The Lord of the Rings fun continues as Sean Astin, who played Samwise Gamgee, releases his new book, There and Back Again: An Actor’s Tale. You can read the first chapter on theonering.net, which includes the story of Peter Jackson mentioning the b-movie Icebreaker, which starred Sean Astin.

The excerpt centers a lot on Astin’s journey as an actor, which gives you an inside glimpse at the not-so glamorous world of Hollywood. But a quick glance at the reviews on Amazon isn’t very encouraging.