This Week in Middle-earth
Year 2941 – The Hobbit May (uncertain dates) The company encounters the trolls “Bilbo Baggins, a bur – a hobbit,” said poor Bilbo, shaking all over, and wondering how to make owl-noises before they throttled […]
The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming Post Tagged with: "The Hobbit"
This Week in Middle-earth
Year 2942 – The Hobbit May 7 Bilbo and Gandalf leave Rivendell Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings May 8 Eomer and Eowyn depart for Rohan with the sons of Elrond And Eowyn […]
This Week in Middle-earth
Year 2941 – The Hobbit April 25 Gandalf first sees Bilbo after years of absence from the Shire April 26 The Unexpected Party “Gandalf, dwarves and Mr. Baggins! We are not together in the house […]
Q&A Interview with The Tolkien Heads
If you’ve been on the hunt for a more in-depth analysis of Tolkien’s writings, Rich, Chris, Nathan, and Matt make up a fellowship of their own that goes above and beyond my expectations in their […]
Feast Week Day 1: Bilbo and Frodo’s Birthday
For this year’s Feast Week celebration, we are sharing Middle-earth News Staff Favorites from Feast Weeks past! These posts were chosen by the Middle-earth News team as our collective favorites for each day of Feast […]
The Hobbit Facsimile Gift Edition: A Review
I recently bought myself the facsimile gift addition of The Hobbit and for those of you who don’t know what this edition is, it’s The Hobbit in its original form. The version that we’re all […]
Artisan Crafted Perfume Oils Bring Fantasy Myths to Life
It’s been five years since we’ve last reported on Etsy shop owner, Cat, and her amazing fantasy-inspired, hand-crafted vegan perfumes. Since that time, her shop, Deep Midnight Perfumes, has blossomed into one of the most […]
Collector’s Corner: Collecting Everything vs. Specialized Collections
In this week’s Collectors Corner post we’ll talk about having a specialized collection versus collecting everything. A few weeks ago, I’ve ordered my fourth illustrated edition of The Hobbit. The edition is from 1992 and […]
Playing the Pronoun Game: Are All of The Hobbit’s Dwarves Male?
It’s not exactly a secret that J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is short on female characters. While the recent Peter Jackson films may have created new characters as well as expanding on the roles of women […]
Collectors Corner: Middle-earth – From Script to Screen Book
This week’s Collectors Corner post is about Weta Workshop’s latest book, Middle-earth – From Script to Screen. I pre-ordered from Weta back in May and received my copy earlier this month and it’s already one of […]
