He stated that they were intended as a made up prehistoric mythology of the british isles.
Four of J.R.R. contemporaries are/were Robert E. Howard, H. G. Wells, Edgar Rice Burroughs and to a certain degree, H.P. Lovecraft.
The "JRR" in JRR Tolkien stands for John Ronald Reuel, which are the author's full first name and two middle names.
I don't know all of them but I know lord of the rings, the hobbit, and the simerilion
The Movies were inspired by the books by JRR Tolkien. The movies were directed by Peter Jackson.
The Tolkien Society has a list of his books, though whether it's truly comprehensive or not I'm not certain. I've placed a link in the "Related Links" section.
Lord of the Rings was a series of three books.
he liked to write.
He was a professor of languages and created several languages for his books. When he was a child, he was bitten by a spider and some believe that led to the spider scene in the book.
Royd Tolkien is the great-grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of "The Lord of the Rings" books. Royd Tolkien is known for his work as a film producer and his involvement in sharing his family's legacy and stories.
JRR Tolkien is a renowned author known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He also wrote the Children of Hurin and The Simmilarion.
actually JRR Tolkien published only LOTR and the Hobbits as a beginning of the story but he was planning the world middlearth since he was at university. after he died his son took all the writings and published them. Silmarillion and the other books contains the whole partitions that JRR decided to put in the story. but the other parts and ideas that not decided to put in the story still exists. the unfinished tales contains this stories and ideas. if you read this tales you can understand that they are 'unfinished' and not overlap the whole story.
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