As reported, later this year, a facsimile first edition of The Hobbit will be released, giving fans and collectors an opportunity to compare the textual deviations of the first edition of The Hobbit from later […]
“What would happen if Tolkien worked in advertising?” is the thought that started Miami Ad School Berlin student, Valerio Amaro, on a quest to marry up some Tolkien text with everyday products. Here are a few […]
by Alice × on January 29, 2014 at 9:34 am ×
Natalia Bilenko, Ph.D student in Jack Gallant’s lab at the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at University of California, Berkeley, and Asako Miyakawa realized a dynamic graph of character relationships for three very different books, including […]
When I first saw Tomás Hijo’s Tolkien artwork, I immediately wanted to zoom in to see everything. The first piece I saw was his poster of The Battle of Five Armies, it’s a total of 40 […]
This is how tumblr user petitpotato imagines the dwarves Ori, Nori, and Dori would look if they were elves! She also re-envisioned Bombur, Bofur, and Bifur as their woodland elf counterparts. (Myla) Natalia Bilenko and […]
Published in 1997, The Hobbit Companion by David Day with illustrations by Lidia Postma is a book all about the meanings behind the words Tolkien created. With sections about hobbit history, Frodo Baggins, Bag End and […]
by Alice × on January 23, 2014 at 9:00 am ×
Tolkien’s world has inspired a great number of artists and artisans over the years and the Middle-earth News Team is always pleased to be able to talk with these talented people. Recently, I had the […]
This amazing paper sculpture is by Deviantartist FarTooManyIdeas who created this piece just from the images in the trailers for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. It is a fantastic likeness of the dragon Smaug […]
Following the recent publication of Tolkien’s unfinished poem, The Fall of Arthur, a new volume is being compiled to further delve into the legendarium, which the late Professor had planned to continue. According to Tolkien Library, […]
Do you ever find artwork that quickly makes you daydream of another world? Well, when I first laid eyes on Steamey’s Tolkien art that’s exactly what happened. I found myself spending a long time looking […]