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 ...

J.R.R. Tolkien'sThe Lord of the Rings and Frank Herbert's Dune are some of the most influential works of literature of all time. These stories are etched into the DNA of high fantasy and science f ...

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote several stories set in Middle-earth along with The Lord of the Rings, each taking place at different points in this fictional universe's timeline. Of course, with many of ...

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 ...

J.R.R. Tolkien’s estate has filed a bombshell lawsuit accusing a writer of ripping off the late author’s iconic Lord of The Rings series and is demanding his books be taken out of stores ...

Though he began his larger mythology — what would become his massive legendarium — around 1913, J. R. R. Tolkien found great inspiration during World War I — seeking beauty beyond the ...

As a philologist, the author of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy drew extensively from Nordic language and mythology when creating the world of Middle Earth, notes CU Boulder expert who ...

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 ...

It will feature a gallery of 50 paintings, maps, and drawings by J.R.R. Tolkien himself. “Since it was first published in 1937, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit has become a timeless classic ...

The updated edition of The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien includes an additional 150 letters that were originally omitted to deliver a book that was deemed a “publishable length” in 1981.