Tolkien

Blaze Your Own Trail!

Irene Tanner | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Katherine Hepurn, Herman Melville, Tolkien, Seuss, Selfreliance, Friedrich Nietzche, Michael Chrichton, Buddha, Quentin Crisp, Individualism, The Lost World, Famous Quotes, Emerson, Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Romans 12:2, Culture News

Picture this: I am 16 years old attending my first English 101 class at Women's College, University of North Carolina. Our professor is Elizabeth Bowe...

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Friday Talking Points -- In The Darkest Depths of Mordor

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.28.2011

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If I were a hobbit, right about now I would be wondering just how the heck I wound up at the center of this Washington intraparty political fight, personally.

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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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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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Volcanoes In Literature

The Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Volcanoes, Tolkien, Volcano, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Mount Doom, Books, Iceland Volcano, The Lord of the Rings, Vesuvius, Books News

Stuck at home, cursing the Icelandic volcano as your holiday plans circle the drain? While away the empty hours with our quiz on volcanoes in literatu...

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The (Game)play's the Thing: The Retro-RPG Eschalon

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Quest Games, Basilisk Games, Role-Playing Games, Tolkien, King's Quest, Myst, Fantasy Games, Eschalon Book 1 and 2, Rogue, Dungeons and Dragons, Gabriel Knight, Nethack, Syberia, Non-Linear Play, Technology News

If given a choice, I will play a wizard or rogue and advance many skills rather than specialize. What captivates me is worldbuilding: story, atmospherics and the quality of the quests.

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Tolkien Reading Day: Celebrate The King Of Fantasy By Geeking Out

cnn.com | Henry Hanks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Fellowship of the Ring, Return of the King, The Hobbit, The Hobbit Movie, Tolkien, Reading, Tolkien Reading Day, Books, The Lord of the Rings, Sauron, Peter Jackson, Books News

Every year since 2003, fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic tales have gathered on March 25 for meetups at local libraries, schools, universities and else...

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Lost Without Lost

Simon Tolkien | Posted 05.25.2011

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We've always known that sooner or later Lost would return to tantalize us again with its unanswered questions. Not so now. On May 23rd the final episode will air and that will be that. Or will it?

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What Makes Art "Christian?": Flannery O'Connor, Sufjan Stevens, and Vocation

Christopher Cocca | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Saul Bellow, Tolkien, Leonard Cohen, Flannery O'Connor, Art, Sufjan Stevens, Indie, Neutral Milk Hotel, Christian, Vocation, Catholic, Religion News

The questions ought to be: does this song make us stop? Does this book make us think? Does this art feel like the suffering we know and the hope we hope for anyway?

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Disunited Kingdom

Simon Tolkien | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: England, Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg, David Cameron, Britain, Tolkien, UK Election, World News

Looking across the Atlantic these last few days, I've been watching the unfolding political situation in my country with great interest.

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Geek Like Me: A Review of Ethan Gilsdorf's Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks

Stefan Sirucek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ethan Gilsdorf, The Hobbit, Role-Playing Games, Tolkien, Books, Lord of the Rings, New York Times, Dragoncon, World of Warcraft, Video Games, Gencon, Bilbo Baggins, Fantasy, Books News

At the core of the book is an exploration of the significance and allure of fantasy. It is full of encounters, both funny and poignant, with people who march to the beat of their own war drums.

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Big Brother 11: The Wizard of Wacko Place.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeremy Piven visited the Big Brother House this week. Poor Jeremy.Now the houseguests are all in danger of getting mercury poisoning.

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The Moral of the Story Is...

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: J.K. Rowling, Winnie the Pooh, Miley Cyrus, Humor, His Dark Materials, Stephanie Meyer, L. Frank Baum, Joke, Hitler, c.s. Lewis, Stephanie Meyer Twilight, Queen Elizabeth II, Philip Pullman, Alice in Wonderland, Golden Compass, The Hobbit, Tolkien, Satire, Lord of the Rings, Wizard of Oz, Chronicles of Narnia, J.R.R. Tolkien, Twilight, Lemony Snicket, Harry Potter, Miley Cyrus Alice in Wonderland, L. Ron Hubbard, Comedy, Humor and Satire, The Chronicles of Narnia, Comedy News

Allow me to fill you in on all the dangerous, deadly, evil subtexts to your favorite fond memories...so that you'll never be so foolish as to enjoy them for what they are on their faces, again!

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Scritti Politti: March 25, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Today is March 25, which, as you know, is the day on which the One Ring was destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom, resulting in the defeat of Sauron an...

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The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun: New Tolkien Book Coming

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — An early, long-unpublished work by J.R.R. Tolkien is coming out. "The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun," a thorough reworking in verse of...

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Tolkien Estate Sues New Line Cinema

AP | ALEX VEIGA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lord of the Rings, Harpercollins, New Line, New Line Cinema, Tolkien, Business News

LOS ANGELES — The estate of "Lord of the Rings" creator J.R.R. Tolkien is suing the film studio that released the trilogy based on his books, cl...

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