It hasn't always been this easy to be a Tolkien fan. For most of my young-adult and adult life, people tended to look at me sidelong should I happen to mention that I had read "The Lord of the Rings" ...

Legolas is almost every Tolkien fan’s favorite elf. He’s strong, agile, and extremely intelligent. Not to mention his endless arrow quiver. But Peter Jackson’s films don’t show the entire capacity of ...

On Nov. 29, 1931, J.R.R. Tolkien introduced the world to Middle-earth — the most important part of it, anyway. The Hobbit wouldn’t be published for six more years. The Lord of the Rings was still ...

At first glance, the Elves of The Lord of the Rings seem quite similar to humans, but the further one delves into the lore, the stranger and more alien the Elves become. In addition to obvious ...