HarperCollins announced this brand-new version of The Silmarillion. It is the first fully illustrated edition of Tolkien’s 1977 book. Originally his son published The Silmarillion posthumously after ...

Although Lord of the Rings fans will forever associate him with playing Gollum, Andy Serkis’ actual speaking voice is far more dulcet than that of his most famous character. That’s why he’s always a ...

In addition to dreaming up Middle-earth and its rich history, J.R.R. Tolkien was also an accomplished artist. He painted and drew many illustrations of the locations and events depicted in his ...

This article, and others about one of the world's most celebrated writers, is featured in Newsweek's Special Edition: J.R.R. Tolkien—The Mind of a Genius. When J.R.R. Tolkien passed away on September ...

Welcome back to my weekly read-through of The Silmarillion! This is episode two in my series where Im breaking down Tolkiens incredible but notoriously complex legendarium and making it more ...

For the first time since the original publication in 1977, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion got an edition that’s illustrated in color. What’s more, the paintings and drawings that complement the ...

The Tolkein Library has a fascinating interview with Benjamin Harff, an art student who, for his final product, spent months making an illuminated version of J.R.R. Tolkein's The Silmarillion. It is a ...

Our friends over at TheOneRing.net report on a German art student named Benjamin Harff who spent a year and a half creating a one-of-a-kind, hand-made version of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion.

In a 1937 letter to an Oxford colleague, Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien confessed that he didn't much care for The Hobbit, one of his already popular works that was about to go into its second ...