The Hobbit had already been published when J.R.R. Tolkien decided to rewrite a chapter - just to a fix a plot hole created by The Lord of the Rings.

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 ...

The Lord of the Rings trilogy could have been completely different, if Tolkien's first outrageous idea for Aragorn's ...

Sept. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1666, the Great Fire of London began. It destroyed 13,000 houses in four days. In 1935, a hurricane hit the Florida Keys, killing more than 350 people. In ...