J.R.R. Tolkien
.R.R. Tolkien's most famous works are The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. His other works published in his lifetime are also worth reading. Tolkien managed to create a complete world in Middle Earth, and much of his unpublished work and thoughts were collected by his son Christopher after his death and published in book form. This now far outweighs the work that was published in his own life-time. If you never read anything else by him, read The Hobbit.
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ISBN: 0345375211
Price: US$9.56
The Hobbit is a classic of children's fiction. First told as a bed-time story to Tolkien's own children, it has charmed young and old for close to a century. Bilbo Baggins, a respected and comfortable Hobbit, is recruited by Gandalf the Wizard and Thorin Oakenshield and his dwarven followers, to steal back the gold from Smaug the Golden, a mighty dragon.
ISBN: 0345340426
Price: US$19.17
First published to celebrate Tolkien's centenary (if he had still been alive), this contains all four separate books, and the last book has all the appendices. In the Lord of the Rings, Frodo, Bilbo's nephew, must set out to destroy the One Ring and help the allies defeat the forces of the evil Sauron. Many scenes of stirring adventure and battle, all set in an extremely well realised and believable world.
ISBN: 0345325818
Price: US$5.35
This is the first book published after Tolkien's death. The Silmarillion explains many of the myths and legends, battles and stories mentioned in the Lord of the Rings. While it can be extremely heavy going, it is worth the read.
ISBN: 0345375211
Price: US$5.39
This is the first in a long series by Christopher Tolkien to bring his father's musing and thoughts on the developement of Middle Earth to the public. Many of the stories are enlightening, others less so. Some are just extremely heavy going. Worth buying if you are a fanatic, otherwise you are warned...
ISBN: 0395576474
Price: US$15.95
A delightful poem in book form about that strange charcter who rescues the Hobbits from Old Man Willow in the Lord of the Rings. This is the story of how he meets and woos River Daughter.
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