The Old Forest in The Lord of the Rings is an excellent illustration of J.R.R. Tolkien's deft blending of two...
Laurika Nxumalo Dec 25, 2024
Perhaps Strange Magic was doomed from the outset. After the widespread disappointment of the Star Wars prequels, boasting its story...
Allie Anton Sep 6, 2019
It’s hard to imagine a world without high fantasy, RPG (role-playing) video games. Indeed, the genre constitutes a significant niche...
Allie Anton Sep 19, 2016
In addition to being the popular and celebrated creator of Middle-Earth, J. R. R. Tolkien was a renowned scholar in...
Stephen Matthias Jan 12, 2016
Once upon a time, in a world without diverse colour palettes, without Sony's Playstation or WASD controls, there existed the...
IRBurnett Nov 12, 2015
It has now been roughly six months since The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies and twelve years since The...
Jamie White Jun 19, 2015
The world of Middle-earth is real. Professor JRR Tolkien created a work of literature which has highly developed cultures with...
Jeff MacLeod Jun 9, 2015
Patricia Briggs writes in her novel entitled Blood Bound that "even after all this time, I keep forgetting that heroes can be found in...
Helen Parshall Oct 12, 2014
The Lord of the Rings created the very image we have today when we think of the fantasy genre. Many...
Erin Derwin Jul 8, 2014
Subcreation, a term coined by J. R. R. Tolkien, is at its core built on philosophical ideas of perception and...
Christina Cady Apr 21, 2014
