I watched the trilogy now i want to read the book. Im searching it in my library website but i want to know the exact name of the book so that i can rent the right one. Thank you. please only answer if you know, not by what you think.
2007-06-30 16:36:35 · 14 answers · asked by ♥ 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
It a Trilogy babe. Just look up the author, Tolkien.
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
gee sound familiar?
2007-06-30 16:39:03 · answer #1 · answered by Who cares 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋
It depends on how it's been published. If it's all one book, it will be called The Lord of the Rings. In three books, the titles are the same as the movies. In six books, The Ring Sets Out, The Ring Goes South, The Treason of Isengard, The Ring Goes East, The War of the Ring, The End of the Third Age. When it's split into six, it's usually in a boxed set along with a seventh book - the appendix - which is full of interesting information about Middle Earth and the background of the series. I have seen several other answers reccomending you read The Hobbit first. I agree. You'll be able to understand The Lord of the Rings much better if you know the background information of The Hobbit. You could read The Silmarillion too, though it's one weighty book. I think there are others, but my local library doesn't have them so I don't know how they fit in. There are Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and Unfinished Tales for starters, but I don't know whether all of them are about Middle Earth. Just look under Tolkien, you'll find what you're looking for. They're popular books!
2007-07-01 01:13:29 · answer #2 · answered by phoenix51200 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The offical name is "The Lord of the Rings." The book is then broken into three seperate books, "The Fellowship of the Ring," "The Two Towers," and "The Return of the King."
No, I'm not going by the movie titles and saying their the offical names cause I don't know. The movie titles came from the books. Tried reading "The Two Towers" in nineth grade but I couldn't get into it. Wasn't until years later when my dad bought the radio drama (he was already a big fan of the trilogy and had a red slipcase version of it for years when I was growing up, then had to buy a new copy when the movie came out cause his had pretty much fallen apart) that I really got intrested. Borrowed his copy when the first movie came out and read it.
2007-06-30 23:51:14 · answer #3 · answered by knight1192a 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
Youve already got the right title, it is 'The Lord of the Rings', by JRR Tolkein.
If you truly want to appreciate the wonderful writing that eventually created the film series I would suggest that you get a copy of 'The Hobbit' (also by JRR Tolkein) which sets out the reasons for the eventual 'Lord of the Rings' story.
Read this BEFORE you start on the complete book.
This will explain, in a better way than the film coped with it (though the films were pretty close to the book most of the time) all the factors that made the story so fascinating. You will understand Hobbits better and feel closer to the characters when you read the full version of the book.
Tolkein was a remarkable writer and, singlehandedly, created the whole elf/fairy/goblin heirarchy that we accept so readily today.
Enjoy the books, they are well worth the read.
BobSpain
2007-06-30 23:55:26 · answer #4 · answered by BobSpain 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Lord of the Rings is the title of a novel that was broken up into three parts: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. However, they are not separate novels, but rather three volumes to the same novel: The Lord of the Rings.
2007-07-01 00:07:30 · answer #5 · answered by God_Lives_Underwater 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Three books: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, Return of the King (same as the three movies). Together thay are known as Lord of the Rings. The author is J.R.R. Tolkien.
You might want to read The Hobbit first and if you're still interested after all that reading, check out The Simarillion, both also by J.R.R. Tolkien.
2007-06-30 23:41:02 · answer #6 · answered by doppler 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
"The Fellowship of the Ring," "The Two Towers", and "The Return of the King" are the names of the books in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, as people have already mentioned.
They are preceded by "The Silmarillion" and "The Hobbit" in the Middle Earth chronology.
The latest release (completed by Christopher Tolkien) is "The Children of Hurin." I'm not sure in what period of the Middle Earth history this story takes place.
2007-06-30 23:43:10 · answer #7 · answered by Ben 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
1): The Fellowship of the Ring
2): The Two Towers
3): The Return of the King.
2007-07-01 17:32:42 · answer #8 · answered by Can music save your mortal soul? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first book is called "The Fellowship Of The Ring".
2007-06-30 23:39:47 · answer #9 · answered by CarbonDated 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's actually 6 books. with 2books to every one. so it's basically 3. first book titled "The Fellowship of the Ring." seond book titled "The Two Towers." and third book is "The Return of the King." however you can get the book where they are all in one great big book. you might have to buy it though.
The Prequel is titled "The Hobbit." it's Bilbo's tale and is the story how he got the ring from Smeagal (Gollum.)
2007-07-01 00:46:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The first book was Lord of the Rings. The second is The Two Towers. The third is Return of the King. You will see one called The Hobbit, but it is a prequel starring Bilbo Baggins instead of Frodo.
2007-06-30 23:54:49 · answer #11 · answered by kvogl27 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋