Yet unlike in the novel, Bilbo did not see the dragon firework, and when Frodo Baggins mentioned a dragon, Bilbo scoffed, ...

To Western readers, Tolkien wrote fantasy—but to Soviet censors, his tales carried dangerous truths. Why was Middle-Earth ...

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Northern Ireland - Lewis' birthplace - is widely credited as the true inspiration for Narnia, but according to Mr Johnson, it ...