This is the story of how this innocent tries to overcome armies, magicians, all sorts of wierd folk(this "is" a fantasy novel), monsters and such to save his world. So Frodo with a few companions go on a quest to save the world by destroying the ring. The only way to destroy the ring is to chuck it into the fires of Mt. Vulnerable to it's maker Sauron(the ultimate bad guy looking to take over the world). The ring is a magic ring that gives it's owner invisibility when it is worn but makes your spirit He is a hobbit(they are little people prone to overeating and smoking their pipe) who inherits The Ring. The first of the blockbuster fantasy stories, The Lord of the Rings tells the story of little Frodo Baggins. Then read the LOTR again, understood alot better. It is the book that shows the beginning and is a help in understanding this novel. You will be quite surprised.Īnd also, recommend the Silmarillion. It may be fantasy, but it is really true to life also. Tolkien has definitely written a classic and I still can't believe I never heard of it. There were changes, but not to the extent it changed the meaning of the story. ![]() Everytime I run out of a book I pick it up and start where I left off. It is one of those books that is hard to put down. ![]() How the most different of people can turn to be friends and respect one anyone. It shows us how just one person, or in this case a hobbit can make a differnce in our world. It has so many moral phrases and values that I never realized till I read it the second time. Without going into the whole story line, I found the characters most interesting. I finally gave in, and thought I might as well get the complete novel and found that I just love it. She was persistent that I get the book, then go see the movie with her. My young co-worker was shocked that I have never read or heard of it. ![]() And then the Fellowship of the Ring came out. I have this book, with all 3 complete novels. 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 his eleventy-first birthday, Bilbo dissapeared 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 ever he searched far and wide 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 still it remained lost to him. Three-volume boxed set edition lavishly illustrated in full color by Alan Lee - One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, - One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them - 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.
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