

The title refers to the story's main antagonist, the Dark Lord Sauron, who in an earlier age created the One Ring to rule the other Rings of Power given to Men, Dwarves, and Elves, in his campaign to conquer all of Middle-earth.

Written in stages between 19, The Lord of the Rings is one of the best-selling books ever written, with over 150 million copies sold.

Set in Middle-earth, intended to be Earth at some distant time in the past, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's book The Hobbit, but eventually developed into a much larger work. The Lord of the Rings is an epic high-fantasy novel by English author and scholar J.

Still, despite the popularity of this lavish and memorable trilogy, there doesn't seem to be a huge selection of similar majestic fantasy content, at least on the big screen. This renaissance can partly be traced back to the early 2000s, with the Peter Jackson epic based on the classic LOTR novel by J. You've got the Hobbit saga recently coming to a close, the hit shows Game of Thrones and The Witcher, and the anticipated Lord of the Rings series set to debut on Amazon Prime in 2021. The fantasy genre seems to be making something of a comeback.
