The Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings / The Silmarillion

by J. R. R. Tolkien

Other authors: Christopher Tolkien (Editor)

Series: The Lord of the Rings (Omnibus Prelude, 1-3, Mythology)

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I can't really review The Lord of the Rings anymore. I have read the books (and many of the other volumes dealing with Middle Earth) so many times over the past 40 years, and the world was such a big part of my younger self's thinking, that I no longer know whether these books are good or not. They are by no means perfect and do have some problematic issues, but I cannot think of them as anything other than fundamental - almost a separate class of book.

I started re-reading Fellowship about a year ago (20th reread? 30th reread? I have no idea anymore), just taking my time, reading it when I wanted. By mid-May I was about 1/4 through Return and got distracted by other reading. I did not pick it up again seriously for 7 months, and when I did, it took about a paragraph and I knew exactly where I was, what the story was up to that point, and what was coming up - just as if I had put it down earlier in the day.

I will be rereading this until I die, probably. (

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tokyoadam | Jul 14, 2022 |

I found this pretty ordinary, but at least I made it through, unlike the Lord of the Rings trilogy!

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
J. R. R. Tolkien	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Tolkien, Christopher	Editor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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The Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

Le silmarillion, tome 1 by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

Le silmarillion, tome 2 by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

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The Silmarillion, Vol. 1 {audiobook} by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

The Silmarillion, Vol. 2 {audiobook} by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

The Silmarillion, Vol. 3 {audiobook} by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

シルマリルの物語〈上〉| The Silmarillion (Part 1) by J.R.R. トールキン (indirect)

シルマリルの物語〈下〉| The Silmarillion (Part 2) by J.R.R. トールキン (indirect)

Feanors Fluch. Sonderausgabe. by John R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

Tuor und seine Ankunft in Gondolin by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

The Hobbit (Part 1 of 2) by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

The Hobbit (Part 2 of 2) by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

The Lord of the Rings: Appendices by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

The Ring Sets Out: Being the First Book of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

The Ring Goes South: Being the Second Book of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

The Treason of Isengard: Being the Third Book of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

The Ring Goes East: Being the Fourth Book of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

The War of the Ring: Being the Fifth Book of the Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

The End of the Third Age: Being the Sixth Book of the Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

Annals of the Kings and Rulers by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

Lord of the Rings Book 1 Fellowship of the Ring Part 1-1 {Japanese New Edition} by J.R.R. トールキン (indirect)

Lord of the Rings Book 2 Fellowship of the Ring Part 1-2 {Japanese New Edition} by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

The Stone Troll [poem] by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

Lord of the Rings Book 3 Fellowship of the Ring Part 2-1 {Japanese New Edition} by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

Lord of the Rings Book 4 Fellowship of the Ring Part 2-2 {Japanese New Edition} by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

Lord of the Rings Book 5 The Two Towers Part 1-1 {Japanese New Edition} by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

Lord of the Rings Book 6 The Two Towers Part 1-2 {Japanese New Edition} by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)

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The Middle-Earth Collection

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J.R.R. Tolkien's complete work The Lord of the Rings consists of six Books, frequently bound in three Volumes:

Volume 1: The Fellowship of the Ring, consisting of Book I, "The Ring Sets Out" and Book II, "The Ring Goes South";
Volume 2: The Two Towers, consisting of Book III, "The Treason of Isengard," and Book IV, "The Ring Goes East"; and
Volume 3: The Return of the King, consisting of Book V, "The War of the Ring," and Book VI, "The End of the Third Age," with Appendices.

This LT Work consists of Tolkien's complete The Lord of the Rings PLUS its prelude The Hobbit, PLUS The Silmarillion; please do not combine it with other combinations of titles or constituent part(s), each of which have LT Works pages of their own. Thank you.

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