I haven't read everything he's written, but I have absorbed all of the ring saga from the Hobbit, LOTR, The Silmarillion and the Unfinished Tales collated by his son, Christopher. Any fantasy poll I have seen rates him number one, ...

When I mention the words "Mists of Avalon" to many women, something strange happens.

The eyes glaze over, the mouth falls open, and a stream of jargon falls from the lips: "goddess within," "magical," "feminine divine," "changed my life," "feminine energies," and so forth.

I find it kind of alarming, actually. All right, I exaggerate, but the sway that this historical romance holds over many women is ...

Once upon a time and not so very long ago, science fiction found its inspiration in the near solar system: landing on the moon was science fiction. Landing on Mars was outright fantasy. ...

Parallel Earths are a classic element of writing, almost as commonly accepted as aliens, faster-than-light-travel, magic, and cyberspace. Indeed, my entire Xai project is based on the idea of parallel worlds - so it's a subject close to my heart and a few other vital internal organs

Writing parallel Earths however is more difficult than it seems. It's easy to slap a few changes on our world or on a particular time period - but this doesn't mean it produces a consistent, coherent, or believable ...

I enjoyed talking with my grandfather on many occasions prior to his death and, not surprisingly, our conversations often strayed into the realm of his greatest creation - Dune - and its marketing to the general public. There were many times when Grandpa laughed about this, because he saw Dune as something unique and far removed from the marketable world. Later he began to realize Dune wasn't just unique but was a parable of human life that would endure ...