Following the massively successful release of new illustrated editions of The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion that feature a treasure trove of sketches, drawings, paintings, and maps created by ...

It’s hard to imagine a world without Harry Potter or Game of Thrones, but we might be living in it if it weren’t for J.R.R. Tolkien. The author is widely credited with giving birth to the modern ...

HarperCollins will publish a new illustrated edition of The Hobbit for the first time since the fantasy novel’s original publication in 1937. It will feature a gallery of 50 paintings, maps, and ...

The map, which was drawn by hand using a dip pen and ink, could easily be mistaken for a tableau you’d find in The Hobbit.

Editor’s Note: This article was original published Sep. 6, 2016 on forward.com. When I first read J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” at nine years old, I was positively desperate to move to Middle ...

Steven Weintraub launched Collider in the summer of 2005. As Editor-in-chief, he has taken the site from a small bedroom operation to having millions of readers around the world. Over the years, he ...

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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 ...

This weekend's opening of the movie "The Hobbit," directed by Peter Jackson, has a lot of J.R.R. Tolkien fans excited. Many of them are fans of fantasy literature and movies, turned on to Tolkien by ...

Tolkien's words highlight the importance of valuing the simple cheers of life instead of wealth and status, because these ...

Gandalf the Grey, played by Ian McKellen, travels J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth in the film “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.” It turns out Tolkien was quite the climatologist when it came to ...

Step inside a whimsical Hobbit-style Airbnb that feels like a storybook escape. It's one of the most unique literary destinations in Prescott.