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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)

J.R.R. Tolkien

Start date: July 1, 2012

Finish date: July 31, 2012

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Jul 16, 2011 Capsguy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: british-irish

Could someone kindly explain to me why I was never told this entire series was written pre-1950?

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Aug 16, 2010 Ali rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-i-own, 2012, audiobooks, rory-gilmore-book-challenge, classics

This book is like Mary Poppins: practically perfect in every way.

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Oct 01, 2012 Joshua rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, world-building, mythology, invented-language, appendix-n-dmg, books-with-maps

I would pay 50 bucks to see offshoot TV shows based around some characters from this book. Bill Ferny, who betrays the hobbits to the black riders and then sells them a sickly pony at three times its value, could star as Relic in a remake of The Beachcombers.

Tom Bombadil is an interesting character. He should host a late 70s magazine style show from the UK aimed at telling children what they can do with dirt.

The description of the Brown Lands made me imagine the blasted battlefields of the Somm ...more

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