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J.R.R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings

One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them
One ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.


Books by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Father Christmas Letters j394.26/TOL
The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again ---Book: YA jJH/TOL, jPBK/YA/PBK/TOLKIEN,J.
Audiobook: AUDIO/TOL/CD, jAUDIO/TOL/TAPE
Video: jVIDEO/HOB
The Lord of the Rings Book: FIC, jPBK/TOL, jJH/TOL, YA/PBK/TOLKIEN,J.
Audiobook: jAUDIO/TOL/TAPE, jTAPE/TOL/OVERSIZE
Video: jVIDEO/LOR, VIDEO/3450
Poems and Stories 828.912/TOL
Roverandom jTOL, FAN/SCI-FI
The Silmarillion FIC
Smith of Wooton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham FAN/SCIFI
The Tolkien Reader FAN/SCIFI
Tree and Leaf: Including the Poem Mythopoeia 809.915/TOL


Books about the Lord of the Rings

Chance, Jane, The Lord of the Rings: The Mythology of Power, 1992. 823.912/TOLKIEN
Foster, Robert, The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth: From The Hobbit to The Silmarillion, 1978. 823.91209 TOLKIEN
Hardy, Gene B., The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit: Notes, 1977. NOTES/LOR
Isaacs, Neil David, Tolkien and the Critics, 1968. 823.91209 TOLKIEN
Lobdell, Jared, A Tolkien Compass, 1975. 823.91209 TOLKIEN
Tolkien, J.R.R., Tolkien, Christopher (ed.),
   The History of Middle Earth series,
   The Book of Lost Tales, I & II FIC
   The Lays of Beleriand 823.91209 TOLKIEN
   The Shaping of Middle-Earth 823.91209 TOLKIEN
   The Lost Road and Other Writings FAN/SCIFI
   The Treason of Isengard: 823.91209/TOLKIEN
   Sauron Defeated 823.91209/TOLKIEN
   Morgoth's Ring FIC
Tyler, J. E. A., The Tolkien Companion, 1976. 823.91209 TOLKIEN

Books about J.R.R. Tolkien

Collins, David R., J.R.R. Tolkien: Master of Fantasy, 1991. JB/TOLKIEN
Helms, Randel, Tolkien's World, 1974. 823.91209/TOLKIEN
Neimark, Anne E., Myth Maker : J.R.R. Tolkien., 1996. jB/TOLKIEN,J.
Ready, William Bernard, The Tolkien Relation: A Personal Inquiry, 1968. 823.91209/TOLKIEN
Santoyo, Julio-Cesar, John R.R. Tolkien, 1983. SPANISH/823.91209/TOLKIEN
Shippey, T. A., J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century, 2001. 828.91209/TOLKIEN
Shippey, T. A., The Road to Middle-Earth, 1982. 823.91209/TOLKIEN
Shorto, Russell, J.R.R. Tolkien. Man of Fantasy, 1988. YA/823.91209/TOLKIEN

Tolkien Web Sites

Lord of the Rings Official Movie Site - Everything about the film, including buying tickets online.
Lord of the Ring Fanatics Site - This site promises a very extensive collection of original Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit and Middle-earth related information, background, research and products.
The Tolkien Society - The Tolkien Society is an international organization dedicated to encouraging interest in the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Includes a great list of links to other sites.
National Geographic Beyond the Movie: Lord of the Rings Web site - A guide to the world of J.R.R Tolkien, including book reviews, analyses, trivia, Tolkien’s obituary. Updated weekly.

Who Was Tolkien?

by David Doughan

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a major scholar of the English language, specialising in Old and Middle English. Twice Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford, he also wrote a number of stories, including most famously The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955), which are set in a pre-historic era in an invented version of the world which he called by the Middle English name of Middle-earth. This was peopled by Men (and women), Elves, Dwarves, Trolls, Orcs (or Goblins) and of course Hobbits. He has regularly been condemned by the Eng. Lit establishment, with honourable exceptions, but loved by literally millions of readers worldwide.



 
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