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His son, Christian Tolkien (1706–1791), moved from Kreuzburg to nearby Danzig, and his two sons Daniel Gottlieb Tolkien (1747–1813) and Johann (later known as John) Benjamin Tolkien (1752–1819) emigrated to London in the 1770s and became the ancestors of the English family; the younger brother was J. R. R. Tolkien's second great-grandfather.
1974 Bilbo's Last Song; 1975 "Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings" (edited version) published in A Tolkien Compass by Jared Lobdell.Written by Tolkien for use by translators of The Lord of the Rings, a full version, re-titled "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings," was published in 2005 in The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
The Greatest Story Ever Told was published in 1949. [21] It was followed by The Greatest Book Ever Written in 1951, and The Greatest Faith Ever Known, completed by his daughter, April Oursler Armstrong, and posthumously published in 1953. The film, The Greatest Story Ever Told, based on Oursler's book, was released in 1965. [22]
In a letter to Sheldon Vanauken (14 December 1950), [56] Lewis called the book "the best popular apologetic I know", [57] and to Rhonda Bodle he wrote (31 December 1947) [58] "the [very] best popular defence of the full Christian position I know is G. K. Chesterton's The Everlasting Man". The book was also cited in a list of 10 books that "most ...
James Oliver Rigney Jr. (October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007), better known by his pen name Robert Jordan, [1] was an American author of epic fantasy.He is known best for his series The Wheel of Time (finished using Jordan’s notes by Brandon Sanderson after Jordan's death) which comprises 14 books and a prequel novel.
Many publishers have lists of best books, defined by their own criteria.This article enumerates some lists for which there are fuller articles. Among them, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (Xanadu, 1985) and Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels (Grafton, 1988) are collections of 100 short essays by a single author, David Pringle, with moderately long critical introductory chapters also by ...
Sarah J. Maas's Throne of Glass series [33], [3] A Court of Thorns and Roses series [34] R. A. MacAvoy's Tea with the Black Dragon [4] George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series [32] Svetlana Martynchik's Labyrinths of Echo series (under the pseudonym Max Frei) Aleksandr Mazin's Fargal, the World of Ashshur series and The Dragon of ...
J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century is a 2000 book of literary criticism written by Tom Shippey. It is about the work of the philologist and fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien . In it, Shippey argues for the relevance of Tolkien today and attempts to firmly establish Tolkien's literary merits, based on analysis of The Hobbit , The Lord of the ...