I am happy to post this interview what is binary option with author Benita J. Prins, fellow lover of all things Tolkien and a great writer in her own right too! I read her fantasy, Sea of Crystal, Sea of Glass recently and recommend … Continue reading
Trees in Tolkien’s fiction are never merely scenery. They mark powers older than human history, hold memories of vanished places, and make hope visible through…
The feudal loyalty of Rohan is easy to describe and difficult to define. The Riders gather for war, the king speaks in the Golden Hall, and oath, kindred and…
Bilbo’s poetry is easy to underestimate. It often arrives as an awkward interruption, a half-remembered tune or a joke made under pressure. Yet these verses…
The Dead Marshes lie at the edge of Mordor, where black pools, grey reeds, and low ground turn travel into an ordeal. Frodo senses that the region is hostile…
Tolkien’s trees are never merely scenery. They remember, bear fruit, suffer injury and sometimes stand where a kingdom’s fate is decided. Among them, the White…
The eagles arrive when the Fellowship’s story seems least able to produce a way out. Beside the Mountain, Frodo is close to the Eye, Sam is spent, and the road…
The northern tyrant’s rebellion begins where Tolkien’s narrative is least explicit. In the “Akallabêth” printed in The Return of the King, the corrupted…
Tolkien’s nineteen Rings of Power form one of fantasy’s most consequential acts of distribution. Three pass to Elven-smiths, seven to dwarf-smiths, and nine to…
The sea in Tolkien’s Middle-earth is rarely empty scenery. It appears at the edges of maps, beneath sailors’ feet, and in the thoughts of those who hear it…
The doors of Durin are more than a dramatic passage into Moria. They are a piece of language, a contest with darkness and a test of fellowship. In The Hobbit,…
An essay I wrote about the desire of Tolkien and the TCBS to be a light to their darkening world. A century later, he still provides light. Thank you, Professor and God trade binary option bless! Art by Justin Gerard … Continue reading