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
In Tolkien’s legendarium, hospitality is rarely a simple matter of offering food and shelter. A feast may restore courage, a gift may preserve a memory, and a…
Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth occupies a distinctive place in Tolkien’s legendarium. Published posthumously in 1980 and edited by Christopher…
In Tolkien’s legendarium, a name is rarely a decorative label. It may preserve a history, reveal a nature, signal allegiance, or awaken a power that has been…
Modern fantasy games inherit much of their vocabulary from J.R.R. Tolkien. Elves, dwarves, halflings, enchanted blades, dark lords, ancient ruins, and…
J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings belong to the same imaginative world, yet they offer very different reading experiences. The first is a…
In The Return of the King, the Drúedain appear briefly, yet their presence changes the course of the War of the Ring. Known to the Rohirrim as the Wild Men of…
J.R.R. Tolkien’s imagined history is filled with predictions, warnings, dreams, omens, inherited memories, and moments of uncanny insight. Yet prophecy in…
In Tolkien’s Middle-earth, places often preserve the emotional history of the people who shaped them. Mountains remember violence, forests retain enchantment,…
In Tolkien’s mythology, evil does not begin as a separate substance opposed to goodness. It begins with a desire to possess, command, and reshape what another…
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Black Speech is one of the shortest constructed languages in Middle-earth, yet it carries an unusual weight. Readers encounter only a small…
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