The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming Educator Kate Messner explained how to build a fictional world in a TEDtalk video. If you are not familiar, TEDtalk videos feature the words and ideas of educators brought to life by professional animators. The […]
In 64 days, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, the last installment of The Hobbit trilogy, will hit the big screen. With each passing day fans and movie-goers around the world are increasingly […]
The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit come third and fourth, respectively, in a list of Facebook users favourite books. Researchers Lada Adamic and Pinkesh Patel analysed the data from a meme that has circulated on […]
Earlier this week, Sean Bean, also known as Boromir in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, celebrated his 55th birthday. Busy as ever, Sean bean will portray MacBeth in the independent feature film directed by Vincent […]
The Mythgard Institute was founded in 2011 as a new online academic center dedicated to promoting the study of imaginative literature and making academic resources more available to fantasy and science fiction fans around the […]
Scott Seagrave (or ScottShop433 on Etsy) creates books that “look and feel like they belong in the world they created.” Featured above are The Hobbit and the deluxe edition of The Lord of the Rings that […]
Greg Butler’s work in visual effects has taken him from the 1990’s, when effects were just a small part of post-production, to the present day when they can be the main part of a film. […]
Our friends at the Mythgard Institute continue to pull out the stops when it comes to innovative education with the announcement of two new summer offerings. The first is a web-based college-prep writing course, wherein […]
Mythgard Institute Press Release: Exciting news for Mythgard Institute students: Amy H. Sturgis has just come aboard for the Spring 2012 semester. Dr. Sturgis – a noted scholar of both fantasy and science fiction – […]
