Abigail Nussbaum continues her “Great Tolkien Reread” with The Hobbit. “Tolkien’s celebrated affinity for worldbuilding means that The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings clearly take place in the same invented world, but it’s precisely at those points that the two works overlap that the differences between […]
At Asking the Wrong Questions, Abigail Nussbaum continues the Great Tolkien Reread with “A Knife in the Dark” and “Flight to the Ford” from The Fellowship Of The Ring, Book 1. “These chapters contain some of the novel’s most memorable events, but taken as a whole they feel […]
Stephen Colbert plays D&D with Critical Role to benefit Red Nose Day. You can watch here. He has a scar and his hair is mussed… and he brought Narsil and Sting!
Hobbits dance as Leonard Nimoy sings, “The Legend of Bilbo Baggins,” and you can see it here!
Listen to BBC Radio’s 1981 adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings! (Thanks, Ian!)
Open Culture. has images and discussion of J. R. R. Tolkien’s art. And they have links to see more at The Tolkien Gateway. “Beyond perusing the images in the Tolkien Gateway, you’ll also want to have a look at Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull’s book, J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist […]
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