World War II led C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien to infuse their early experiments in fantasy with a sense of moral urgency.

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J.R.R. Tolkien made a vast and detailed lore for The Lord of the Rings, but one aspect was far more important than anyone ...

J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973), “The Shores of Faery, 10 May 1915,” watercolor, black ink, pencil (Tolkien Trust, MS,Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 22r., © The ...

On July 29, 1954 — 70 years ago Monday — English author, linguist and university professor J.R.R. Tolkien published “The Fellowship of the Ring,” the first of three volumes of a richly detailed world ...

Dillon is a multifaceted writer and creative with a background in screenwriting, film, and digital media production. His writing is informed by a boundless passion for story and a keen eye for craft ...

A Tolkien nerd and a girl who has never seen a single “Lord of the Rings” movie walk into a theater to see “The Lord of The Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” together. This is not a setup for a poor ...

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 story ...

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Happy Tolkien Reading Day! On this day, we’re celebrating the Eldandili Fantasy Choir. Jennie Tiderman-Österberg Enbacka village, Gustafs, Sweden, April 22, 2023 “Suilad, Eldandili Fantasy Choir. Mae ...

This encyclopedic collection is full of notes, commentaries, and different versions of the stories. It even includes the history of his "legendarium," the term for Tolkien's greater mythology of ...