Tolkien’s unfinished epic: The Fall of Arthur
Yours truly has been ever-so-slowly getting through the newest Tolkien book The Fall of Arthur for the last...
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Deciphering the plot of The Desolation of Smaug
How will The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug unfold. It’s the big question. How do all the threads...
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How many fought at the Battle of the Five Armies?
At the beginning of this month, the TORn messageboard Reading Room (home on our boards to all things...
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Ten ways TORn serves Tolkien and Lord of the Rings...
Beginning last Saturday and running through to September 4, TheOneRing.net is hosting a Pledge Drive (see the banner...
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Dwarves: A Celtic Connection
Tolkien’s love of Anglo-Saxon history is well-known, as are his influences from such Nordic works as Beowulf and...
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Did Azog defile An Unexpected Journey?
In this TORn Library piece, Ringer Rud the Spud takes an in-depth look at Azog the Defiler, and...
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