Lord Of The Rings Triology 3 in 1 Book
A Christian can almost be forgiven for not reading the Bible, but
there's no salvation for a fantasy fan who hasn't read the gospel of the
genre, J.R.R. Tolkien's definitive three-book epic, the Lord of the
Rings (encompassing The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The
Return of the King), and its charming precursor, The Hobbit. That many
(if not most) fantasy works are in some way derivative of Tolkien is
understood, but the influence of the Lord of the Rings is so universal
that everybody from George Lucas to Led Zeppelin has appropriated it for
one purpose or another.
Not just revolutionary because it was
groundbreaking, the Lord of the Rings is timeless because it's the
product of a truly top-shelf mind. Tolkien was a distinguished linguist
and Oxford scholar of dead languages, with strong ideas about the
importance of myth and story and a deep appreciation of nature. His
epic, 10 years in the making, recounts the Great War of the Ring and the
closing of Middle-Earth's Third Age, a time when magic begins to fade
from the world and men rise to dominance. Tolkien carefully details this
transition with tremendous skill and love, creating in the Lord of the
Rings a universal and all-embracing tale, a justly celebrated classic.