Middle-earth overlapping Earth
“I have, I suppose, constructed an imaginary time, but kept my feet on my own mother-earth for place.” Tolkien, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: 211 To Rhona Beare Tolkien once mentioned in one of his […]
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An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth
Time to get out the hot glue gun! Klaire De Lys shows us how to recreate the Thranduil crown from The Hobbit. Using a few simple tools and materials you too can rule over the Woodland […]
Happy Birthday to Grant Major!
Happy Birthday to Kiwi production designer Grant Major, who turns 59 today! Grant Major was born on April 18, 1955 in Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand. He is perhaps best known for his Academy Award […]
An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth
Etsy seller The Green Dragon Inn creates beautiful travel posters for the lands of Middle-earth. In addition to the Rivendell poster above, you’ll find lovely posters for Rohan, Gondor, The Shire, Mount Doom, and other […]
The Tolkien Inspired Music of Martin Romberg
The orchestral compositions by full time composer, Martin Romberg, are some of the most beautiful original Tolkien music I have ever heard. When I first heard about his music I was very excited to hear […]
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Gets October Release Date
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Monolith Productions have revealed that Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is scheduled for release on October 7 of this year. It will be available on Xbox 360, Xbox One, Playstation 3, Playstation […]
The Lord of the Thrones: Middle-earth Houses in Westeros
Obviously, the team at Middle-earth News is full of Tolkien fans. But, we’ve got to be honest. About half of our team of reporters are enthusiastic viewers of the television series Game of Thrones. Season 4 […]
Call for Papers: Neglected Aspects of Middle-earth
As reported on the homepage of the German Tolkien Society, the Dutch Tolkien Society has sent out a call for papers on ‘neglected aspects of Middle-earth’ for their upcoming Lembas Extra magazine. Topics can range […]
The Colors of The Hobbit
Although we were in many ways in familiar territory when we first encountered The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in 2012, there were some striking differences between the look and feel of The Hobbit and that […]
The City of Minas Tirith Built With 420,000 Matchsticks
I’m always fascinated by the amount of Tolkien-inspired fan art I find on the internet, but I had never seen an entire city built completely out of matchsticks, let alone thousands of matchsticks! The Iowa […]
