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The
Lord of The Rings
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Three
Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in thier halls of stone
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them,
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
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PART1: The Fellowship of the Ring
PART2: The Two Towers
PART3: The Return of the King |
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I have finally finished reading The Lord of the Rings. WOW! What a novel! An awesome setting is plastered in your mind while you follow two hobbits to the dark place of mordor, and also watch as the realms of Gondor and Rohan unite to take their place in the War of the Ring.
In the first amazingly written book, you begin to learn a great deal more of the place where everyone's knees go weak at the mention of it, Mordor. I'll say it again, Mordor....(***shiver***).
In this 3 part series, we read of Frodo's un-willing heroic adventure across the plains of Middle-Earth...to his doom or not to his doom. He bears the one evil object which the enemy desires most. But he has to keep it well and truly out of the Dark Lords hands, unless he wishes for the Dark Lord to perish and rule Middle-Earth.
You learn about Saruman's deeds, of Balrogs and Oliphaunts, and of Lembas. You are introduced to many unforgetable characters. Being: Tom Bombadil, Strider or Aragorn, Galadriel, Boromir, Treebeard, Shadowfax, Lady Eowyn, Lady Arwen, Grima the Wormtongue, Smeagol, Faramir and not to mention Gandalf the Grey/White.
You also learn about many places in Middle-Earth, they being:
Hobbiton (of course), Bree, Rivendell, Moria (***shiver***), beautiful Lorien, the Anduin, Fangorn, Helm's Deep, Isengard, Falls of Rauros/Emyn Muil, the Dead Marshes, Minas Tirith and Cirith Ungol.
This brilliant book(s) has been nothing but amazing. Next up for me is The Silmarillion!
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Here are some links that contain information
on the new 'The Lord of the Rings' Movie Trilogy!
I can hardly wait for it to be finished.
The Official LOTR Movie Site
Heaps of Information on the New Movie, Great Site
Tolkien Network Movie Site
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Note that any pictures I may have on this page,
are here only because they perfectly fit the image that Tolkien gave me
when I read his works, if not better.
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Galadriel's Swan Boat
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Rivendell
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Frodo and Sam near Mordor
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Galadriel, Frodo and Sam
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The Hobbit
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The adventures of Bilbo, the UN-ambitious hobbit. This book
has many intriguing 'chapters' or 'episodes' if you like, one is Bilbo's
first conversation with Gollum, a frail 'has-been' hobbit, which consists
of many riddles (this is my favourite chapter). Other parts are when you
learn about trolls and sunlight, or when you learn how sneaky a burglar
Bilbo actually is, the 13/14 (?) dwarves....what are all their names again?
Oin, Gloin, Thorin, Thor...etc
the Battle of the Five Armies, the beautifully captured elves,
and of course Bilbo's talk with Smaug the Dragon in the Lonely Mountain.
You learn much in this prologue to The Lord of the Rings about Middle-Earth,
the setting where Tolkiens works are based.
This is an excellent and marvellous book, not even the word 'marvellous'
describes it justly. I doubt that any words could even contribute
fully to the description of this wonderous book. For those who haven't
read The Hobbit, it is a great tale in itself, there is no need to read
The Lord of the Rings afterwards, but I must warn you that it very well
may tempt you into it! It did to me, even though it was around 5
years after I read The Hobbit that I decided to read on. It finally got
the better of me!
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Bilbo
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Gollum
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Bilbo with the elves and dwarves
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Smaug
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JRR Tolkien himself
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