tolkien Can you tell the difference between antidepressants and Tolkien characters? Take the quiz! Thom Dunn

Entertainment 'Lord of the Rings'-themed wedding looks like a lot of fun Xeni Jardin

fantasy The colonialism behind fantasy's vaguely Irish Elves Thom Dunn

video Excellent breakdown of LoTR's amazing Helm's Deep battle sequence Andrea James

architecture Hobbit house above Washington lake now available on Airbnb Andrea James

books Lovely watercolor illustrations of The Silmarillion's first chapter Andrea James

maps Frodo's trip to Mordor as a Google Map Andrea James

maps University of Oxford acquires rare map of Middle-earth annotated by Tolkien Mark Frauenfelder

fantasy Watch this Tolkien expert's master class on every race in Middle Earth Andrea James

illustration RIP Barbara Remington, illustrator of 60s paperback editions of “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” Mark Frauenfelder

deaths Christopher Tolkien, 1924-2020 Rob Beschizza

art Former Archbishop of Canterbury on Tolkien as a warning against fascism Rob Beschizza

novels Late bloomers: 10 classic books with terrible initial reviews Alyssa Favreau

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

christ what an asshole Palantir has figured out how to make money by using algorithms to ascribe guilt to people, now they're looking for new customers Cory Doctorow

happy mutants RIP, science fiction legend Brian W Aldiss Cory Doctorow

books Ranking authors by their adverb use Cory Doctorow

b-side Internet Talk Radio: Podcasting Like It Was 1993 Carl Malamud