Though The Lord of the Rings films feature some of fiction's strongest warriors, there are many great figures from the books who were never shown.

You'll get two fold-out, poster-sized maps of Thror's Map and the Wilderland, an 88-page illustrated booklet, an art card reproduction of the painting Tolkien made for The Hobbit's original dust ...

Populated as it is with elves, demons and magic of all kinds, J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” is perhaps the most influential fantasy narrative of the past century. But few things ...

Fantasy and science-fiction authors mostly come and go, but Tolkien has endured. Why is this so? What is different about him? For answers, we would do well to look at the recent work of Holly ...