This had so much potential and I'm disappointed he didn't get to finish it. I would say that this could definitely be a deterrent for other readers. He sets up an adventurous, epic plot line with incredible diction and imagery, only to leave the poem unfinished. I will say, it is definitely worth...
poem by JRR Tolkien that is about the last part of King arthur's life and his battle against Mordered. THe poem itself is an abandoned work that Tolkien started and never finished. Christopher Tolkien, the great author's son searched his father's notes and found it. The present edition also conta...
The meat of the piece, namely the eponymous poem, is fantastic; Tolkien at his best, I would say. Unfortunately the work is incomplete, only comprising of some 1000 lines. While the essays are interesting and do a good job of providing context to the poem itself, I was disappointed that I wasn'...
The collection of the five short stories and concluding essay on fairy tales all fit well into this one volume collection of works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Even though only one of the short stories is related to His popular Lord of the rings series, the other stories do well in displaying a diverse loo...
Listening to Tolkien on audiobook clarifies his superiority over other writers of books containing dragons. Either that or his prose is particularly suited to being read aloud; it sounds effortless and rhythmic to the ear, no mean feat, and contrasts hugely with more clunky authors (I'm thinking ...
Out of the wreck rose the Black Rider, tall and threatening, towering above her. With a cry of hatred that stung the very ears like venom he let fall his mace. Her shield was shivered in many pieces, and her arm was broken; she stumbled to her knees. He bent over her like a cloud, and his eyes gl...
Authors who inspire a movement are usually misunderstood, especially by those they have inspired, and Tolkien is no exception, but one of the biggest misconceptions about Tolkien is the idea that he is somehow an 'innovator of fantasy'. He did add a number of techniques to the repertoire of epic ...
The Plot القصهThe Action الاحداثThe Settings الاماكنThe Characters الشخصياتBut.. The Oscar Goes to.. J.R.R. Tolkien for BEST STORYTELLER فعلا لعل اكثر ما اعجبني في رحلتي مع الهوبيت ..تلك الرحله غير المتوقعه ليهو اسلوب روايه جي ار ار تولكين للقصه فله اسلوب مميز بالفعل في الحكي, كانه يروي وهو ي...
This is one volume that I am glad to have read. It has stories going all the way the first age all the way through to the third age where in the Lord of the Rings occurs. During the first age the reader is treated to an account of how Tuor found the city of Gondolin after having escaped Morgoth;s...
I have already read The Return of the Shadow, which is the first book in Christopher Tolkien's "History of The Lord of the Rings". That book covers the process of writing the Prologue through Balin's Tomb in Moria, with the Fellowship comprised of five hobbits and Gandalf. This book, The Treason ...
The second installment of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien, was more exciting than the first. For some reason, The Two Towers was a much bigger page turner for me than Fellowship of the Ring. I'm not sure why, perhaps because there were more action scenes. The Battl...
Writers who inspire a genre are usually misunderstood. Tolkien's reasons for writing were completely unlike those of the authors he inspired. He didn't have an audience, a genre, and scores of contemporaries. There was a tradition of high adventure fairy tales, as represented by Eddison, Dunsany,...
This book is fascinating if you are a huge fan of The Lord of the Rings and are interested in detailed minutiae about how the story developed, and/or a writer interested in process. This is the 3rd of the series of 4 books in which Christopher Tolkien minutely dissects his father's various drafts...
My father remarried a few months ago, and my stepmother still owns her own house. She's been cleaning it out for a while, and getting rid of odds and ends (mostly belonging to her ex-husband). She came across this and my father grabbed it to give to me since he knows I like Tolkien. I'm very g...
3 - 3.5 stars_The Lays of Beleriand_ is a book that I’ve had on my bookshelf for many, many years and quite frankly never thought I’d get to. I think I probably got my copy around the time it was first published when I was but a wee sprat simply because it was by Tolkien and certainly at that tim...
It has been said that all good things must come to an end. In this case, the end of Children of Hurin also marks the end of my quest to read a book by each of my five favorite authors. It seems like a fitting way to end this journey, in that Tolkien is the oldest of my favorites, and if there was...