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The Lord (German: Der Herr) is a Christological book by Romano Guardini, a Roman Catholic priest and academic. It was first published in Germany in 1937 by Werkbund-Verlag , and an English-language translation was published in 1954 by Henry Regnery Company .
The Lord of the Rings is an epic [1] high fantasy novel [a] written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien.Set in Middle-earth, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's book The Hobbit but eventually developed into a much larger work.
"The Council of Elrond", the second chapter of Book 2, is the longest chapter in that book at some 15,000 words, and critical for explaining the power and threat of the Ring, for introducing the final members of the Fellowship of the Ring, and for defining the planned quest to destroy it.
Tolkien's fantasy books on Middle-earth, especially The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, drew on a wide array of influences, including his philological interest in language, [113] Christianity, [114] [115] medievalism, [116] mythology, archaeology, [117] ancient and modern literature, and personal experience.
The book was a commercial success, topping The New York Times Fiction Best Seller list in October 1977. [25] It won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1978. [2] The Silmarillion was criticised for being too serious, lacking the light-hearted moments that were found in The Lord of the Rings and especially The Hobbit.
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
Tolkien conceived of The Lord of the Rings as a single work comprising six "books" plus extensive appendices. In 1953, he proposed titles for the six books to his publisher, Rayner Unwin; Book Five was to be The War of the Ring, while Book Six was to be The End of the Third Age. [1] These titles were eventually used in the (2000) Millennium ...
The book appeared on the New York Times Best Seller List for 16 weeks in 1970. It became the first in a trilogy after Merrick wrote One for the Gods in 1971 and Forth into Light in 1974. The books have been criticized for the primal importance accorded to physical beauty and extremely large penises in the gay male world.