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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

but it's also one of prettiest editions of Tolkien's classic fantasy novel you can buy. It has red-stained edges with Elvish writing, a dust jacket with foil script and a stamped image of The Eye ...

Chinese fans of the fantastic world of Middle-earth, created by English writer J.R.R. Tolkien, recently had their enthusiasm ...

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 ...

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 ...