Parker Bennett is a graduate of Emerson College with more than 3 years of writing experience. He's been a fan and scholar of Tolkien's extended works for nearly his whole life, and is excited to be ...

Linguistics is one of the degrees most often dragged through the mud for being "useless," but The Lord of the Rings, one of the highest-grossing franchises of all time, might not have been possible, ...

Remember back in the day when The Lord of the Rings trilogy came out, and you decided to learn Elvish? It’s okay, we were right there with you. Well, if you still have nostalgia for the time in your ...

On Nov. 29, 1931, J.R.R. Tolkien introduced the world to Middle-earth — the most important part of it, anyway. The Hobbit wouldn’t be published for six more years. The Lord of the Rings was still ...

Carola is a writer, filmmaker, and professional nerd. She enjoys watching movies and TV shows, talking about movies and TV shows, and even the daunting task that is trying to keep up with the 500 ...