It took J. R. R. Tolkien from 1937 to 1948 mostly finish his Lord of the Rings story. They would later go on to sell 150 million copies.
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Fun Fact: Lord of the Rings Books Were Originally Imagined Smaller
J. R. R. Tolkien fully intended at first for the Lord of the Rings to be a much more simple sequel to his previous book The Hobbit. But eventually it grew into something much more complicated and grand.
Fun Fact: The Lord of the Rings Video Game Trilogy That Never Was
Lord of the Rings Vol 1 on SNES sold and reviewed so poorly, that the planned Vol 2 was swiftly canceled.
Things I Hate: The Hobbit (1977 Film)
Interesting enough, a few years after the death of J.R.R. Tolkien they produced this animated movie based on The Hobbit. Apparently it was pretty well received back in the day, and I was kind of excited to watch it because Rankin-Bass was behind it. They had also done Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the…
Things I Like: Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV Series) Season 1
Like many millions of people, I enjoyed the Lord of the Rings films by Peter Jackson. Now granted, I would never consider myself a super fan. I could definitely go more than 5 to 10 years without watching the movies again. I was surprised that Amazon spent a billion dollars making Lord of the Rings:…