On Sept. 15, 1939, two weeks after Nazi Germany invaded Poland, triggering World War II, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote to his publisher to explain why he didn’t expect to make much progress on his new story ...

This four-book hardcover collection includes gorgeous watercolor illustrations by Alan Lee, the conceptual designer for Peter ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

The publication of "The Fall of Gondolin," at long last, represents the conclusion of a loose trilogy set in the Elder Days of J.R.R. Tolkien's fictional realm of Middle-earth. As with the ...

A new Oxford exhibition offers unusual artifacts of the famed writer. TOLKIEN TREASURES. Above, the final design of The Hobbit dust jacket is part of ‘Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth.’ Tolkien not only ...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media said today it will publish “a previously unseen collection of writings by J.R.R. Tolkien in the U.S. on June 24, 2021.” “The Nature of Middle-earth” will be in ...

Good news for “Lord of the Rings” fans: A new book by J.R.R. Tolkien hit shelves Thursday, a century after the fantasy author first started working on it. “Beren and Lúthien,” a story that Tolkien ...

In The Books That Made Us, Rebecca Bratten Weiss argues that the texts we regard as Christian classics should be studied with ...

J.R.R. Tolkien'sThe Lord of the Rings and Frank Herbert's Dune are some of the most influential works of literature of all time. These stories are etched into the DNA of high fantasy and science ...

The publication of “The Fall of Gondolin,” at long last, represents the conclusion of a loose trilogy set in the Elder Days of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional realm of Middle-earth. As with the ...