First review: Howard Shore...
Nov 25 at 9:43 am -Six notes transform Howard Shore’s Desolation of Smaug soundtrack from adequate to...
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Formerly known as "Greenbooks", the library is a place for more in-depth articles of a scholarly nature. Yeah…it's for hard-core Tolkien fans. Get your geek on and start browsing!
On the Finding of Thror’s Map and the Key to the Lonely Mountain
November 29, 2013 at 11:54 pm -In expanding on Professor Tolkien’s text in his film adaptation, director Peter Jackson allows us to follow Gandalf the Grey into areas that remain secret to us within the text of The Hobbit. As we look forward seeing these events unfold before our eyes next month, this essay by Tedoras examines Gandalf’s journey into the dark fortress of Dol Guldur, what he found there, and the impact that this event had on the fate of...
The potential of JRR Tolki...
Nov 25 at 7:17 am -In our newest TORn Library feature, Brian Tither discusses the effectiveness of...