tolkien

  • On The Rings of Power, Everyone Just Needs to Get Along

    On The Rings of Power, Everyone Just Needs to Get Along

    The Lord of the Rings is a story about disparate societies coming together in the name of good — and casting aside generations of mistrust and prejudice to do so. Hobbits being unlikely heroes, Dwarves standing side-by-side with Elves, Rohan riding to Gondor’s aid, it’s an idea key to the fabric of the narrative, and…


  • Lord of the Rings’ Rights Just Got Even More Chaotic

    Lord of the Rings’ Rights Just Got Even More Chaotic

    The world of Middle-earth and its adaptive iterations has had a long history of strange and peculiar owners, even before Peter Jackson’s iconic movie trilogies came along and made that even more complicated. Now, a huge sea-change in the rights to Tolkien’s work has made things even more complex… thanks to a video game publisher…