Prologue : who was John Ronald Reuel Tolkien? -- Part I--Stepping into the road: Discovering Tolkien's books. An unexpected burglar: The Hobbit -- Sequel, schmequel: The Lord of the Rings -- So you think you can world-build: The Silmarillion -- Final drafts are overrated: Unfinished tales -- The great tales: The children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien, The fall of Gondolin -- What should I read next? -- Part II--Other minds and hands: Middle-earth in adaptation. Ch-ch-ch-changes: Tolkien on adaptation -- Tra-la-la-lally: Rankin/Bass's The Hobbit -- The coincidental cliffhanger: Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings -- Where there's a whip: Rankin/Bass's The Return of the King -- Big-budget boom: Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings -- Bigger-budget bust: Peter Jackson's The Hobbit -- Part III--Concerning fandom: Express yourself as a Tolkien fan. Exploring the Tolkien fandom -- Embrace your inner dragon: Collecting Tolkien -- Talk like an Elf-gyptian: Tolkien's invented Languages -- The best kind of homework: Tolkien studies -- Fellowships of the Ring: Fan organizations and conferences -- Not all technologies are an evil: online Content

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