But the simple band of gold was far from ordinary it was in fact the One Ring - the greatest of the ancient Rings of Power. Today, THE LORD OF THE RINGS is considered 'the most influential fantasy novel ever written.' (THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASY)ĭuring his travels across Middle-earth, the hobbit Bilbo Baggins had found the Ring. A philologist and illustrator who took inspiration from his work, Tolkien invented the modern heroic quest novel from the ground up, creating not just a world, but a domain, not just a lexicon, but a language, that would spawn countless imitators and lead to the inception of the epic fantasy genre.

Tolkien's richly complex series ushered in a new age of epic adventure storytelling. Originally published from 1954 through 1956, J.R.R. THE LORD OF THE RINGS tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard the hobbits Merry, Pippin and Sam Gimli the Dwarf Legolas the Elf Boromir of Gondor and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider. On Bilbo's eleventy-first birthday, he disapeared, bequeathing to his young cousin, Frodo, the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom. He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but always he searched for the One Ring that would complete his dominion. After many ages, it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.įrom his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

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