In J. R. R. Tolkien's original plot outline for The Hobbit, it was Bilbo rather than Bard the Bowman who would have slain the ...

J.R.R. Tolkien’s stories have accompanied us for almost a century, and they have done so with a series of books and stories that have taken us to worlds of magic and conflict. The epic fantasy ...

The remarkable tale of a stolen first edition of The Hobbit, returned to its home at The University of North Texas after ...

As keen Tolkien fans know, the author of The Lord of the Rings translated the Book of Jonah for the Jerusalem Bible, though ...

It started, of course, with J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy book series. Adaptations followed over the years, first on radio, then in animation, before Jackson finally brought the realm of Middle ...

As an example, “Rohirrim” emphasizes Tolkien’s insistence on hoping beyond hope. In the author’s world, true heroism was not so much about abounding in courage, strength, or wit, but rather the ...

A Welsh edition of J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit has been unveiled. The new classic fantasy novel, titled Yr Hobyd, includes the author's original illustrations and new Welsh versions of the two maps ...

Susana Polo is a senior entertainment writer at Polygon, specializing in pop culture and genre fare, with a primary expertise in comic books ... and J.R.R. Tolkien himself on The War of the ...

Clive Farahar, who has appeared as an expert on the BBC programme for close to 40 years now, was introduced to a revised ...

is perhaps best understood as a placeholder for further cinematic universe extrapolation from J.R.R. Tolkien’s books. (A live-action movie about Gollum is due out in 2026.) Here, the thin basis ...