Tolkien – Fansites
- Flying Moose of Nargothrond: pre-dating the movie hype, this is the funniest Tolkien site around
- Ardalambion: all about Tolkien’s languages, as well as the famous Numenor movie idea
- Lord of the Rings Fanatics Site: general fan site with a lot of information (defunct)
- The Lord of the Rings Fanatics Plaza: the largest Tolkien forum on the web (including its Archives)
- The Thain’s Book: the only online Tolkien encyclopaedia you should be using
The Movies – Fansites
- TheOneRing.net: one of the oldest Tolkien sites on the web and the best source for Tolkien and Movie news
- The Lord of the Rings Image Library: literally thousands of screencaps from all three films
- Forumshire: The Hobbit Movie Forum: a small but active forum founded by members of the-hobbit-movie.com after it was bought out
- DM of the Rings: an awesome webcomic telling the story of a D&D campaign based on The Lord of the Rings
Tolkien – Official
- The Tolkien Estate: the official website of Tolkien’s heirs and executors
- HarperCollins: Tolkien’s official UK publisher
- Houghton Mifflin: Tolkien’s official US publisher
- Official Tolkien Book Shop: run by HarperCollins
The Movies – Official
- Middle-earth Enterprises: formerly Tolkien Enterprises; holders of the film rights to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
- New Line Cinema: the studio behind LOTR
- The Lord of the Rings: the official site
- The Hobbit: the new official site, replaced the official blog
Other Fandoms
- MuggleNet: all sorts of Harry Potter news and information. Be sure to read the hilarious Wall of Shame
- StarDestroyer.Net: various topics related to Star Wars, Star Trek, and science (Warning: contains some foul language)
- Darths & Droids: a webcomic that applies the basic concept of DM of the Rings to the Star Wars universe
- Westeros: the ultimate A Song of Ice and Fire mega-site
- AvatarSpirit.Net: comprehensive Avatar: The Last Airbender fansite, including forums
- Avatar Abridged: very funny, though you need a certain familiarity with A:TLA to get all the jokes
Everything Else
- BBC News: if you’re an American like me who is used to the corporate news, get ready for a breath of fresh air. If you’re not an American, remind yourself how lucky you are to have a decent news media
- Cracked.com: a very nice general humor site that I found through their article “50 Reasons Lord of the Rings Sucks” (Warning: contains some foul language/non-kid-friendly material)
- YouTube: is there anything I can say about this that hasn’t been said a million times before? I think not
- Google Chrome: The browser of the future
- Box Office Mojo: the best movie- and box office-tracking site on the web. Has a huge database of films with a lot of information on their theatrical runs and how much money they made
- Metacritic: a site that tracks critical reviews for movies and video games and calculates a weighted average. Better than Rotten Tomatoes, which just tallies the number of positive reviews
