Dr. Drout is a professor of English at Wheaton College and the author of “The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Creation.” When you are reading aloud to a 7-year-old, once you start using a ...

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Warner Bros. and Fathom Events are re-releasing the extended editions of Peter Jackson’s trilogy in ...

Warner Bros. and Fathom Events confirmed the theatrical rerelease dates for the extended editions of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The companies announced the screenings in conjunction with the 25th ...

In honor of “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” turning 25, Fathom Entertainment and Warner Bros. are bringing all three extended edition films from Peter Jackson’s trilogy back to ...

An excerpt from ‘The War for Middle-Earth: J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Confront the Gathering Storm, 1933–1945.’ Halfway through the Great War, on November 30, 1916, a small group of European ...

The fall of Constantinople wiped the last living Roman civilization from the Earth. The city’s refugees fled west, helping spark the Renaissance; its legacy shaped the religious traditions of millions ...

A story that needs retelling in our age of rage. ‘I don’t know if I’m weaker than other people,” wrote C. S. Lewis to his brother on July 20, 1940, “but it is a positive revelation to me that while ...

Explore the best of fantasy and sci-fi in depth, with analysis of the worlds of Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, The Witcher and more. For more Lord of the Rings content: Join me on Patreon - My ...

Exoplanets are planets outside Earth's solar system that most often orbit a star. Astronomers have managed to bring an exoplanet into unprecedented focus by using a technique the researchers call 3D ...

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.

After selling out earlier this week, The Complete History of Middle-earth: Collector's Box Set is back in stock at Amazon with a massive discount. The 5,440-page, three-book collector's set is on sale ...