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 ...

Among J.R.R. Tolkien's posthumously published Lord of the Rings books is The Silmarillion, a lengthy textbook that covers all ...

J.R.R. Tolkien’s estate has settled copyright infringement claims against Warner Bros. over merchandising rights to the author’s most famous works, “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit.” LOS ...

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

The Lord of the Rings is a book obsessed with ruins, bloodlines, and the divine right of aristocrats. Why are so many on the ...

Read the full “Overlooked No More” obituary at The New York Times. GET A.V.CLUB RIGHT IN YOUR INBOX Pop culture obsessives ...

Tuesday September 2nd 2003 is the 30th anniversary of the death of JRR Tolkien. His parents both came from Birmingham but his father, Arthur, who was a bank clerk, moved to South Africa in the ...

It grotesquely misunderstands the man and his work JRR Tolkien’s Middle Earth is an inexhaustible resource for artists good and bad. There is Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning trilogy Lord of the ...

However, none of them would have gotten where they are without the influence of J.R.R. Tolkien. The creator of ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ changed literature forever ...

It started, of course, with J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy book series. Adaptations followed over the years, first on radio, then in animation, before Jackson finally brought the realm of Middle ...