Was the Beorn of The Hobbit a were-bear?
With the human face of Beorn finally revealed (Warning: visual spoilers on that link!), I thought readers might...
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Formerly known as "Greenbooks", the library is a place for more in-depth articles of a scholarly nature. Yeah…it's for hard-core Tolkien fans.
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Why Tolkien works for readers of all faiths
In this new TORn Library piece, Gibbelins writes about the deep, yet extraordinarily subtle faith underlying Tolkien’s legendarium,...
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Five things we loved about the second The Hobbit: Desolation...
Earlier today, the second (third, if you count the abbreviated international trailer shown in some regions) trailer for...
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Tolkien and the boy who didn’t believe in fairies
John Garth, writer, researcher and author of Tolkien and the Great War recently published online for the first...
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On Tolkien’s two paths of wisdom
In this new TORn Library piece, our newest feature writer Gibbelins examines the difference between skill and knowledge...
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Fourteen fabulous quotes from Bilbo Baggins for Hobbit Day!
Today is September 22 — which means that (in the Shire Reckoning) it’s the birthdays of Bilbo and...
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