Christopher Tolkien, son of legendary "The Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien, has died, the Tolkien Society reports. He was 95. "Christopher Tolkien has died at the age of 95," the organization ...

In his new book, English professor Michael Drout delves into Tolkien’s life and work while reminiscing about his own father ...

On Sept. 15, 1939, two weeks after Nazi Germany invaded Poland, triggering World War II, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote to his publisher to explain why he didn’t expect to make much progress on his new story ...

Poetically, Tolkien’s long struggle to realize his vision — the self-doubt that led to long pauses in composition, his frustrations with publishers and his general inability to be satisfied enough ...

A graphic novel makes a powerful case that if these two men had never met, 20th-century pop culture might have taken an entirely different course. From “The Mythmakers.”Credit...John Hendrix Supported ...