The Lord of the Rings
Alternate cover edition for ISBN10 0261103253 Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him the Rings of Power - the means by which he will be able to rule the world. All he lacks in his plan for domination is the Ruling Ring, which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.In a sleepy...
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Alternate cover edition for ISBN10 0261103253
Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him the Rings of Power - the means by which he will be able to rule the world. All he lacks in his plan for domination is the Ruling Ring, which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.In a sleepy villiage in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as the ring is entrusted to his care. He must leave his home and make a perilious journey across the realms of Middle-Earth to the Crack of Doom, deep inside the territories of the Dark Lord. There he must destroy the Ring forever and foil the dark lord in his evil plan.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780261103252
Publish date: 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 1178
Edition language: English
It is not really possible to re-read a book, just as it is not really possible to step into the same river twice. The next time, one's thinking is going to be entirely different. I have read "LoTR" half a dozen times. Each has been different. I think Heraclitus even said you couldn't step into the s...
El Señor de los Anillos (The Lord of the Rings) la Obra Maestra del Profesor Tolkien, nos embarca en un viaje épico de principio a fin a lugares sorprendentes, culturas antiguas y complejas, lenguajes, poesía, batallas épicas, héroes y villanos, desesperanza y esperanza, derrota y resurgimiento, la ...
Lo bueno: No hay mucho que aportar con mi reseña. Esto es un clásico. Es indispensable. Es lectura obligada. Recomiendo leer los análisis (o ver documentales) que abundan sobre la saga, ya que te abrirán las puertas a la grandeza de esta obra maestra. Lo malo: El prólogo acerca de los Hobbits es un...
This might be sacrilege but The Lord of the Rings is not the best book in the world. Highly influential, yes. Important, yes. Groundbreaking, sure. But Pratchett was correct when he said that if you still think it is the best book in the world than you haven’t been reading enough.Yet, despite its fl...
So apologies up front since I am going to have to break this review up in order to talk about all three books. I am glad that I managed to finish it this weekend. I just put my head down and got through it the past couple of days. Once I stopped comparing these books to the Peter Jackson films I was...