While Tolkien's stories take place in the fictional realm of Middle-earth, the awe-inspiring landscapes of the books, films and TV shows are closer than you might imagine. The first book in J R R ...

Tolkien wrote the first poem featuring a Middle ... but he was even more motivated by an “ingenuity in the relations of symbol and sense.” In other words, he liked strong connections between ...

THE MYTHMAKERS: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien, by John Hendrix I go back and forth as to whether it’s a gob-smacking coincidence or incredibly overdetermined that two ...

You know those hieroglyphic-like laundry symbols on clothing labels? They relay important cleaning information. Here's what they mean and how to use them. A picture may be worth a thousand words ...

In a beautiful and moving moment that stands as one of the show’s best testaments to J.R.R. Tolkien, Celebrimbor told Galadriel it’s not strength that will defeat the darkness, it is light ...

What if I told you that the question of whether balrogs have wings at all has been vexing Tolkien scholars for decades? The source of the problem is that all of the language that Tolkien used to ...

Dedicated Tolkien fans with money to burn can preorder The Lord of the Rings Deluxe Illustrated Box Set for $292.50 (was $325) at Amazon ahead of its October 1 release.

For Lord of the Rings fans, the new Collector's Edition series offers a budget-friendly way to get collectible, display-worthy versions J.R.R. Tolkien's best-known works. All five hardcover books ...

I've analyzed every episode of season 2 and compared it to Tolkien's collected works. Russell Holly is a Managing Editor on the Commerce team at CNET. He works with all of CNET to assemble top ...

Now, if you haven't read all of Tolkien's novels and poems, you might be wondering what all the fuss it about. Well, that's where we come in. Lucky for you, we've compiled a complete guide to ...

Here are a few of the storylines we think might come to pass in season 3 based on what we know from Tolkien’s work as well as the threads left hanging in the finale. Canonically speaking ...