The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

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The Lord of the Rings is the collective name for a trilogy of novels by J.R.R. Tolkien, comprised of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. These three books, originally intended to be one epic story, are part of a larger world created by Tolkien; other related works include The Hobbit, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and the posthumous The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales and the History of Middle-earth series, edited by Tolkien's son Christopher. The Lord of the Rings is the story of Frodo Baggins, an ordinary hobbit who lives an uneventful life until he realizes he possesses the One Ring: an object that, if found, could restore power to the vanquished dark lord Sauron and end freedom in Middle-earth. In order to destroy the Ring, Frodo journeys with eight companions to Sauron's stronghold, Mordor, to return it to the fire in which it was made.

The Lord of the Rings became an icon of geek culture in the mid-twentieth century and was adapted as a BBC radio drama (1981) and as an animated film by Ralph Bakshi (1978). But it was Peter Jackson's trilogy of films that exploded Tolkien's popularity and brought it to a more mainstream audience. The movies garnered multiple Academy Awards each, with The Return of the King (2003) sweeping its 11 Oscar nominations, which included Best Picture.

Abbreviations for this fandom: LOTR; FOTR (Fellowship of the Ring); TTT (The Two Towers); ROTK (Return of the King); Silm (The Silmarillion); HOME (History of Middle-earth); PJ (Peter Jackson)

Characters:
(Cast information from the Peter Jackson trilogy)
Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), Samwise Gamgee (Sean Astin), Meriadoc (Merry) Brandybuck (Dominic Monaghan), Peregrin (Pippin) Took (Billy Boyd), Bilbo Baggins (Ian Holm), Gandalf (Olorin/Tharkun/Mithrandir) (Ian McKellen), Legolas Greenleaf (Orlando Bloom), Boromir (Sean Bean), Faramir (David Wenham), Denethor (John Noble), Eomer (Karl Urban), Eowyn (Miranda Otto), Théoden Ednew (Bernard Hill), Arwen Evenstar (Liv Tyler), Elrond Peredhil (Hugo Weaving), Gimli (John Rhys-Davies), Aragorn (Estel/Elessar/Strider/etc) (Viggo Mortensen), Gollum (Andy Serkis), Saruman the White (Christopher Lee), Sauron (debatable, as he never actually appears in the book), Galadriel (Cate Blanchett), Treebeard (Fangorn), Tom Bombadil

Pairing abbreviations: A/A (Aragorn/Arwen), A/L (Aragorn/Legolas), A/B (Aragorn/Boromir), F/S (Frodo/Sam)

For more information

The Tolkien Society∞
Tolkien Enterprises∞
Tolkien.co.uk∞
lordoftherings.net∞
The Hobbit (1977)∞--the Rankin/Bass TV version
The Lord of the Rings (1978)∞--the animated Ralph Bakshi version
The Return of the King (1980)∞--the Rankin/Bass TV version
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)∞
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)∞
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)∞

Archives:
HASA∞
Library of Moria∞ -- slash
Open Scrolls∞ -- het
Parma Eruseen∞
Stories of Arda∞ -- gen, het
Tolkien Fan Fiction∞

Livejournal communities:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/lordoftherings/∞
http://www.livejournal.com/users/hoom_hoom/∞

Lists:
Henneth Annun (Yahoo)∞

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