Demetrious Polychron had been a devoted fan of the Lord of the Rings novels since his childhood. In a 2017 letter to Simon Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien’s grandson, Polychron professed his love for ...

I've been an avid reader for 40 years, devouring books daily. From Tolkien and CS Lewis in my childhood to a plethora of ...

Tolkien told Chambers that his biography was “overwhelmingly moving: one of the great sagas.” Among various subtle signs of More’s impact on the Hobbit author, ...

JRR Tolkien was not, as many people think Birmingham born and bred. He was born in Bloemfontein, in South Africa on 3rd January 1892. Christened John Ronald Reuel, he was called Ronald by the family.

«Astrolabe» publishes a lot of Tolkien books in Ukrainian, but not all of them belong to the cycle of stories about Middle-earth, or the so-called «Middle-earth legendarium». They include a biography ...

The new anime The War of the Rohirrim tells a story set 180 years before The Lord of the Rings, and according to original trilogy writer Philippa Boyens, this is what J.R.R. Tolkien wanted.

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 ...

I go back and forth as to whether it’s a gob-smacking coincidence or incredibly overdetermined that two of the principal architects of the modern fantasy tradition, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis ...

J. R. R. Tolkien enjoys a pipe in his study at Merton College, Oxford, December 2, ... whose 2023 biography Tolkien’s Faith constitutes a significant breakthrough in Tolkien scholarship.

Holly Ordway’s new book, “Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography,” explores the renowned author’s Catholic faith and how it influenced his stories.