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 ...

Peter Jackson adapted The Lord of the Rings in his famous movie trilogy, making it the best-known fantasy, but some ...

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

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.

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 ...

“Tolkien layers story upon story within ... We also had Hera’s (descendant) in Éowyn, who is such a beloved character, and the tradition of the shield maidens to draw upon,” Boyens ...