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J.R.R. Tolkien

Full Name: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Nicknames: Ronald, John Ronald, J.R.R.T., and Tollers

Birthdate: January 3rd, 1892

Birthplace: Bloemfontein, South Africa

Three reasons to love J.R.R. Tolkien

2.) J.R.R. Tolkien played rugby through all of his school years

2.) At age 19, Tolkien was quite dedicated to smoking his pipe.

3.) He loved his wife dearly, Tolkien and his wife are buried in the same grave. Below his name on the tombstone is inscribed "Beren" and below Edith's name is inscribed "Lúthien," in honor of two characters from The Silmarillion.

Silmarillion, The: Complete Part One And Two

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Silmarillion, The: Complete Part One

Silmarillion, The: Complete Part Two

The Silmarillion tells of the First Age of Tolkien's world, the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings so often look back.

When Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, destroyed the Two Trees whose light illuminated Valinor, the land of the gods, that light lived on only in the Silmarils, the three great jewels fashioned by the Elf Feanor, but Morgoth also seized the Silmarils to set them in his crown.

The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Feanor and his people against the gods, their exile in Middle-earth, and their war against the great Enemy.

Also included are the Ainulindale, a myth of the creation, the Valaquenta, describing the nature and powers of each of the gods, the Akallabeth which recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second Age, and of the Rings of Power which tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, events which are narrated in The Lord of the Rings

Lord of the Rings, The: Part One: The Fellowship of the Ring

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Lord of the Rings, The: Part One: The Fellowship of the Ring

Following Bilbo's 111th birthday, Frodo Baggins and his companion Sam Gamgee, set off along the same East Road down which Bilbo the Hobbit had accompanied Thorin Oakenshield and his dwarves all those many years ago. Much danger and many strange encounters await them: Gandalf, Tom Bombadil, the Black Riders, Strider, the Council of Elrond and the grass-clad slopes of Lórien.

Lord of the Rings, The: Part Two: The Two Towers

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Lord of the Rings, The: Part Two: The Two Towers

Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in the battle with an evil spirit in the Mines of Moria; and at the Falls of Rauros, Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape the rest of the company were attacked by Orcs.Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin - alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.

Lord of the Rings, The: Part Three: The Return of the King

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Lord of the Rings, The: Part Three: The Return of the King

The climactic volume of the trilogy, wherein the little hobbit and his trusty companions make a terrible journey to the heart of the land of the Shadow in a final reckoning with the power of Sauron.

Impossible to describe in a few words, JRR Tolkien's great work of imaginative fiction has been labelled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail. Tolkien created a vast new mythology in an invented world which has proved timeless in its appeal.

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  • lostinfiction Aug 10, 2009 @ 3:43 pm | delete
    Since you included a whole section on The Silmarillion, I just wanted to mention a post I made in my lens: http://www.squidoo.com/author_influences - added a bit about one of my fave authors who helped Christopher Tolkien edit The Silmarillion after JRR had died.
  • AslanBooks Nov 29, 2008 @ 8:42 pm | delete
    Excellent lens. I would like to personally invite you to join The Inklings: Remembering CS Lewis & Friends group.
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Michael Tolkien confirmed to appear at the Return of the Ring conference
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