Tolkien’s inspiration for Orthanc to be opened to public
A dilapidated tower thought to have been the inspiration for the fortress of Isengard in JRR Tolkien’s Lord…
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“Beyond Bree” 2013 Calendar: Evil in Middle-earth
“Beyond Bree” has created a new calendar for 2013, a special limited edition featuring amazing artists! There are…
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Concerning Christopher – An Essay on Tolkien’s Son’s Decision to...
Often, when a lengthy discussion of the Hobbit films takes place, someone asks “What about the other books?…
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Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Barad-Dûr environment review
“Then at last his gaze was held: wall upon wall, battlement upon battlement, black tower of adamant, he…
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Death of ‘Hobbit’ at box office greatly exaggerated
The news was horrific. Essentially The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was dead on arrival and if not a…
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The Tolkien nerd’s guide to The Hobbit
For readers of The Hobbit, which became an almost overnight classic following its 1937 debut, the new movie…
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