print books and collectibles.
Antiquarian, rare and used books from our Australian book search engine, linking dealers worldwide, to provide you with a massive database of hard to find books. Books and Collectibles offer an all encompassing range of collectible books, maps, prints, records, cd's and ephemera from our huge online bookstore, backed by an online database that is constantly updated. Featuring a sophisticated book search engine, we source rare, used and out of print books from all over the world. Based in Australia, our service offers you the opportunity to search the stock of book stores worldwide.

The Tolkien & Fantasy Society
A book discussion group founded in 1966 on the University of Wisconsin - Madison campus, which Hank & Debra attend regularly. Check out the online survey exploring the reasons for Tolkien’s popularity.

The following two sites search many on-line stores for books:

AddAll
AddAll can look for either used or new books, and searches for books in many languages.

Bookfinder
Bookfinder searches for both new and used books and can look for books in English, French or German.