![](http://image.absoluteastronomy.com/images//topicimages/noimage.gif)
Tolkien's Ring
Encyclopedia
![](http://image.absoluteastronomy.com/images/encyclopediaimages/t/to/tolkiensring.jpg)
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is a high fantasy epic written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit , but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in...
story and the origins of Middle-earth
Middle-earth
Middle-earth is the fictional setting of the majority of author J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy writings. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings take place entirely in Middle-earth, as does much of The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales....
in general.
External links
- Tolkien's Ring, daviddaybooks.com
- Review of a book by David Day, by Andrew Wells