In 1977, Karen Wynn Fonstad made a long-shot cold call to J.R.R. Tolkien's American publisher with the hope of landing a dream assignment: to create an exhaustive atlas of Middle-earth, the setting of ...

NEW YORK — If you have ever opened a fantasy novel and found a map, you most likely have J.R.R. Tolkien to thank. He probably deserves some credit, too, for inspiring future fantasy writers to create ...

On July 29, 1954 — 70 years ago Monday — English author, linguist and university professor J.R.R. Tolkien published “The Fellowship of the Ring,” the first of three volumes of a richly detailed world ...

J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973), “The Shores of Faery, 10 May 1915,” watercolor, black ink, pencil (Tolkien Trust, MS,Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 22r., © The ...

Even if you’re familiar with J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, much changes between the Second and Third Ages. The creatives behind The Rings of Power shared the map below to help us understand where men ...

Parker Bennett is a graduate of Emerson College with more than 3 years of writing experience. He's been a fan and scholar of Tolkien's extended works for nearly his whole life, and is excited to be ...

Linguistics is one of the degrees most often dragged through the mud for being "useless," but The Lord of the Rings, one of ...

Life in Middle-earth began with music, distinct harmonies woven together by one being. J.R.R. Tolkien’s creation myth for Arda, Ainulindalë, opens The Silmarillion. The book explores Middle-earth’s ...

Everyone loves "The Lord of the Rings." They make up a quarter of the top 12 movies of all time on IMDb's top 250 movie list, for goodness' sake. "The Hobbit" films are less grand but still ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Dobson is a full-time luxury travel writer based in Italy. I made a plan to journey into Middle Earth to follow in the ...