An illustrator's personal copy of "The Lord of the Rings" contains a map with handwritten notes from J.R.R. Tolkien himself. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist ...

J.R.R. Tolkien was nothing if not exact. The famous author behind The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings built his fantasy world by paying close attention to its language, culture, and geography. This ...

In news that requires a bigger celebration than Bilbo’s eleventy-first birthday, a map of Middle Earth annotated by J.R.R. Tolkien himself was recently discovered. The rare document was found in an ...

Way before there was Westeros, there was Middle Earth, J.R.R. Tolkien’s huge magical world full of humans, hobbits, and elves. If you’ve read the Lord of the Rings trilogy or its prequel, The Hobbit, ...

A map of Middle-Earth annotated by J.R.R. Tolkien has been discovered in a copy of “The Lord of the Rings” owned by illustrator Pauline Baynes. The document offers glimpses into many of Tolkien’s ...

J.R.R. Tolkien was a man obsessed. And the Morgan Library & Museum’s “Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth,” the most extensive public display of original Tolkien material in decades, demonstrates the ...

"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit," wrote J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973). And so, the story about the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, and Middle-earth, began. The story behind that story is now the ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook A map of Middle Earth with notes from JRR Tolkien himself is definitely not something you stumble ...

This is a pretty incredible find: a map of Middle Earth featuring annotations from its creator, J.R.R. Tolkien was recently discovered in a copy of a book owned by illustrator Pauline Baynes, which ...

A map of Middle-earth with annotations by J.R.R. Tolkien has been discovered in a copy of The Lord of the Rings. Seth Macy is a freelance writer who just wants to be your friend. Follow him on Twitter ...