The Fellowship of the Ring

544 pages

English language

Published Aug. 7, 1994 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

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978-0-618-57494-0
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In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit.

In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins is faced with an immense task, as the elderly Bilbo entrusts the ring to his care. Frodo must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose. --back cover

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Trés surprise par cette agréable lecture

3 stars

Après avoir lu le hobbit auquel je n'ai pas du tout accroché, j'ai décidé de donner une deuxième chance à l'univers de Tolkien et à sa plume.

Etonnamment, j'ai apprécié cette lecture. Je l'ai commencée avec beaucoup d'appréhension car ma lecture du hobbit a été très longue et pénible. Contrairement à ce dernier, le tome 1 du seigneur des anneaux ne m'a pas du tout semblé long. Certes, certaines scènes tirent en longueur et ont fait légèrement baissé ma note mais ce fut tout de même une lecture agréable.

J'ai beaucoup aimé découvrir des scènes et des décors que l'on ne retrouve pas dans les films. On rencontre également de nouveaux personnages qui apportent une nouvelle dimension à cet univers. Tout cela a beaucoup joué dans mon appréciation de ce livre, là où le hobbit ne m'a semblé être qu'une simple transposition avec le film car je n'y ai rien …

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5 stars

In 1980 Heinlein published a novel called The Number of the Beast. It involved parallel universes, The World as Fiction, and dragged in Lazarus Long, as Heinlein seemed to do in most of his later books. While parts of it were fun, it was also confusing and disjointed in my opinion. I will read any Heinlein for the writing alone, so I am a fan (in fact, I was for a time the webmaster for The Heinlein Society), but I can see that some of his stuff is better than others. So when I heard there was an alternate version of this novel, I had to check it out. And The Pursuit of the Pankera keeps the same basic setting and has the same beginning as The Number of the Beast, but I think it is much better. The plot is a lot more cohesive and the novel just flows …

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