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For the first time since the original publication in 1954, a new edition of The Lord of the Rings launched in 2021 that ...
The gorgeous special edition of The Lord of the Rings Deluxe Illustrated by the Author is on sale for the lowest price yet at ...
Before Amazon Prime Day kicks off for 2025, a handful of items have already started having their prices reduced early. One ...
Each year Tolkienists around the world gather on March 25 to attend readings, reenactments, lectures, talks and workshops to further the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
For J.R.R. Tolkien fans, March 25 is special as it is on this day that Tolkien Reading Day is celebrated. The date is significant as it is on this day that Fredo vanquished Sauron and the Ring got ...
The Sea-Bell is a perfect example. In 1934, Tolkien published a poem in The Oxford Magazine entitled Looney. It describes a ...
J.R.R. Tolkien once shared his thoughts on the title for The Return of the King, but his point has resolved itself over the ...
J.R.R. Tolkien's illustrations and maps for "The Hobbit," one of his best-loved works, ... is known as "Hobbit Day," so named to celebrate the fictional birthday of hobbits Bilbo and Frodo Baggins.
It's a sad day for Middle-earth. Christopher Tolkien, son of "The Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien, has died, The Tolkien Society announced Thursday. He was 95. Tolkien was born in Leeds ...
There's no writer quite like J.R.R. Tolkien, who is far and away one of the most influential authors of all time, laying the groundwork for so many fiction-fantasy novels to come. To this day, I ...
This article, and others about one of the most celebrated writers, is featured in Newsweek's Special Edition: J.R.R. Tolkien—The Mind of a Genius. Scholars, academics and casual enthusiasts have ...
J.R.R. Tolkien in his military uniform, 1916. From July until October of that year, the future author served at the Battle of the Somme until a case of trench fever rendered him unfit for duty. J ...