Most people are familiar with The Hobbit or Lords of the Rings. We give the a quick synopsis of Tolkien's masterwork, The Silmarillion.

JRR Tolkien set out to write a mythos for England, and ended up impacting cultures across the globe.

Was The Hobbit intended to be a children's book? What about the movies - are they meant for children?

How does magic work? Nerds on Earth looks across several popular nerdy properties and explains!