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 ...
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 ...
Linguistics is one of the degrees most often dragged through the mud for being "useless," but The Lord of the Rings, one of ...
A Tolkien nerd and a girl who has never seen a single “Lord of the Rings” movie walk into a theater to see “The Lord of The Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” together. This is not a setup for a poor ...
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 ...
Die-hard fans of the original Lord of the Rings books have had a few bones to pick with the Peter Jackson trilogy over the years. While the films are visually stunning, with a rousing score and ...
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Poetically, Tolkien’s long struggle to realize his vision — the self-doubt that led to long pauses in composition, his ...
As of March 25, I've celebrated J.R.R. Tolkien Reading Day for nearly two decades. I've always been a Tolkien nerd, and I use the pseudo-holiday to reflect on my fanaticism for the Tolkien world. When ...
Middle-earth is full of the fantastic, but it’s not all sunshine and roses. For all of the mystical Elves and cheery Hobbits, there are a lot of terrifying monsters that pop up throughout J.R.R.