The Lord of The Rings has been a massive fantasy franchise ever since its publication in 1954. Part of the draw for readers is the vast world of Middle-earth described in the novels. Each area of this ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." It’s difficult to imagine a world without The Lord of the Rings. J.R.R. Tolkien’s sprawling magnum opus ...

Mark Hospodar has been an avid gamer ever since he fired up the original Medal of Honor on his PS1. A history teacher by training, Mark has branched out into the fields of fiction and non-fiction ...

Middle Earth is an amazing fictional world, but if you want to really get to know it, you’ve got to read a lot of words. So if you’re in the mood for a little Tolkien fantasy without hunkering down ...

When we get right down to it, the live-action Lord of the Rings movies were primarily about hobbits and humans. The Hobbit films were about hobbits and dwarves. And so, it’s high time we get to see ...

It’s difficult to imagine a world without The Lord of the Rings. J.R.R. Tolkien’s sprawling magnum opus popularized the fantasy genre, galvanized a counterculture movement, and snowballed into a ...