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Embrace Your Villainous Nature

Have you ever wanted to learn manners the Sackville-Baggins’ way? What about the art of training wargs? The Unofficial Middle-earth Monster’s Guide:Hunt Hobbits, Hoard Treasure, and Embrace Your Villainous Nature by The Mordor Collective gives […]

Facsimile First Edition of ‘The Hobbit’ to be Released This Year

A special edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is coming soon! Though it won’t be released until September 11, 2014, you can pre-order this special release of The Hobbit now through Amazon. According to the […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

Tumblr user CaracalFeathers is responsible for this amazing edible creation. She described her dish: “Marzipan Smaug atop a treasure of golden sprinkles and rich chocolate souffle.  As fun to eat as he was to make!” […]

Benedict Sings on Set

Benedict Cumberbatch’s talent for singing has been praised by his co-star in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Luke Evans.  Luke, who plays Bard the Bowman, told the Daily Mail, ‘I’ve always known he [Benedict] was a […]

New RealD Technology on Display in ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’

If the technology is cutting-edge, you can bet that Peter Jackson has used it in some form for his film making. The Lord of the Rings was hailed as a ground breaking film for the fantasy genre. […]

This Week in Middle-earth

Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings January 8 The company reaches Hollin January 11, 12 Snow on Caradhras ‘Caradhras was called the Cruel, and had an ill name, said Gimli, ‘long years ago, […]

Dan Hennah Receives Art Directors Guild Nomination

Awards season has officially kicked off and it seems The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug has been receiving nominations left and right! Most recently, set designer Dan Hennah received a nomination from the Art Directors Guild for “Excellence […]

Tolkien Reading Days at the Castle Otzberg in Germany

A new year brings new adventures. If you’re unsure how to spend the upcoming months and happen to be in Germany, there are a few events that might you. On the grounds of the Castle […]

Presentation on “J.R.R. Tolkien and the Uses of Fantasy” This Tuesday

This Tuesday at 7 p.m., the Wilton Public & Greg Free Library in Wilton, NH will be offering a presentation on Tolkien, titled “J.R.R. Tolkien and the Uses of Fantasy.” The program is free and […]

Take the Hobbits to Isengard!

Yesterday, Community Manager Sapience announced on the LOTRO forums an upcoming in-game event where each server will be challenged with helping his low-level hobbits make it to Isengard without being defeated. Players are encouraged to […]