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Summary: A Imagination Beyond Many Others
Review: The Lord of the Rings is truly the most wonderful book ever. J.R.R Tolkien puts his amazing imagination to work and creates The Lord of the Rings, which has been peoples favorite read for quite some time. The way J.R.R explains middle earth makes it sound as it was a real place; a place of enchanting elves, hobbites, men and dwarfs. The books by J.R.R Tolkien are definatly books you will read and love for a very long. In these books, you can expect surprises which are good and sad. I know they will always be a favorite to me, as to many people. If you haven't read this book, I recommend this book to people of all ages. These books are ones you will find hard to put down!
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Summary: fine
Review: Despite all the hype and hoopla, the fanatical adoration, and silliness attached to it, this book is (or these books are--however you care to look at it or them) pretty good. The incessant questing is tedious, the hero-making gratuitous, and the monsters annoying, but I liked hiking about on foot in the open. I liked the absence of automobiles, trains, planes, and busses. I liked immersing myself in this other world for a considerable stretch of time. The author is very accomplished at manipulating the English language: he's got chops; but this is hardly a literary masterpiece. Enjoy it for what it is.
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Summary: great
Review: A thoroughly satisfying fantasy experience. A rich world, noble characters, and detailed plot make for an engrossing, rewarding read.
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Summary: Truth and Beauty
Review: Remember reading books as a child? Some books had that magical, innocent quality. Well, Tolkien somehow captured that spirit in a book written for adults. As the book progresses, you realize that Tolkien understands the universal powers of Truth and Beauty.
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Summary: Before Harry Potter
Review: There was the Lord of the Rings. One of the greatest story tellers of all time, J.R.R. Tolkien takes you for a wild ride through Middle Earth. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is truly a work of art. Not only does Tolkien write and incredible story, he does so inventing incredible characters, species, languages and lands. Tolkien is mesmerizing! The story begins and is told about Frodo Baggins, a hobbit of sorts. Well no the story actually begins back in the book called The Hobbit and the story is about Frodo's uncle Bilbo. You see Bilbo went on and adventure, one that took him to far off lands and to great treasures and excitement. Bilbo, as said before, returned with many great treasures, the greatest of those was unknown to most, but it was most preciousss of all. The most preciousss was a ring. This trilogy is about that One Ring...but this is not any ring, for many rings have been made, and many were magical rings with mysterious powers. This ring however is special. For this ring was forged by the intense furnace of hatred and evil. And used for death, destruction and domination of all kind. "One ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in darkness bind them" The One however laid unknown to all for many years. Bilbo the keeper and possesor of the ring has become restless for the road and for adventure, so he leaves his treasures and his preciousss for his nephew Frodo. But unfortunatley for Frodo the evil that created the ring, yes the master of that ring, has awoken and now craves it as a flower craves the sun in the dead of winter. And so the quest begins to destroy the One Ring. As he travels bad fortune follows the young hobbit, for in order to destroy the One Ring, Frodo must first transport it safely into the very depths of Morodor, the domain of the Dark Master, avoiding the evil that is controlled by Him. Yet as he joins a group dedicated to the safe transport of the One Ring, he finds that the One Ring draws evil to it. He must not only fight the evil creatures of Middle earth but also the evil inside his each of his companions. So begins the trilogy THE LORD OF THE RINGS, buy it, read it live it.
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Summary: Greatest story ever told
Review: There is something about this story that makes me think of it as the best story I ever read. I like the immensity of it. It is nothing short of a Biblical struggle between good and evil. And yet it isn't just a "shoot-em-up" because the heroes have chosen to destroy power, not to wield it. The title character, the Lord of the Rings, is a hideous creature named Sauron who is the most powerful living thing in "Middle Earth". He has concentrated much of his power into a magic ring, which has been lost many centuries, but the ring has finally been found by a small "hobbit". If Sauron recovers it, his awesome power will be multiplied and he will be unstoppable. He will rule the world in Hitler fashion. The heroes of the free world are the wizard Gandalf, mankind's most valiant Aragorn, powerful and magical elf leaders Elrond and Galadriel, and little hobbit Frodo Baggins who holds the One Ring of power. The writer's style is often Biblical, but sometimes it is geared to a young readership, playful. Pippin Took and Tom Bombadil are characters that seem drawn to appeal to children. To me, every character is a gift to be treasured.
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Summary: The best books I have ever read!
Review: The Lord of the rings is the absolute best Book 'series' I have read in my life! I could not put the book down the entire time! It kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time, and it is by far MUCH BETTER THAN THE MOVIE! The movie was 3 hours long and they still didn't chip the Iceberg on this one! there is non stop action through the whole book! To anyone that likes sci-fi fanticy books I would highley recomend this one, it is most definatley one you dont want to miss!
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Summary: Edition's poor printing detracts from story's perfection
Review: Having read an early paperback version of 'The Lord of the Rings' as a kid in the '60's, I had no need to reassess my perception of this story as being one of the most wondrous, magical, expansive, and excellently-written tales ever told. Imagine my dismay, then, at finding that the hardcover editions I had finally acquired were the result of poor-quality printing that cannot be ignored. Individual pages display various levels of contrasting black print. Often the print bleeds on the paper, blurring many of the place-names on the otherwise-perfect maps. The pages resemble those made on a copy machine that's running out of ink. If I had it to do over again, I'd have purchased paperback editions until I had a chance to go shopping at a walk-in store in order to peruse and identify a finer hard copy version.
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Summary: Glad I finally read the darn thing!
Review: My fiance' has been pestering me for years about the Lord of the Rings, since he figures any fantasy fan worth her/his salt ought to have experienced the trilogy. I've begun to read the books a bunch of times, and every time I found them beautifully written--but also slow, plodding, and devoid of convincing female characters. Finally, on a long road trip, I made myself finish the first two books, and when I hit the third book, I got the reward! _The Return of the King_ is worth every plodding moment in the first two installments, IMHO. Though the story has been slow up until this point, suddenly it breaks into nonstop adrenaline-laced action with the battle of Minas Tirith, and heartbreaking suspense as Frodo and Sam travel the last agonizing stretch to Orodruin. And none of this would make any sense without the first two books' buildup. If you can get through the first two books, you'll find that they're worth it. And lo and behold, I also found the feisty Eowyn, for whom I caught myself cheering aloud a couple of times!
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Summary: A great addition to your library !
Review: These are beautiful books. Very attractive ! Easy to handle. The bindings are fine, not like written in previous reviews(don't believe them), & they stand up to use. I would and have bought this set to use and treasure !
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