John D. Rateliff reviews The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
John D. Rateliff is one of the foremost experts on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. He is, of course,…
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Vote for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in IGN’s...
What was your “best of” for 2013? Well, IGN is conducting a poll on a few different categories…
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Silvan and Sindarin elves: Legolas, Tauriel, Thranduil… and Oropher
Xenite.org founder and Tolkien scholar Michael Martinez discusses the history and inter-relationships of the Silvan elves of Mirkwood…
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From The Hobbit to An Unexpected Journey: A look at...
It’s safe to say that following the release of any film adaptation, conversation naturally veers to discussing divergences…
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LOTRProject’s Emil Johansson: it is no longer Tolkien’s Middle-earth
You’ve almost certainly visited Emil Johannson’s LOTRProject website at some point or another, whether to pore over his…
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Melting gold in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Associate Professor of Physics at Southeastern Louisiana University, Alain Rhett, tries to use phsics in this interesting piece…
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