University professor, author and Word on Fire academic fellow Holly Ordway has been fascinated by The Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien since her teen years. Indeed, her doctoral thesis was on ...
It’s hard to imagine a world without Harry Potter or Game of Thrones, but we might be living in it if it weren’t for J.R.R. Tolkien. The author is widely credited with giving birth to the modern ...
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 ...
The Lord of the Rings was first published in the mid-’50s, and, along with the rest of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, was intended to provide Great Britain with its very own formative mythology (the ...
Much like how Bilbo Baggins couldn’t resist the lure of the one true ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” one North Texas library patron couldn’t resist the lure of a rare copy of that same book — ...
LONGMONT — Families and fantasy fans of all ages gathered at the Longmont Public Library on Sunday afternoon to celebrate family literacy and J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel, “The Hobbit.” The Grey Havens ...