J. R. R. Tolkien

Fiction-wise, JRR Tolkien is among our interviewees' favourite authors, with Kerry Quinn and Head of Steam pubs boss Tony Brookes and Clipper Wind MD David ...

Read CS Lewis's science-fiction trilogy, read Tolkien, just read. It's not the adoration of hand-me down paganism, crass environmentalist politics or the ... and more »

The Lord of the Rings trilogy For three consecutive summers, Peter Jackson's JRR Tolkien saga was the cinematic gorilla in the room, or at least until ... and more »

According to Jones, Lewis was agnostic until he found Christ through another famous writer, JRR Tolkien -- the author of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. ... and more »

In these discussions, the Medieval Warming Period and the Little Ice Age might as well be mythical eras in a lost epic by JRR Tolkien. ... and more »

The Good Earth," Pearl S. Buck 4. "Lord the Rings Trilogy," JRR Tolkien, vs. "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," CS Lewis.

A 1937 first edition of The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien with dust jacket may command £20000. Even if it is a bit ripped, it should sell for up to £15000. ... and more »

Whether it was Willie Nelson or JRR Tolkien wrote that line, it certainly applies to what the Gardner-Webb University men's basketball team is experiencing ...

Straits Times though, brim with invented languages, from Nadsat in Anthony Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange to the Middle Earth languages of JRR Tolkien. ... Na'Vi: brand new language brought by "Avatar"AFP all 24 news articles »

I've always thought there was something a tad elven about Sheen (and doesn't Tolkien note somewhere that the hobbits are very distant relatives of the elves ... and more »

the world that you've created, and to make up very set rules for it. Tolkien, who wrote The Lord of the Rings, had of course, written so many ... ehow.com

3, 1892, legendary author John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is born in Bloemfontein, South Africa. In 1925, he became a professor at Oxford. As the legend goes, ...

Coventry Telegraph (blog) Tobey Maguire 'in talks for Bilbo Baggins role in The Hobbit' Coventry Telegraph (blog) Actors previously linked to playing the character in the Tolkien adaptation include James McAvoy and David Tennant (both of whom debunked the reports as ...

obsession with the Second World War the Narnia books echo, more lightly, the broad themes of the Middle Earth stories of Lewis' friend JRR Tolkien. ...

Elrond does make an appearance in JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit, although Galadriel does not. However, including her does not seem like it would result in ... and more »

In the story, at the request of his good friend JRR Tolkien, Lewis has agreed to give an informal talk despite his failing health. ...

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Legal and financial troubles have hung over the project, though, starting with a lawsuit from the estate of author JRR Tolkien back in 2008 claiming that ...

The star is [author JRR] Tolkien and the world he created. We are not under any pressure. We want to find the right people. Casting someone to portray a ...

WorstPreviews.com We heard earlier on this week that the highly anticipated movies based on the Tolkien classic The Hobbit, which are to be ... The Hobbit Report: December, 2009Examiner.com Exclusive: 'Hobbit' casting 1 female roleTheOneRing.net all 17 news articles »

Much of the editorial focus of JRR Tolkien Examiner is on the upcoming, two-part film version of The Hobbit, to be released at Christmas 2011 and 2012. ... LORD OF THE RINGS STORIESContactmusic.com all 2 news articles »

Independent film “Born of Hope” is a 70-minute independent film inspired by JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings books. ... Born of Hope' release: new Tolkien filmSpero News JRR Tolkien Inspired “Born of Hope” to Premier Exclusively on DailymotionEarthtimes (press release)

guardian.co.uk Although the visionary director behind bringing JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy to the big screen is in the process of writing a screenplay for The ... The Lovely Bones -- Film ReviewHollywood Reporter The Lovely Bones' is a 'positive' film, says Peter JacksonCNN

21, 2009, lovers of two of the most popular writers of all time--CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien, known popularly for the Narnia series and Lord of the Rings--may ...

rules for Savage Worlds and some pre-generated characters. (2) Tolkien From The Grave : JRR Tolkien is the fifth most successful dead celebrity ... heropress.net

 NY THE LEGEND OF SIGURD AND GUDRUN, by JRR Tolkien. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. The previously unpublished adventures of a medieval Norse hero, written before "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings." New York Times bestsellers: hardcover fiction San Jose Mercury News all 3 news articles

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 United States I've never been a big Tolkien fan—nothing against old JRR, whom my eleven-year-old son and his pals love, as do plenty of my own more senior friends. It's just that for some reason my mental immune system had rejected “The Lord of the Rings” every time ...

 United Kingdom If his film version of The Lord of the Rings trilogy had not been so successful there is no way these two 'lays', probably written at Oxford in the Thirties, would have seen the light of day. This is no less than the 12th work by JRR Tolkien to be ...

 CA - Connie Ogle The Ugly Truth: In what has to be a fantasy greater than anything JRR Tolkien dreamed up, Katherine Heigl (27 Dresses) is a TV producer unable to find a man. Gerard Butler shows up as a cynic whose fate clearly is to relieve her of her singlehood. ...

 New Zealand Ian Collier of The Tolkien Society writes: I thought that you'd be interested in the news about this year's Middle-earth weekend (formerly the Tolkien Weekend) event at Sarehole Mill. Like TORN the event is celebrating its 10th anniversary so this one ...

 MA Much as I went into The Fellowship of the Ring caring more about Peter Jackson and Ian McKellen than I ever could about JRR Tolkien, my interest in X-Men Origins: Wolverine stems from the involvement of Gavin Hood and Hugh Jackman, and not from the ...

JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy is an epic tale about an evil ring that falls into the hands of a hobbit named Frodo Baggins (the hobbits are a fictional race of miniature people invented by the author). Aided by three other hobbits, ... The Lord of the Rings: Conquest Review PALGN

 OH - Jan 11, 2009 In this, there are also shades of JRR Tolkien's Gandalf (up to and including blowing dancing and colored smoke rings on occasion). Ultimately, like both his ...

By MrCere While not strictly “a Tolkien book,” there is definitely a strong Middle-earth presence at the end of the volume. After talking dragons in broad terms with consideration of mythology and cosmic dragons, Howe gets more personal with a look at specific monsters and heroes like Beowulf, Fa...

Disclaimer: If this fic doesn’t prove I am not Tolkien, I’m not sure what would. Written for the Middle-earth Express Prompt #84: Entertainment WARNING: This short story contains sexual innuendo and alludes to a male’s reaction to ...

Disclaimer: I don’t own anything J.R.R. Tolkien wrote. King Durin, Celebrimbor and Narvi are his characters, not mine. The story is set in ca. 750 Second Age. Speak, Friend and Enter Narvi was just taking his apron off after a long day ...

Disclaimer: I don’t own anything J.R.R. Tolkien wrote whatsoever. The members of the band are my only original creations. This fic is written as a response to the challenge ”A Salute to Jules”. It is very late in coming, but hey, ...

Disclaimer: I do not own anything J.R.R. Tolkien wrote whatsoever. The characters in this story are his creations. Chapter 1: The Departure of Finrod The Man was haggard and his clothes were tattered, but he looked noble nonetheless as ...

By Carolyn Koo Launched by Michael Regina, William Thomas, Erica Challis and Pirrotta in anticipation of The Lord of the Rings films (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King), the site's traffic reached a peak in early 2003, putting the site among the top 1,000 in the world. Ho...

When Tolkien created the mythical world of Middle-earth in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, Jack was one of his most enthusiastic fans. He had encouraged Tolkien to keep writing over the years – unlike Jack, Tolkien was a slow, painstaking writer. Jack had praised Tolkien’s writing lav...

By Mike Fahey WESTWOOD, MA - February 20, 2008 - Turbine, Inc. announced today that in the wake of the global success of The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™, named the 2007 PC Game of the Year*, it has reached an agreement with Tolkien Enterprises to extend it's license to develop Massively M...

By Alex Billington Talk about kicking New Line when they're already down! The Tolkein Trust, a British charity that manages the estate of legendary author J.R.R. Tolkien, and publisher HarperCollins decided to file a lawsuit against New Line Cinema earlier today for $150 million. Their claim is that they hav...

By listenerservices@wnyc.org (Jad Abumrad & Robert Krulwich) It might seem hyperbole to claim, as many Wagnerites do, that The Ring Cycle is "The Greatest Work of Art Ever." But the grandeur and power of this monumental work have permeated our culture from Star Wars to Bugs Bunny to J.R.R. Tolkien.

By jwalker@reason.com (Jesse Walker) Completely different, more human-like, are Tolkien's characters....There are men in The Lord of the Rings, to be sure, but it is the hobbits who resemble real humans the most -- they are rather clumsy, neither exceptionally smart, stout, nor courageous, but good, sociable, faithful and ge...

The Lord of the Rings," the most expensive production in West End history, opened to a standing ovation from its audience, and mixed reviews from the critics, with some praising it as brilliant and a wonder, and others calling it "a thumping great flop" and corny. The stage adaptation of J.R....

By Asgard The Children of Hurin is an assemblage of Tolkien's assorted writings, put together in novel format by son Christopher. The story was begun by JRR Tolkien in 1918, but never assembled as a complete novel. Christopher Tolkien has organized the work into novel format without altering his fa...

In May 1973, I received a letter from one of my heroes, J.R.R. Tolkien. Like many another young fan, I had written to him begging to know when we could expect to see "The Silmarillion." To most readers at that time, this was just a title referred to in the appendices of "The Lord of the Rings." It could...

As someone who cut my literary teeth on J. R. R. Tolkien, Michael Moorcock, Gene Wolfe, and Robert E. Howard, I don't like most of the stuff that lands in the sci-fi/fantasy ghetto at the local Books-A-Million. For one thing, I've noticed that the back covers of many fantasy novels claim that the...

The Children of Hurin" by J. R. R. TolkienBook review by AP writer Bruce DeSilva(April 17, 2007) -- Six thousand years before the Fellowship of the Ring, long before anyone had even seen a Hobbit, the elves and men of Middle-earth quaked at the power of the dark lord...

By Gordon Hauptfleisch Begun in 1918, The Children of Hurin -- the first complete J.R.R. Tolkien work since the publication of The Silmarillion in 1977 -- was one of three “Great Tales” the author worked on throughout his life, though he never realized his objective in seeing it published. Now reconstructed by Chri...