One of the fun knock-on effects about setting a story in a completely invented fantasy world is that you get to create, if ...

The 37-year-old has drawn maps of 40 English counties, asking locals for their ideas each time. He said he hoped to one day create an entire "Tolkien-esque style" atlas. Mr Birse spent one month ...

poster-sized maps of Thror's Map and the Wilderland, an 88-page illustrated booklet, an art card reproduction of the painting Tolkien made for The Hobbit's original dust jacket, a redesigned cover ...

Published last November for $105, the collection includes beautiful editions of all three volumes in Tolkien's Lord of the ...

Populated as it is with elves, demons and magic of all kinds, J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” is perhaps the most influential fantasy narrative of the past century. But few things ...

Fantasy and science-fiction authors mostly come and go, but Tolkien has endured. Why is this so? What is different about him? For answers, we would do well to look at the recent work of Holly ...