Most people are likely aware — at least vaguely — that J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was Catholic. Fewer, perhaps, know how seriously he took his faith, in a time ...

The fantasy masterpiece continues to captivate listeners decades after first redefining the genre.

On Sept. 15, 1939, two weeks after Nazi Germany invaded Poland, triggering World War II, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote to his publisher to explain why he didn’t expect to make much progress on his new story ...

May 8—Douglas A. Anderson's notes opening the Mariner edition of "The Lord of the Rings" makes the argument that J.R.R. Tolkien's best-known work is erroneously called a trilogy when it is actually ...

Amazon is currently having another excellent sale on illustrated editions of The Lord of the Rings, and other books penned by J.R.R. Tolkien. Through April 28, you can save up to 75% on select ...

If you have read The Lord of the Rings, there is a good chance that you skipped over one or more of the 75 songs and poems in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic. Yet long before he was the “father of ...

Sept. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1666, the Great Fire of London began. It destroyed 13,000 houses in four days. In 1935, a hurricane hit the Florida Keys, killing more than 350 people. In ...

The father of modern fantasy literature gave the world an epic mythology, taking readers on a magnificent journey through his creation, Middle-earth.