The impressively detailed Illustrated Editions of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and the Silmarillion are all discounted ...

J.R.R. Tolkien's epic story had a fifth Hobbit who helped Frodo and Samwise in their journey. Unfortunately, he was cut from ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Following the massively successful release of new illustrated editions of The Lord of the Rings ...

HarperCollins will publish a new illustrated edition of The Hobbit for the first time since the fantasy novel’s original publication in 1937. It will feature a gallery of 50 paintings, maps, and ...

And when you learned that Peter Jackson had taken The Hobbit, a book of only 333 pages, and stretched it into three feature-length movies, you felt outraged. You were certain that Jackson had ...

Dark Horse and Middle-earth Enterprises have announced the upcoming release of two new vinyl figures inspired by the world of ...

A new Oxford exhibition offers unusual artifacts of the famed writer. TOLKIEN TREASURES. Above, the final design of The Hobbit dust jacket is part of ‘Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth.’ Tolkien not only ...

Steven Weintraub launched Collider in the summer of 2005. As Editor-in-chief, he has taken the site from a small bedroom operation to having millions of readers around the world. Over the years, he ...

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How do I know? Because J.R.R. Tolkien scholars say so—folk like Corey Olsen, author of Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. (If you think being a Shakespearean prof is tough, try memorizing The ...

For many of us, it began with a hole - a hobbit hole. But for J.R.R. Tolkien, he started elsewhere. Born on Jan. 3, 1892, in South Africa, Tolkien had a difficult childhood. While he may be best known ...