J.R.R. Tolkien battled grief and despair, but his characters (including Frodo, played here by Elijah Wood) found hope. J.R.R. Tolkien has been gone for 50 years now, and Jan. 3 marks 129 years since ...

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After rewatching The Lord of the Rings trilogy, it’s easy to wish that there was more to the story. Sure, the books offer a lot more detail in terms of story and character than the films have time to, ...

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Before Tolkien created The Lord of the Rings, his precious was poetry, and now all of his poems can be found in one massive collection. To complete your collection, you can pick up the recently ...

In just a few days. J.R.R. Tolkien fans can get their hands on what might be the late author’s final work. The Fall of Gondolin will be published Aug. 30 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the US and ...

This year’s annual Tolkien Society seminar will pay “more critical attention than ever” to diversity issues, according to an announcement by the literary charity. Academics and non-academics alike ...

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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 ...