This four-book hardcover collection includes gorgeous watercolor illustrations by Alan Lee, the conceptual designer for Peter Jackson's adaptations.

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A rare first edition of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien sold for $57,000 at auction, where it was purchased by a private ...

Tolkien’s universe has gained such cultural notoriety and is so beloved by so many that it can be easy to forget that “The ...

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 ...

J. R. R. Tolkien was a poet at heart. Charmed by the sound of language, he was influenced by everything from the poem The ...

Kendall Myers is a Senior Author with Collider. As part of the TV and Movies Features team, she writes about some of the most popular releases before, during, and after they premiere. In three years, ...

Tolkien's massive body of work was mostly published after his death, including some of Middle-Earth's best stories.

Hobbits are one of the most remarkable races in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth, and it's only right that they should get a day to commemorate them. September 22 is National Hobbit Day, a day that both ...

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 ...

Christopher Tolkien just dropped his pants and took a big dump on Peter Jackson. In his first ever press interview Christopher tells Le Monde (Via World Crunch) that his family has no interest in ...

John Howe, the illustrator who brought J.R.R. Tolkien's universe to life, is now inviting the world into his mind's eye by ...