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
How Tolkien built suspense through the hunt for the Ring is one of the central questions of The Lord of the Rings. The plot seems simple at first: a small…
The War of the Ring is usually remembered through the great armies of Gondor, Rohan, Mordor, and the Free Peoples gathered before the Black Gate. Yet Tolkien’s…
Silence in Tolkien is rarely empty. It may signal fear, reverence, grief, secrecy, or a knowledge too large for ordinary speech. A pause beside a road, an…
Among the many objects in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, the Three Elven Rings possess a special kind of mystery. They are powerful, beautiful, and closely tied…
The Corsairs of Umbar occupy a small amount of narrative space in The Lord of the Rings, yet their presence gives Middle-earth a wider and more dangerous…
J.R.R. Tolkien fills Middle-earth with boundaries: between Elves and Dwarves, Men and Orcs, the living and the dead, the ancient and the newly arrived. These…
Isengard is one of the most striking places in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth because its history follows the rise and collapse of power. It begins as a…
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s writing, weather is never merely a backdrop. Rain, wind, mist, snow, sunlight, and darkness alter the emotional temperature of a scene,…
Few ideas in Tolkien’s mythology are as profound, or as easily misunderstood, as the fate of Men. Elves are bound to the world until its end, while Men pass…
Few creatures in Middle-earth are as physically repulsive and spiritually disturbing as Shelob. Dragons may possess grandeur, and the Nazgûl may embody a more…
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