This Week in Middle-earth
Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings March 17 Battle of Dale King Brand and King Dáin Ironfoot fall Many Dwarves and Men take refuge in Erebor and are besieged Shagrat brings Frodo’s cloak, […]
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This Week in Middle-earth
Year 2941 – The Hobbit October 6 Thorin requests supplies at Lake-town At the end of a fortnight Thorin began to think of departure. While the enthusiasm still lasted in the town was the time […]
This Week in Middle-earth – Special Edition
Welcome to a special edition of This Week in Middle-earth! With Tolkien Week, Hobbit Day, and Feast Week right around the corner, the list of happenings within Middle-earth grows by leaps and bounds. While a […]
Women and Chauvinism in Middle-Earth: Shelob
During my research for the previous article about Galadriel, I came across Anne C. Petty’s book One Ring to Bind Them All: Tolkien’s Mythology. There she states that Galadriel and Shelob are “both manifestations of the […]
Elijah Wood Answers Questions From Fans
Actor Elijah Wood, who played Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, left a message on his Facebook page yesterday inviting his fans to ask him questions on the website Reddit. […]
Now Shipping from Sideshow Collectibles – Frodo and Samwise
Sideshow Collectibles has created some amazing polystone statues of our favorite characters from The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Joining their line of The Lord of the Rings collectibles is the long awaited Frodo and […]
EXCLUSIVE Bonus Chapter from ‘Wisdom of the Shire’ – Part 2
This is the conclusion to the EXCLUSIVE Bonus Chapter: The Children of the Shire from The Wisdom of the Shire. Read the first section here. Tolkien obviously loved his children. But strangely enough there is only […]
Feast Week, Day 5: The Feast of Tom Bombadil
Hey! Come derry dol! Hop along, my hearties! Hobbits! Ponies all! We are fond of parties. Now let the fun begin! Let us sing together! The Fellowship of the Ring, Chapter 6, The Old Forest […]
Feast Week, Day 4: Farmer Maggot’s Feast
When Frodo, Sam and Pippin bumped into Farmer Maggot their feelings were mixed. Pippin regarded him as a “stout fellow” whereas Frodo’s memory of him was one of fear from when, as a boy, Frodo […]
