Chance, Jane (1980) [1979]. "The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien's Epic". Tolkien's Art: A Mythology for England. Macmillan. pp.97–127. ISBN 0-333-29034-8. Cooper, Callista (5 December 2005). "Epic trilogy tops favourite film poll". ABC News Online. Archived from the original on 16 January 2006 . Retrieved 12 March 2006. The Hobbit follows Thorin and Company — Bilbo, Gandalf, and 13 dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield — as they set off to reclaim the dwarves’ ancestral home beneath Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug. Along the way, we’re introduced to Gollum and discover how Bilbo came into possession of the One Ring. The adventure culminates in the Battle of Five Armies, which lent its name to the final Hobbit film. 2. The Fellowship of the Ring The true source of the fantasy fiction genre. Tolkien has spawned so many fantasy writers since The Lord Of The Rings went into print. I love all the earlier ones too like Verne and Carrol and CS Lewis but The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings its like an institution.🐯👍 The Life and Works for JRR Tolkien". BBC. 7 February 2002. Archived from the original on 1 November 2010 . Retrieved 4 December 2010.

but, much more problematic, to all other genres for half a decade or something. Thanks for that, J.R.R! Close to all human mythology, faith, myths, etc. is fantasy and I see one of its biggest potentials in a fusion to science fantasy, because it opens up all options including any horror or psychothriller crime plot. Without Tolkien, this amazing development couldn´t have taken place Carpenter, Humphrey (2000). J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0-618-05702-1.Smith, Anthony (27 November 2000). "Rayner Unwin". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014 . Retrieved 12 June 2010. Brin, David (December 2002). "We Hobbits are a Merry Folk: an incautious and heretical re-appraisal of J. R. R. Tolkien". Salon Magazine. Archived from the original on 23 March 2006 . Retrieved 9 January 2006.

Bratman, David (2013) [2007]. "Parodies". In Drout, Michael D. C. (ed.). The J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp.503–504. ISBN 978-0-415-86511-1. Wood, Ralph C. (2003). The Gospel According to Tolkien. Westminster John Knox Press. pp. 2-4. ISBN 978-0-664-23466-9. Bibliography: Cover: Bored of the Rings". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved 10 August 2011. The Lord of the Rings is considered one of the greatest fantasy books ever written, and it has helped to create and shape the modern fantasy genre. Since release, it has been reprinted many times and translated into at least 38 languages. [d] Its enduring popularity has led to numerous references in popular culture, the founding of many societies by fans of Tolkien's works, [5] and the publication of many books about Tolkien and his works. It has inspired many derivative works, including paintings, music, films, television, video games, and board games. I love The Lord of the Rings, but I love it with reservations. I love it because of its place in my personal mythology, its genuine originality, its creativity, its power, but I love it with my mind open to its flaws, and I refuse to make excuses for Tolkien or his work.a b c Doughan, David. "J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biographical Sketch". TolkienSociety.org. Archived from the original on 3 March 2006 . Retrieved 16 June 2006. More than 60 Lord of the Rings -inspired recipes, including Elvish Bread, Root Vegetable Stew, and Old Winyard’s Mulled Wine Many have called Tolkien by such epithets as 'The Father of Fantasy', but anyone who makes this claim simply does not know of the depth and history of the fantasy genre. For those who are familiar with the great and influential fantastical authors, from Ovid and Ariosto to Eddison and Dunsany to R.E. Howard and Fritz Leiber, it is clear that, long before Tolkien, fantasy was already a complex, well-established, and even a respected literary genre.

And even when the criticism is not necessarily suggesting a flaw in Tolkien's work but merely the presence of some subtext, the dogmatists react with rage and condemnation. A fine example of this is when Queer and Gender theorists point to the overwhelming relationships between men, and how the relationship between Frodo and Sam is homosocial, at least, and possibly even homosexual. The only true intimacy in the book occurs between the men, after all, and to ignore that fact is to ignore one of key components of why The Lord of the Rings is so emotionally satisfying, especially to young men. Book 494 From 1001 Books) - The Lord of The Rings (The Lord of the Rings #1-3), J.R.R. (John Ronald Reuel) Tolkien

The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings (publication history) Tolkien, J. R. R. (15 February 2012). The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0547952017. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017 . Retrieved 16 September 2017. Higgins, Andrew (2014). "Tolkien's Poetry (2013), edited by Julian Eilmann and Allan Turner". Journal of Tolkien Research. 1 (1). Article 4. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019 . Retrieved 15 May 2020. Tolkien created the word to define a different view of myth from C. S. Lewis's "lies breathed through silver", writing the poem " Mythopoeia" to present his argument; it was first published in Tree and Leaf in 1988. [9] Fascism crushed by united, different fractions that understand that they´re just powerful together as one population of Middle earth, no matter how small and hairy or angular eared they may be. Tolkien was initially opposed to titles being given to each two-book volume, preferring instead the use of book titles: e.g. The Lord of the Rings: Vol. 1, The Ring Sets Out and The Ring Goes South; Vol. 2, The Treason of Isengard and The Ring Goes East; Vol. 3, The War of the Ring and The End of the Third Age. However, these individual book titles were dropped, and after pressure from his publishers, Tolkien suggested the volume titles: Vol. 1, The Shadow Grows; Vol. 2, The Ring in the Shadow; Vol. 3, The War of the Ring or The Return of the King. [55] [56]