This important Elven character from The Lord of the Rings may have not actually been an Elf in the novel version of The ...

Tolkien’s universe has gained such cultural notoriety and is so beloved by so many that it can be easy to forget that “The ...

This four-book hardcover collection includes gorgeous watercolor illustrations by Alan Lee, the conceptual designer for Peter ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Following the massively successful release of new illustrated editions of The Lord of the Rings ...

A rare first edition of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien sold for $57,000 at auction, where it was purchased by a private ...

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 ...

Tolkien's massive body of work was mostly published after his death, including some of Middle-Earth's best stories.

Playing though Jan. 4, Greg Banks' adaptation keeps Tolkien's adventure moving with creative staging and an eight-member cast ...

Hobbits are one of the most remarkable races in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth, and it's only right that they should get a day to commemorate them. September 22 is National Hobbit Day, a day that both ...

"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit," wrote J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973). And so, the story about the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, and Middle-earth, began. The story behind that story is now the ...

Christopher Tolkien just dropped his pants and took a big dump on Peter Jackson. In his first ever press interview Christopher tells Le Monde (Via World Crunch) that his family has no interest in ...

For many of us, it began with a hole - a hobbit hole. But for J.R.R. Tolkien, he started elsewhere. Born on Jan. 3, 1892, in South Africa, Tolkien had a difficult childhood. While he may be best known ...