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Title: The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1) by J. R. R. Tolkien ISBN: 0-618-00222-7 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: September, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.45 (710 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Finally a "real" unabridged recording of LOTR
Comment: I am not one who usually buys books-on-tape (or CD as in this case) but I have long wanted to obtain the Lord of the Rings so as to hear this incredible story over and over. After having read it several times, my book is in tatters and so I searched for an unabridged audio recording. Many of those that I have seen claim to be "unabridged" but the fact is that they are not complete! They give parts of the books in full but leave out many sections or chapters. This set by Rob Inglis is COMPLETE!!! It is very well read with no drastic voicing of characters. Characters are easily distinguished and thoroughly enjoyable. This set is not full of sound effects and music, so if you are looking for that this is not for you. However, I personally prefer the fact that this is not an over-production and is rather quite focussed on what I wanted in the first place, the characters and the story. Inglis does a marvelous job and I am very happy with this set. Again, not to harp on it but, this is a "complete" package well worth the money!!!
Rating: 5
Summary: Pretty good for a "classic"
Comment: Bilbo Baggins has been living happily in his hobbit hole for many years with his magic ring. Suddenly, he gets the urge to go traveling again. He disappears in the middle of his 111th birthday party, leaving the ring to Frodo, a young hobbit he adopted. Gandalf the wizard comes and tells Frodo that the ring is evil, and he has to take it to Mount Doom to destroy it. Otherwise, the evil Sauron will take over the world. Frodo and his hobbit friends journey to a few places, then they go to the Council of Elrond, a meeting about the ring. It is decided that a few others will accompany Frodo to Mount Doom. There are nine of them in all, and they form the fellowship of the ring (hence the title). They have to encounter many hardships, and the end of the book isn't even the end. It leaves you hanging until you read the Two Towers.
This was a very complex book. It started out really slow and boring. It took about ten minutes per page, and I had to re-read some of the pages to understand. But after Bilbo leaves, things start to get darker and scarier, and the plot moves faster. I felt so bad for Frodo because so many bad things happen to him, and he didn't even want the ring. It was a little slow, but very well written. If you don't like descriptions, then you may not like this. The page are filled with descriptions, but they don't bog the story down, they add to it. I thought it was an awesome book, and I wanted to start the sequel right away.
*To understand the book better, read The Hobbit first.
( By the way, the movie was great too. Go see it!)
Rating: 5
Summary: Whether or not you've seen the movie, read the book!
Comment: The Fellowship of the Ring, first in the LOTR trilogy and basis for the sensational movie, is a must read for anyone. In Fellowship, Tolkien begins to weave an intricate story, laying the foundation for a bold adventure. A seemingly ordinary member of an unnoticed race of hobbits is thrust into a quest that will determine the fate of everyone.
For anyone who has read The Hobbit, Fellowship is much more sinister, complicated, and grand in scope. Over 400 pages, Fellowship contains a rich treasury of details of characters, thoughts, and conflicts that The Hobbit does not contain.
For anyone who has seen the movie and is curious about reading Fellowship, do it! From the book one gets a much greater feel for the degree to which the Hobbits struggle just to make it to Rivendell. The movie leaves out fantastic characters like Tom Bombadil, a jolly, mysterious care-taker of the Old Forest who is the oldest known creature of Middle Earth.
Also, if you're interested in history, you will love Fellowship of the Rings. Inspired by old European history, Tolkien creates his tales out of the myths and legends of what happened before mankind existed.
I must, however, give one caveat: if you read Fellowship, you won't stop there. When you finish you'll be dying to read the rest of the series too!
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Title: The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, Part 2) by J.R.R. TOLKIEN ISBN: 0345339711 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 August, 1986 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, Part 3) by J.R.R. TOLKIEN ISBN: 0345339738 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 July, 1986 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Hobbit (Leatherette Collector's Edition) by J. R. R. Tolkien ISBN: 0395177111 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 24 October, 1973 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Silmarillion by J.R.R. TOLKIEN ISBN: 0345325818 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 January, 1985 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Hobbit or There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien ISBN: 0786251778 Publisher: Thorndike Pr (Largeprint) Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $31.95 |
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