Award-winning author, Professor Paul Crawford tells us about his early life in the West Midlands which nearly destroyed him ...

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From the perilous volcanic Mount Doom to the desolate desert planet of Arakis, we've traveled to places that are far beyond ...

Tracy Wolff, the author of the “Crave” series, is being sued for copyright infringement. But romantasy’s reliance on ...

Prof Fimi called Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones a good example of a fantasy novel which was aware of the ...

A 60-plus year career that involved starting a neighborhood newspaper at age 11 earned national attention for Guy Mattison Davenport, author of more than 17 books and 400-plus essays after studying ...

Starting today, Amazon is slashing the price of the coveted The Hobbit Deluxe Illustrated Edition to the lowest price I've ...

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

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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 ...

Writer Susanna Clarke told the 'New York Times' that her acclaimed fantasy novel originally “seemed quite a long way from ...

As keen Tolkien fans know, the author of The Lord of the Rings translated the Book of Jonah for the Jerusalem Bible, though his version was revised. I’ve just been reading the unrevised version ...