In J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Peter Jackson's film adaptations, why was the leader of the Nazgûl called the ...

In J. R. R. Tolkien's original plot outline for The Hobbit, it was Bilbo rather than Bard the Bowman who would have slain the ...

features fictional characters, including the Cheshire Cat from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, author Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse and Gandalf from JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.

Of course, that’s had a profound effect on my own willingness to kill characters at the drop of a hat. So thanks, Tolkien, for Ned Stark. And the Red Wedding. And Jon Snow (though that one ...

Another Rohan inspiration for Tolkien would likely have been the epic ... I think certainly, [they share] the flawed central character, the almost overreaching nature of Helm and Beowulf ...

You can check out our full interview with Philippa Boyens below. You got to name a Tolkien character in The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim; what was the process of settling on the name ...

The remarkable tale of a stolen first edition of The Hobbit, returned to its home at The University of North Texas after ...

If there was ever a character to attempt to describe as a “Mary Sue,” with unearned talent, it is not the thousands-year old elf that Tolkien repeatedly says is among the most powerful and ...

The first part of this investigation into whether J.R.R. Tolkien's work is racist examines the creatures of Middle-earth, ...