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It has ultimately become one of the best-selling novels ever written, with 50 million copies sold by 2003 [59] and over 150 million copies sold by 2007. However, Gary Gygax, the lead designer of the game, stated that he included these elements as a marketing move to draw on the popularity the work enjoyed at the time he was developing the game. The Lord of the Rings has been adapted for in variuous media, including radio, stage, motion pictures, and videogames. The Folio Society edition of the Lord of the Rings trilogy comes with a stunning slipcase and covers designed by Francis Mosley, which look like dwarvish art designs you’d find in Moria when the kingdom was thriving. HarperCollins released this Diamond Anniversary edition in 2014, and it features Tolkien’s gorgeous dust-jacket designs that he crafted in the 1950s, but were never used.

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After a failed attempt to cross the Misty Mountains over the Redhorn Pass, the Fellowship take the perilous path through the Mines of Moria. Isildur had cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand in the battle ending the Second Age, but refused to destroy it, claiming it for himself.In his essay " Epic Pooh", fantasy author Michael Moorcock critiques the world-view displayed by the book as deeply conservative, in both the " paternalism" of the narrative voice and the power structures in the narrative. She is a former English major, and has never met a semicolon she didn’t accidentally abuse in some fashion. It is set at the beginning of the Second Age, long before the time of The Lord of the Rings, based on materials in the novel's appendices.

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Because the three-volume binding was so widely distributed, the work is often referred to as the Lord of the Rings " trilogy". The Arts and Crafts polymath William Morris was a major influence, [T 9] and Tolkien undoubtedly made use of some real place-names, such as Bag End, the name of his aunt's home.

In similar 2004 polls both Germany [93] and Australia [94] chose The Lord of the Rings as their favourite book. Various details of the frame story appear in the Prologue, its "Note on Shire Records", and in the Appendices, notably Appendix F. Despite its numerous detractors, the publication of the Ace Books and Ballantine paperbacks helped The Lord of the Rings become immensely popular in the United States in the 1960s. Some commentators have criticized the book for being a story about men for boys, with no significant women; or about a purely rural world with no bearing on modern life in cities; of containing no sign of religion; or of racism.

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Tolkien drew on a wide array of influences including language, [T 6] Christianity, [T 7] mythology and Germanic heroic legend including the Norse Völsunga saga, [21] archaeology, especially at the Temple of Nodens, [22] ancient and modern literature, like Finnish 19th-century epic poetry The Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot, [23] and personal experience. Frodo sets out on foot, offering a cover story of moving to Crickhollow, accompanied by his gardener Sam Gamgee and Frodo's cousin Pippin Took. In 1978, Ralph Bakshi made an animated film version covering The Fellowship of the Ring and part of The Two Towers, to mixed reviews. Unusually for 20th century novels, the prose narrative is supplemented throughout by over 60 pieces of poetry.Lewis observed that the writing is rich, in that some of the 'good' characters have darker sides, and likewise some of the villains have "good impulses". On the way, they are captured by rangers led by Faramir, Boromir's brother, and brought to the secret fastness of Henneth Annûn. The first Ballantine paperback edition was printed in October that year, selling a quarter of a million copies within ten months.

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H. Auden, who famously reviewed the final volume in 1956, [57] Tolkien himself made use of the term "trilogy" for the work [T 14] though he did at other times consider this incorrect, as it was written and conceived as a single book. When Swann met with Tolkien to play the songs for his approval, Tolkien suggested for " Namárië" (Galadriel's lament) a setting reminiscent of plain chant, which Swann accepted. In 1990, Recorded Books published an audio version of The Lord of the Rings, [121] read by the British actor Rob Inglis. Meanwhile, the Ents, roused by Merry and Pippin from their peaceful ways, attack and destroy Isengard, Saruman's stronghold, and flood it, trapping the wizard in the tower of Orthanc.AppendixC: "Family Trees" (Hobbits) Gives hobbit genealogies – not only for Bilbo and Frodo's Baggins family, but also their relations the Tooks and Brandybucks, which connect them to Pippin and Merry. Tom Shippey, like Tolkien an English philologist, notes the wide gulf between Tolkien's supporters, both popular and academic, and his literary detractors, and attempts to explain in detail both why the literary establishment disliked The Lord of the Rings, and the work's subtlety, themes, and merits, including the impression of depth that it conveys. That's not to say you have to be a LOTR scholar or Tolkien academic to post or enjoy this subreddit, but that we'd prefer mature topics of discussion here.