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
Tolkien was a philologist before he was a novelist, and the One Ring that anchors The Lord of the Rings is no isolated invention. It belongs to a deep well of…
The Witch-king of Angmar stands among Tolkien’s most unsettling figures because his power is sensed before it is fully seen. He arrives as a rider in black, a…
The Shire is often imagined through green hills, round doors, gardens, inns and generous tables, yet light is just as important to Tolkien’s picture of Hobbit…
Tolkien's Rangers of Ithilien stand as one of the quietest and most fascinating military bodies in the legendarium. They appear in the latter half of The Lord…
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s mythology, the forge is far more than a workshop filled with anvils, bellows, and bright metal. It is a place where imagination becomes…
J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Children of Húrin is one of the bleakest narratives in the legendarium of Middle-earth. Its atmosphere is darker than the pastoral charm…
The First Age of Middle-earth is shaped by wars, exiles, betrayals and ruined kingdoms, yet its deepest conflict begins with three small jewels. The Silmarils…
In Tolkien’s writing, colour is rarely a simple code in which white means good and black means evil. White can suggest holiness, renewal, authority, death,…
In Tolkien’s Middle-earth, objects often carry histories that speeches cannot contain. A sword may announce lineage, a ring may expose desire, and a horn may…
The Dwarves of Nogrod and Belegost occupy fewer pages in Tolkien’s histories than the Elves of Beleriand, yet their influence reaches into warfare, craft,…
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