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Why Do We Love the Brutality of “Grimdark” Fantasy?

Why Do We Love the Brutality of “Grimdark” Fantasy?

Alexa Schmitt Bugler on a Genre That Repudiates the Moralistic Fantasies of Tolkien

By Alexa Schmitt Bugler | March 23, 2022

This geologist-turned-pastry chef is living as an actual hobbit in the Italian countryside.

This geologist-turned-pastry chef is living as an actual hobbit in the Italian countryside.

By Walker Caplan | September 7, 2021

The Hobbit."> Take a look at Tove Jansson’s illustrations for a Swedish edition of <em

Take a look at Tove Jansson’s illustrations for a Swedish edition of <em

The Hobbit.">Take a look at Tove Jansson’s illustrations for a Swedish edition of The Hobbit.

By Walker Caplan | August 10, 2021

Lord of the Rings."> Watch this endearingly low-budget Soviet TV adaptation of <em

Watch this endearingly low-budget Soviet TV adaptation of <em

Lord of the Rings.">

Lord of the Rings.">Watch this endearingly low-budget Soviet TV adaptation of Lord of the Rings.

By Vanessa Willoughby | April 6, 2021

J.R.R. Tolkien's previously unseen essays about Middle-earth will be published in June.

J.R.R. Tolkien's previously unseen essays about Middle-earth will be published in June.

By Walker Caplan | November 19, 2020

Antidepressants or Tolkien: a quiz for actual sad nerds.

Antidepressants or Tolkien: a quiz for actual sad nerds.

By Jonny Diamond | May 21, 2020

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