"What I did on my summer vacation: First I painted myself to look like an Uruk-hai. Then I strapped myself into some armor. And then I killed some humans and ate their livers." Well, no so much the last part.

Can the word "Rivendell" be owned? The J.R.R. Tolkien estate seems to think so, because it recently stopped a Canadian summer camp from going by that name "to preserve the integrity of the Tolkien works."

We always knew that if we tried to write and market a novel (as opposed to fanfic) about Bilbo or Frodo or Aragorn, we'd get our heads handed to us by the Tolkien estate. But we never even thought about what would happen if we did the same with a book starring J.R.R. Tolkien himself. One writer just found out.

Once upon a time, the Fab Four—having slayed the pop charts—decided to set their sights on the Dark Lord Sauron by making a Lord of the Rings feature, starring themselves. One man dared stand in their way: J.R.R. Tolkien.