Questions tagged [the-lord-of-the-rings]
Questions about the fantasy novel 'The Lord of the Rings' (originally published in three volumes in the years 1954-1955) by J.R.R. Tolkien. Use this tag with the [j-r-r-tolkien] tag.
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What exactly did the hobbits eat in the first half of The Fellowship of the Ring when journeying for many days?
Near the very end of the first part, it's mentioned that they now only have "old bread and dried fruit" left of their food, having wandered around for many days in the nothingness outside of ...
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If Sauron made The One ring, why couldn't he just make another, even better, instead of searching for the first?
As all of us who have read Silmarillion know, Sauron wasn't the original "Lord of Darkness". In fact, he is a much lesser, and later, one. Melkor (AKA "Morgoth") was the original. ...
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What is the point of “the story so far”/recaps in book series?
I just finished the book "The Fellowship of the Ring". Now I've started with "The Two Towers". It begins by recapping the story of the first book.
For who exactly is this "...
