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 the long history Tolkien set down for Arda, few houses carry a name as heavy with foreboding as the House of the Wolf. Beneath their banner, embroidered…
When the Fellowship loses its way through the Misty Mountains, the first enemy to assault them is not the Balrog, not the watching Eye, not the malice of…
In Tolkien’s legendarium, a gift rarely remains a simple object passing from one hand to another. A cloak may carry protection, a light may preserve hope, and…
The road from the Barrow-downs to Bree is short on a map, yet it crosses a deep imaginative distance. The hobbits leave the ancient burial mounds shaken,…
The stone trolls in The Hobbit occupy only a short stretch of the journey, yet their scene carries an unusual moral weight. William, Tom and Bert are comic,…
Gandalf often appears to be the most informed person in the room. He recognises the danger of the Ring, understands the history of Sauron’s return, reads the…
The most memorable journeys in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fiction rarely proceed according to plan. Bilbo Baggins expects a brief expedition with dwarves, Frodo intends…
In the cavern of memory that is J.R.R. Tolkien's prose, few devices gleam with such quiet power as the mirror. From the silver basin in Galadriel's bower to…
Quest narratives depend on a peculiar engine: the sense that something is wrong, something unfinished, something waiting in the dark. Long before a sword is…
Tolkien's Shire stands as one of literature's most quietly radical landscapes. Within its borders there are no fortified towers, no garrisons drilled for war,…
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