J.R.R. Tolkien, renowned Catholic writer and creator of Middle-earth, died 50 years ago this September. His books continue to captivate minds. Tolkien enthusiasts near and far continue to champion the ...

Loconte tells us of two men who gave us resonant stories born in the great darkness of the 20th century. Both fought in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s safe to say that The Lord of the Rings franchise is undergoing a bit of a resurgence right now. Even as Prime Video continues ...

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The Fall of Gondolin is considered one of Tolkien's Lost Tales, and one scene in particular may feel familiar. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author ...

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 ...

On Sept. 15, 1939, two weeks after Nazi Germany invaded Poland, triggering World War II, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote to his publisher to explain why he didn’t expect to make much progress on his new story ...

A new Oxford exhibition offers unusual artifacts of the famed writer. TOLKIEN TREASURES. Above, the final design of The Hobbit dust jacket is part of ‘Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth.’ Tolkien not only ...

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 ...

Peter Jackson's 6-movie adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy series is a masterpiece worth multiple watches on HBO.

The Lord of the Rings looms large over pop culture. In the new biopic Tolkien (out May 10), the actor had to embody the man behind the myths Christian Holub is a writer covering comics and other geeky ...