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 ...

After The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, the franchise seemed unstoppable, but a great fantasy writer predicted the series' ...

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 ...

The Hobbitmovies make significant changes to J.R.R. Tolkien's source material, and they miss a major element of the book — though that's probably to be expected for the adaptations. Following Peter ...