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 ...

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 ...

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

The War of the Rohirrim is the latest project based on Tolkien’s beloved fantasy series that attempts to fill in an aspect of Middle-earth history that the author only barely touched upon in his ...

TheWrap magazine: “Hand-drawn pictures give the audience room for imagination,” says director Kenji Kamiyama ...

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 ...

While Tolkien's stories take place in the fictional realm of Middle-earth, the awe-inspiring landscapes of the books, films and TV shows are closer than you might imagine. The first book in J R R ...

I don’t begrudge any Tolkien addict a little anime fun — and maybe these references and callbacks will be enough to conjure some of the majesty of the books or Jackson’s movies. You can tell ...

By this I don’t just mean a great fantasy novel written by an American. From the originating genius of J.R.R. Tolkien to the “grimdark” revisionism of our own day, fantasy as created and ...