People have been referring to the books as if they are sequels of each other and form a trilogy. Technically that is incorrect because the Lord of the Rings is made up of thee volumes not three parts. When Tolkien first wrote it it was ONE book, but because of it's length and the paper shortages as a result of the war, the publisher had to split it up. It was not Tolkiens intentions for the story to be seen as three seperate parts.
It's supposed to be one novel, yes, not three, broken down into 3 volumes and 6 "books." But who cares about such petty things? It's still 3 volumes, which may or may not be published together.
people think its a trilogy because there are three books in each book (if you know what i mean) one generally for each significant part of the story (i know its all significant but soooo)
Never knew that the book was released during the war?
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Yeah....but he had to come to terms with the fact that it was bad for the book to release it as one book! No one will buy a book that size, without knowing what it's about! Tolkien wasn't even a professional writer, and the ppl who knew him stated that in the EE TT.....He was an academic going against all the rules of editing! U gotta love him for that tho!
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Nov 16th, 2003 09:12 PM
tiger lily........haven't you seen my other thread........"do youselves a favour" ?????
