| J.R.R. Tolkien
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| Biography |
For many the synonym for fantasy is J.R.R. Tolkien. He literary changed the world with his stories of Bilbo and Frodo, and a new genre was created, fantasy literature. Today you almost can't read the back cover of any fantasy novel without seeing the "compared to Tolkien" quote, and not without reason. With "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings" he created true masterpieces and has without doubt been the inspiration source for most of today's fantasy authors.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South-Africa January 3rd 1892. In 1895, Tolkien, his younger brother and his mother moves back to England. After completing his studies at Oxford University, he joins the army in 1915. In 1916 he marries Edith Bratt, before he leaves for France to serve in the First World War. Later the same year he returns to England with shell shock. In 1917 his first son is born. After the war, he works as a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1945 and until his retirement in 1959, Merton Professor of English Language and Literature. In 1926 Tolkien meets C.S. Lewis and the two enter into a lifelong friendship. September 2nd 1973 at the age of 81 Tolkien dies in Bournemouth. |
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| Middle-Earth Saga, The | |
| The Children of Hurin | (1 reviews)  |
| The Children of Húrin | |
| Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-Earth | (1 reviews) |
| Silmarillion, The | (12 reviews)  |
| Hobbit, The | (18 reviews) |
| Bilbo's Last Song | |
| Adventures of Tom Bombadil, The | |
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| Lord of the Rings, The | (33 reviews) |
| Lord of the Rings, The | |
| Fellowship of the Ring, The | (14 reviews) |
| Two Towers, The | (3 reviews) |
| Return of the King, The | (3 reviews) |
| The Two Towers | (1 reviews) |
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| History of Middle-Earth, The | |
| Book of Lost Tales, Part One, The | |
| Book of Lost Tales, Part Two, The | |
| Lays of Beleriand, The |  |
| Shaping of Middle-Earth: the Quenta, the Ambarkanta, and the | |
| Lost Road and Other Writings, The | |
| Return of the Shadow; the History of the Lord of the Rings, | |
| Treason of Isengard; the History of the Lord of the Rings, P | |
| War of the Ring; the History of the Lord of the Rings, Part | |
| Sauron Defeated: the End of the Third Age, the Notion Club P | |
| Morgoth's Ring: the Later Silmarillion, Part One | |
| War of the Jewels: the Later Silmarillion, Part Two, The | |
| Peoples of Middle-Earth, The |  |
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| Other | |
| Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| Roverandom | (1 reviews) |
| Smith of Wooten Major | |
| Tolkien Reader | |
| Tree and Leaf | |
| Father Christmas Letters | |
| Farmer Giles of Ham | (1 reviews) |
| Mr. Bliss | |
General comments about the authors work |
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| J.R.R. Tolkien Discussion Forum (new topics) |
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| Official sffworld.com reviews |
 Hobbit reviews The Children of Hurin in audiobook format: how did it compare to the book? |
A new Tolkien book is an event; and so we have a special reviewer. Author Wayne Thomas Batson is a long time fan of Tolkien, and he has reviewed The Children of Hurin for us. |
