Recent Posts Tagged With 'jrr tolkein'

• Book Review - The Book of Lost Tales, Vol.II

  Posted on Monday May 11th, 2009 at 11:41 in middle earth, jrr tolkein, nook of lost tales

  *WARNING – if you’re not a Tolkien fan, you may find this review rather hard going! You have been warned….*The Book of Lost Tales 2 is the second of a set of early versions of stories by JRR Tolkien compiled by his son, Christopher. The title i...

• Book Review - The Hobbit

  Posted on Friday May 1st, 2009 at 14:20 in the hobbit, jrr tolkein

  Poor little Bilbo Baggins. He was like most Hobbits (the preface is dedicated to telling you about this little-known, unassuming race) – dead boring really. He didn’t like change and rarely ventured outside of his immediate neighbourhood.And then...

• Book Review - The Silmarillion

  Posted on Tuesday March 17th, 2009 at 10:11 in jrr tolkein, silmarillion, classic fantasy

  The StoryThe Silmarillion deals with the first 2 ages of Middle Earth (that is, the time before the events of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings LOTR). It goes right back to the beginning, dealing with the Middle Earth myth of creation, to the emergenc...

• Book Review: The Lord of the Rings

  Posted on Saturday March 14th, 2009 at 18:16 in book review, the lord of the rings, jrr tolkein

  What can you say about what many people consider the greatest work of fantasy fiction ever? Er… they’re right?Known commonly as a Trilogy (Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, Return of the King), some people won’t realise that it’s actual...