How did Sauron give the Seven Rings to the Dwarven...
In his newest piece, TORn friend and regular Tolkien blogger Michael Martinez considers the intriguing proposition of how...
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Tolkien research recovers long-lost magazines of famous WWI poet Wilfred...
Tolkien scholar John Garth tells us about “an unusual but historically significant tangent” of his Tolkien research that...
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Fantasy authors, media tropes and Tolkien’s great shadow
Similarities and differences. Or as Tolkien might have put it, bones and soup. It’s the never-ending, never truly...
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Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures to screen at American Cinematheque film...
Beginning this Friday, The American Cinematheque is screening a mini-festival of dark coming-of-age stories — including Peter Jackson’s...
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Some clarification of the Hobbit trailer situation
I’ve been reluctant to weigh in on the “when is the trailer coming?” apart from putting in the...
Continue reading Variety asks: The Lord of the Rings or Game of...
Variety is asking the question (presumably for no reason other than easy clicks), HBO’s Game of Thrones, or...
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