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What Is It to Hear the Author Speak?

In a recent article from The Artifice, H.M. Bradford addresses the questions of artistic responsibility and authorial identity–two concepts that are surprisingly recent–which have developed mostly in the past few hundred years. For millennia, when […]

The Riddles of the Hobbit: An Enchanting Exploration

The Riddles of the Hobbit, by Adam Roberts, Professor of Nineteenth-century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London, and author of more than a dozen science fiction novels, is a critical examination of the notion […]

EXCLUSIVE Excerpt From ‘The Riddles of The Hobbit’

If you’ve ever read J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit or if you’ve seen any of the film adaptations, I’m sure you can recall the famous “Riddles in the Dark” scene. In it, Bilbo and Gollum engage […]

‘The Riddles of The Hobbit’ Available for Pre-Order

Have you ever labored over Bilbo and Gollum’s riddles, refusing to read ahead until you had an answer? If so, you were enjoying the unique combination of J.R.R. Tolkien’s imagination and the traditions of the past, […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

Doll Divine (who also have a Hobbit Scene Maker) recently added a Dwarf Scene Maker, a dress-up game that invites you to to create your own Dwarf character. The possibilities are practically endless, and it has […]

This Week in Middle-earth

9th July, 2941 [The Hobbit] The company shelters in the mountain cave “It seemed quite a fair size, but not too large and mysterious. It had a dry floor and some comfortable nooks. At one […]

Olsen and Beagle and Tolkien, Oh My!

This just in from Trish Lambert! Olsen and Beagle and Tolkien, Oh My! Mythgard Institute’s First Annual Mythmoot will be all Hobbit, all the time… It was a real problem. After listening to The Tolkien […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

The Noble Collection has turned the beautiful buttons from the Bilbo costume in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey into a pin and cufflinks. They are available for pre-order from Forbidden Planet. (Lily Milos via Hobbit […]

Casual Stroll to Mordor Episode 147

This week we invite Ketani and Elborigorn on to discuss the Riders of Rohan expansion offers and their differing opinions…. or so we told them in order to get them on the show for much more important reasons.

Casual Stroll to Mordor Episode 139

In this episode we talk more Anniversary Festival as a bunch of stuff was released this week in regards to this event. A hint of Update 7 is mentioned. We also discuss VIP subscription options, the Mithril Edition sale, new points bundles and more!