29 July 1954 – The first volume of J. R. R. Tolkien’s high-fantasy novel ‘The Lord of the Rings’ was published by Allen & Unwin in the UK
29 July 1954 – The first volume of J. R. R. Tolkien’s high-fantasy novel ‘The Lord of the Rings’ was published by Allen & Unwin in the UK
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>It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.
The Fellowship of the Ring.
>correctly calling *The Fellowship of the Ring* a “volume” and not a book
>correctly calling *Lord of the Rings* a “novel” and not a trilogy
This guy Tolkiens
There are books?
It is a gift.
>The Road goes ever on and on
>Down from the door where it began.
>Now far ahead the Road has gone,
>And I must follow, if I can