It’s hard to imagine a world without Harry Potter or Game of Thrones, but we might be living in it if it weren’t for J.R.R. Tolkien. The author is widely credited with giving birth to the modern ...

The Lord of the Rings trilogy could have been completely different, if Tolkien's first outrageous idea for Aragorn's ...

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 best known ...

Sept. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1666, the Great Fire of London began. It destroyed 13,000 houses in four days. In 1935, a hurricane hit the Florida Keys, killing more than 350 people. In ...

Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's rich mythological worlds are not shy about their love for the author of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "The Hobbit." Now Marquette University — which has an extensive ...

The Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of the best series of films ever made. The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and ...