J.R.R. Tolkien wrote more than just The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, but his Middle-earth books weren't released in ...

Fan Gerard Baker said a two-part sculpture of Tolkien and his wife, erected on 6 June, had started to crack due to its "open ...

Like many of the authors on our list, Pratchett didn't just create fictional worlds but he wanted to change our real one too. As he famously put it, "Fantasy isn't just about wizards and silly wands.

For many of us, it began with a hole – a hobbit hole. But for J.R.R. Tolkien, he started elsewhere. Born on Jan. 3, 1892, in South Africa, Tolkien had a difficult childhood. While he may be b… ...

John Hendrix’s graphic novel, The Mythmakers, is slated for an on-screen makeover. Find out more about the project here.

The author's theory on the origin of the word hobbit, for example, is as learned as it is free of academic jargon. Even his analyses of the abstruse Silmarillion, Tolkien's equivalent of Joyce's ...