J.R.R. Tolkien made a vast and detailed lore for The Lord of the Rings, but one aspect was far more important than anyone ...

Hobbits, elves and Middle-earthlings across the globe will mark the 50th anniversary of J.R.R. Tolkien’s death this weekend. The English scholar and author best known for the worlds he created in “The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A dark, malevolent force is gathering on the edge of Middle-earth. It’s more poisonous than the Witch-King of Angmar. More toxic ...

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World War II led C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien to infuse their early experiments in fantasy with a sense of moral urgency.

For many of us, it began with a hole - a hobbit hole. But for J.R.R. Tolkien, he started elsewhere. Born on Jan. 3, 1892, in South Africa, Tolkien had a difficult childhood. While he may be best known ...

Hobbit Day 2021 looks back at various ‘Lord of the Rings’ related media, such as the Gandalf actor Ian McKellen and the 1964 ‘The Hobbit’ comics. However, JRR Tolkien did not like how Gandalf was ...

The Pope may have been referring to an exchange between Frodo and Sam in the second book of the trilogy. Pope Francis and J.R.R. Tolkien. (photo: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk and TuckerFTW / (CC BY-SA ...

This story originally appeared on Winter is Coming. The estate of J.R.R. Tolkien does not mess around. They’re been known to go after tourism and merchandise companies who reference “The Hobbit” and ...