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J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit and the Complete Lord of the Rings, the Fellowship of the Ring, the Two Towers, the Return of the King/Boxed Set

Tolkien's masterpiece, and arguably the greatest fantasy work in Western literature, is a massive and complex epic simultaneously about the history...more
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very good
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Love them all!
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i liked it would read again
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While I own a different-looking set, these four books comprise my favorite series of sci-fi/fantasy novels. I love their imagery & symbolism. The movies (Hobbit to come out sometime next year?) paid a fairly decent tribute to them, I felt, but one has to read the series to fully appreciate it. There were many parts that needed to be left out of the movies to save time (Tom...more
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What can I say -- a classic.
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One of the classis of fantasy. If you liked the movies and never read the book, what are you waiting on? The movies were good, they did not do the books justice, then again I don't think any move could have. Though the films were good, there was no way to capture these books, if you haven't read them and though the films were good I strongly suggest the books, I stop counting how many...more
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I have read them all more than once. He wasn't too keen on including women, was he? Very few human ones and either impossibly beautiful or witchy types like Tooks and Proudfoots.And then there's the bloated spider. Which was horrific. And the Silmarrilion (spelt wrong but who cares?)- which was a bridge too far in my view. Although this may be held to be a heretic view it reads like...more
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few weeks ago
The world is divided between people who have read lord of the rings and have not. Tolkien has created an absolutely brilliant majical world. this is definatly the greatest piece of fantasy fiction ever unless u count the mythology of various cultures. one can simply get lost in the world of the lord of the rings may not feel like coming back to the real world. the brilliant thing about this...more
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few weeks ago
LOVE this trilogy! I could read it over and over again. Looking forward to downloading it to my nook so I can carry it with me!
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few weeks ago
I just love Tolkien all of his works. He created a whole world, new races, maps and he created a whole elvish language the man was brilliant.
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  • ISBN-10: 0618002251
  • ISBN-13: 9780618002252
  • ISBN-10: 0345340426
  • ISBN-13: 9780345340429
  • ISBN-10: 0345340426
  • ISBN-13: 9780345340429
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