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|title=3-Minute JRR Tolkien: A Visual Biography of The World's Most Revered Fantasy Writer

|author=Gary Raymond

|reviewer=John Lloyd

|publisher=Ivy Press

|date=February 2013

|summary=More ''The Hobbit'' than ''The Lord of the Rings'', but this is still a great primer to the doyen of fantasy writing.

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When something with such a built-in cult base as Tolkien books have gets transported into another medium, the manically interested fans have two reactions – to initially scoff at how nothing could compare with the original, and then to try and buy everything worthwhile with even a tenuous link to the object of their affections, while avoiding the mountain of crud that could deluge the unwary. Such it will be until the third movie part of ''The Hobbit'' is safely behind us, and the six-film, three-month long Blu-Ray box set is on the shelves. Tolkien enthusiasts of course have a precarious situation – so great do they rightly hold the originals, and so low can the quality of the spin-offs be, there are some who will never be satisfied. But there remains the newcomer, freshly inspired to find out more, and those at least will certainly be able to enjoy this beginner's guide to [[:Category:J R R Tolkien|J R R Tolkien]].

[[Mr Bliss by J R R Tolkien]] is a fine way of seeing that the man was not just fantasy blockbusters.

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