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Are Novels Better With Large Casts or Small Casts?

Dave Astor | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: J.K. Rowling, Edith Wharton, Donald Westlake, Barbara Kingsolver, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Novels, Literary Characters, J.R.R. Tolkien, Margaret Atwood, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Charlotte Bronte, Books News

For a book with "Solitude" in its title, it sure has lots of characters! After recently reading One Hundred Years of Solitude, I've been thinking about whether novels are better with large casts or small casts.

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Dreaming of Brautigan: An Appreciation

Steve Heilig | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Richard Brautigan, San Fransisco Authors, Trout Fishing, Ernerst Heimingway, Suicide, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lanthe Brautigan, San Fransisco Chronicle, William Hjortsberg, Herman Hesse, San Francisco, San Francisco News

"Give me that little book you're reading", she demanded, holding out her craggy hand. My face flushing, I removed Brautigan's book from behind the textbook and handed it too her.

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Many Famous Authors Started With 'Novel 101'

Dave Astor | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: J.K. Rowling, Paul Bowles, Junot Diaz, Jhumpa Lahiri, Margaret Drabble, Charles Dickens, Margaret Atwood, Herman Melville, Carson McCullers, Novels, Emile Zola, J.R.R. Tolkien, Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, Debut Novels, Cormac McCarthy, Books News

Creating a novel is tough. Until you get the hang of it, it can be hard to do the Proustian thing.

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PHOTOS: Inside The Home 'Lord Of The Rings' Built

HuffingtonPost.com | Ann Brenoff | Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: La Real Estate, Elijah Wood, LA News, Celebrity Real Estate News, Elijah Wood Home, Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Elijah Wood House, Elijah Wood Real Estate, Los Angeles News

While it certainly is no Middle Earth, "The Lord of the Rings" star Elijah Wood's Santa Monica house sold for $1.758 million, according to the MLS. Th...

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PHOTO: 'The Hobbit' Reveals Gorgeous New Star Still

Posted 03.16.2012

Bilbo Baggins is all in. Warner Bros. has released a new photo still from "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," the wildly anticipated first prequel...

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FIRST LOOK: 'The Hobbit' First Trailer Revealed!

Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: JRR Tolkien the Hobbit, Ian McKellan, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Trailer, Lord of the Rings, Andy Serkis, Martin Freeman, Peter Jackson the Hobbit, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Movies, Video, The Hobbit, The Hobbit Trailer, The Hobbit Movie, Peter Jackson, Jrr Tolkien, Entertainment News

Nearly ten years to the day that the first "The Lord of the Rings" film hit theaters, the first trailer for its prequel, "The Hobbit," has been reveal...

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A Dearth of Mirth at the End of Many Great Novels

Dave Astor | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton, Unhappy Endings, Wilkie Collins, Classic Novels, The House of Mirth, George Orwell, Novels, Nathaniel Hawthorne, J.R.R. Tolkien, Aldous Huxley, Herman Melville, Charlotte Bronte, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Books News

After just finishing The House of Mirth, I'm reminded once again that many great novels don't have happy endings.

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The Pleasures of Rereading

Dave Astor | Posted 11.19.2011

Reading a beloved book twice, thrice, or more is a craving that can't be denied. It's pleasurable, comforting, and relaxing -- partly because you don't have to figure out what the author is doing from scratch.

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14 Incredible Fictional Worlds You'd Most Want to Visit (PHOTOS)

Posted 10.01.2011

Some people dream of visiting India or Brazil -- other people have loftier, if not impossible, travel ambitions. With the summer travel season in ...

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Reading Harry Potter and Other Multi-Volume Works in One Big Gulp

Dave Astor | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: J.K. Rowling, Jack Finney, Quidditch, Darryl Brock, John Steinbeck, L.M. Montgomery, Sequels, Alexandre Dumas, J.R.R. Tolkien, Margaret Atwood, Harry Potter, Cormac McCarthy, Books News

For me, reading a book series after all the installments have been written is as satisfying as watching a great Quidditch match. Well, almost.

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'The Hobbit': Major Official Details Revealed!

Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: The Hobbit, Martin Freeman the Hobbit, The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Martin Freeman, Peter Jackson the Hobbit, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, Orlando Bloom, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Peter Jackson, Entertainment News

After years of speculation, health delays and a recent slew of Facebook updates and casting news, Peter Jackson's next foray into Middle Earth was fin...

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HuffPost Readers' Picks: Best First Sentences In Books

Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: J.K. Rowling, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Stephen King, Hunter S. Thompson, First Sentences, Samuel Beckett, Ray Bradbury, J.R.R. Tolkien, Gone With the Wind, Leo Tolstoy, A Tale of Two Cities, Pride and Prejudice, Books News

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortun...

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Tolkien Estate Settles Dispute Over Novel Featuring Tolkien As Character

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 07.04.2011

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The J.R.R. Tolkien estate has settled a dispute with author Stephen Hillard over a forthcoming fictional book that features Tolkien as a character and...

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Old Books You Love: What Older Books Are You Reading Or Dying To Read? (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 06.03.2011

Read More: Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, Jane Eyre, Old Books, Twitter Hashtag, Old Books I Love, Joseph Conrad, J.R.R. Tolkien, Upton Sinclair, Leo Tolstoy, The Jungle, Slidepollajax, Thomas Hardy, Books News

We asked you what book you're reading (or dying to read) that is over 15 years old. We received a flood of responses--see #oldbooksilove. On Twitt...

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50 Books Every Child Should Read

The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oscar Wilde, Children's Books, Lewis Carroll, Michael Morpurgo, Childrens Books, Charles Dickens, Michael Rosen, Philip Pullman, Jrr Tolkien, Books News

Education Secretary Michael Gove says that children aged 11 should be reading 50 books a year to improve literacy standards. We asked three of Brit...

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The Story Behind My Novel, The King of Diamonds

Simon Tolkien | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: J.R.R. Tolkien, Blood Diamonds, Mystery Novels, Holocaust, Tolkien, Books News

The King of Diamonds is first and foremost a murder mystery, but it is also a story like my grandfather's about how people can be corrupted and enslaved by jewels.

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PHOTOS: Traveling With Tolkien: 6 Real-Life Fictional Landscapes

Posted 05.25.2011

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Filming of The Hobbit is set to start in March and the ratcheting-up anticipation is unleashing a new wave of Tolkienmania. If you read the books,...

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Your Favorite Star-Crossed Lovers In Literature: Expect The Unexpected, Not Romeo And Juliet (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star-Crossed Lovers, Star Crossed Lovers, Literature, Slidepollajax, Oedipus, Bert and Ernie, The Time Traveler's Wife, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ernest Hemingway, Atonement, The Sun Also Rises, Edith Wharton, Books News

Though Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet are the classic star-crossed lovers in books, and the play from which the phrase originates, we decided to add s...

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Literary Fisticuffs! Flying Fists And Zinging Words: Nobody Fights Like An Angry Writer (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, Sartre, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Ernest Hemingway, Wallace Stevens, Camus, Slidepollajax, J.R.R. Tolkien, Gore Vidal, c.s. Lewis, Norman Mailer, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Books News

Stereotypically, artists are stormy, temperamental, and moody. These literary figures feed the stereotype with their classic feuds. We asked readers...

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'Then One Foggy Christmas Eve': A Christmas Meditation

Richard J. Mouw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Christmas 2010, Christmas Myth, Christmas Meditation, J.R.R. Tolkien, Christmas Tale, Santa and Rudolph, Fairy Tales, Christmas Story, Christmas Reflection, Religion News

It may be that, properly understood, the Rudolph story can actually nudge us in the direction of the Babe of Bethlehem.

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Stage Door: The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers

Fern Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Radio City Music Hall, NY Culture, Lord of the Rings: Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien, Film Scores, Ludwig Wicki, Movies, Cinema, New York News

The audience includes those dressed as their favorite elves or wizards. This is fellowship of a wholly different order -- a mesmerizing venture, both visual and musical.

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What Do Hobbits, Robots, and Yahoos Have In Common?

Mark Peters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Doublethink, Stephen King, Seuss, Definitions, Pie-Hole, Words, Nerd, Made Up Words, Dictionary, Yahoo Definition, Cyberspace, Language, Word Errors, Fake Words, Gulivers Travels, Huxley, Catch-22, Orwell, Isaac Asimov, Hobbit, Jrr Tolkien, Books News

Words come from everywhere. TV shows are productive -- look at "Battlestar Galactica's" "frak," Stephen Colbert's "truthiness," and "30 Rock's" "blurg...

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Tolkien And Dickens Together At Last: Match Made In Childen's Fantasy Heaven?

guardian.co.uk | Alison Flood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lord of the Rings, Charles Dickens, Children's Book, Tolkien, Jrr-Tolkien, Fantasy Books, Tolkien and Dickens, Books News

It is a match made in publicists' heaven: the grandson of JRR Tolkien and the great-great grandson of Charles Dickens have collaborated for the first ...

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In the Name of the People -- State Execution in the 21st Century

Simon Tolkien | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Attorney, Mystery Author, J.R.R. Tolkien, Death Row, Death Penalty, Execution, Barrister, Politics News

Many death row inmates certainly deserve to die, but their execution debases the society which inflicts it upon them. Better surely that they should spend the rest of their lives behind bars.

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J.R.R. Tolkien's Grandson: In My Grandfather's Footsteps

Simon Tolkien | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Simon Tolkien, Fantasy Books, Writing, Authors, Fantasy Writing, J.R.R. Tolkien, Books, Simon Tolkien the Inheritance, Lord of the Rings, Books News

I grew up knowing that my grandfather was a creative genius, the founder of modern fantasy, who spoke innumerable languages and knew the answers to all important questions. Who was I to try to step out of his shadow?

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