From Library Journal
New Line Cinema will be releasing "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy in three separate installments, and Houghton Mifflin Tolkien's U.S. publisher since the release of The Hobbit in 1938 will be re-releasing each volume of the trilogy separately and in a boxed set (ISBN 0-618-15397-7. $22; pap. ISBN 0-618-15396-9. $12). Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.


From AudioFile
[Editor's Note: The following is a combined review with THE RETURN OF THE KING.]--There is something incongruous about American voices in ancient Britain (or to be precise, Middle Earth). Nonetheless, these American productions of the Tolkien classics--originally broadcast on NPR Playhouse--are well worth hearing. While not as elaborate as the BBC production (which featured Ian Holm), this adaptation is more accessible to a wider audience. Gail Chugg, who also plays the character of Gollum, narrates the story with an easy storyteller's style. James Arrington reads the part of Frodo Baggins, the Hobbit bearing the burden of a ring of great power. Bernard Mayes portrays the wizard Gandalf with a homespun flourish. S.E.S. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine


C. S. Lewis
"Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron."


Review
"Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron." -- C. S. Lewis

FROM OUR EDITORS

In this second volume of Tolkien's trilogy The Lord of the Rings, the intrepid hobbit Frodo Baggins moves toward Mordor, Sauron's hellish stronghold, where he must attempt to destroy the dangerous ring that could destroy the world.

ANNOTATION

"No imaginary world has been projected which is at once as multifarious and so true to its own inner laws." -- CS Lewis

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They lost the wizard Gandalf in a battle in the Mines of Moria, and Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape, the rest of the company was attacked by Orcs. Now they continue the journey alone down the great River Anduin -- alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.

FROM THE CRITICS

New York Times

An extraordinary work—pure excitement...

C.S. Lewis

Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron..

Time Magazine

One of the great fairy-tale quests in modern literature.

Newsweek

A remarkable book.

Nation