Guiding Lord of the Rings fans to their favourite spots in New Zealand where the three movies were made is producing a very satisfying feeling for Wanaka author, Ian Brodie.
Mr Brodie’s Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook, is looking like becoming one of the country’s best selling books.
The latest edition took the published total to 275,000 with many sold to overseas tourists who want to visit at least some of the 100 locations in New Zealand where Peter Jackson made the three block-busting movies in the trilogy.
“It’s bloody scary isn’t it,” said Mr Brodie who expected to sell about 10,000 copies when it was first published in 2002.
The location book has been followed by a coffee table book on the Lord of the Rings and Mr Brodie will publish another book later this year on the process of making a movie.
The book, Cameras on Narnia, features scenes from the movie of C S Lewis’ the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to illustrate his guide of the various roles and processes which go into making a movie.
The book will be aimed at students and teenagers although publisher Harper Collins said it would have widespread appeal because of the movie and would sell to an international audience.
