Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services -- as a burglar -- on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo′s life is never to be the same again. THE HOBBIT became an instant success when it was first published in 1937, and 75 years later Tolkien′s epic tale of elves, dwarves, trolls, goblins, myth, magic and adventure, with its reluctant hero Bilbo Baggins, has lost none of its appeal. Now, for the first time, the classic hardback edition is available in a one-off special pocket-sized edition. Featuring the distinctive cover illustration painted by Tolkien himself, plus his own drawings in the book, this edition will be the perfect gift for little hobbits everywhere!

《魔戒第3部:王者无敌》的写作动机是，一个讲故事的人想用一部真正的长篇故事来吸引读者的注意力，取悦他们，也许还能时不时令他们兴奋，叩打他们的心扉。如何取悦人或感动人，我惟有靠自己的感觉作为向导，而在许多时候，这个向导往往成为误导。一些读过《魔戒第3部:王者无敌》或对《魔戒第3部:王者无敌》做过评论的人会认为故事很乏味、荒唐甚至不堪卒读，对此我毫无怨言，因为我对他们的作品，或对他们特别喜欢的作品也会有同感。即便是在许多喜欢《魔戒第3部:王者无敌》故事的人眼里，也会觉得其中有不少不敢恭维之处。或许一部长篇故事没法处处令大家喜欢，但同样也不会处处让各位生厌。 点击链接进入英文版： The Return of the King: The Lord of the Rings--Part Three

A number-one New York Times bestseller when it was originally published, The Silmarillion is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a work whose origins stretch back to a time long before The Hobbit. Tolkien considered The Silmarillion his most important work, and, though it was published last and posthumously, this great collection of tales and legends clearly sets the stage for all his other writing. The story of the creation of the world and of the First Age, this is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back and in whose events some of them, such as Elrond and Galadriel, took part. The three Silmarils were jewels created by Feanor, most gifted of the Elves. Within them was imprisoned the Light of the Two Trees of Valinor before the Trees themselves were destroyed by Morgoth, the first Dark Lord. Thereafter, the unsullied Light of Valinor lived on only in the Silmarils, but they were seized by Morgoth and set in his crown, which was guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Feanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all their heroism, against the great Enemy. This second edition features a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien describing his intentions for the book, which serves as a brilliant exposition of his conception of the carlier Ages of Middle-earth. This is the story of the First Age, the ancient drama to which characters in "The Lord of the Rings" look back.

The popular paperback edition of this fascinating collection of stories, which continue the tales of The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion and contains an alternative version of The Children of Hurin. Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lord of the Rings with a whole collection of background and new stories from the twentieth century's most acclaimed popular author. The book concentrates on the realm of Middle-earth and comprises such elements as Gandalf's lively account of how it was that he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, the emergence of the sea-god Ulmo before the eyes of Tuor on the coast of Beleriand, and an exact description of the military organization of the Riders of Rohan. Unfinished Tales also contains the only story about the long ages of Numenor before its downfall, and all that is known about such matters as the Five Wizards, the Palantiri and the legend of Amroth. The tales were collated and edited by JRR Tolkien's son and literary heir, Christopher Tolkien, who provides a short commentary on each story, helping the reader to fill in the gaps and put each story into the context of the rest of his father's writings.

超人的力量能被用来从善，还是常常会诱惑人，从而导致恶果？自然会起而反抗技术吗？长生不老本是令人讨厌的负担？ 托尔金引入胜的史诗《指环王》所提出的扰人问题还有很多。托尔金希望，他的故事可以帮助变得更善良。他有意识地从神话、宗教和哲学思辨中选择了一些最麻烦、最具争议的主题。 巴沙姆和布朗森教授召集了一批既富哲学素养，又熟知中土之事的学者，来研究《指环王》所提出的这些令人着迷的问题。对这部我们时代最宏伟的传奇。大家的目的是要求得更真的理解。 希望本书不仅能帮助您理解一些《指环王》里饶有深意的深层问题，还能激发起您对一些亘古而常青的哲学问题的兴趣。

A new B-format paperback edition commemorating 75 years since the original publication of The Hobbit. Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services – as a burglar – on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo’s life is never to be the same again. The Hobbit became an instant success when it was first published in 1937, and 75 years later Tolkien’s epic tale of elves, dwarves, trolls, goblins, myth, magic and adventure, with its reluctant hero Bilbo Baggins, has lost none of its appeal.

The popular paperback edition with a cover design by Tolkien himself, to complement the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings paperbacks. Includes a special preface by J.R.R. Tolkien. The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien's world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor. Included in the book are several shorter works. The Ainulindale is a myth of the Creation and in the Valaquenta the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. The Akallabeth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second Age and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings.

1925年，小迈克尔与家人度假时，丢失了心爱的玩具狗。为了安慰他，爸爸J.R.R.托尔金想出了一个故事：一条真狗被魔法师变成玩具狗，后来又给沙滩法师送到月亮和海里…… 没有《罗佛兰登》，《魔戒》也许不会诞生；正因为《罗佛兰登》一类的奇幻故事深受托尔金本人和他子女的喜爱，最终催生了更雄心勃勃的作品——《霍比特人》乃至《魔戒三部曲》。 本书收入了包括《罗佛兰登》在内的五个奇幻短篇：哈莫农夫吉尔斯受命屠龙；霍比特人、公主、侏儒、巨人与庞巴迪尔共同历险；画家尼格尔生前画不出理想的树叶；死后收获完美的森林；铁匠之子误食神奇蛋糕，意外得访仙境…… 书中附有五帧托尔金亲手绘制的插图，值得《魔戒》迷永久珍藏！

《魔戒第2部:双塔奇兵》为精装版本，被英国最大连锁书店WATERSTONE的读者评选为“最能代表二十世纪的一百《魔戒第1部:魔戒再现》”中列为第一位。关于此书的翻译，也是大家最关心的。 点击链接进入英文版： Two Towers Rings : The Lord of the Rings) (Vol 2)

故事由魔戒持有者佛羅多展開，他在不知情的狀況下繼承了一枚戒指，卻發現這枚戒指是魔王遲遲不能統治世界的關鍵。他也陷入了善惡雙方爭奪的處境中。幾經波折，他才得知必須攜帶魔戒深入魔王的領土，才能在末日火山摧毀這一切邪惡的根源。於是，在巫師甘道夫的主導下，由精靈、矮人、哈比人、遊俠和人類組成了魔戒遠征隊，試圖護衛佛羅多前往魔王的老巢。但黑暗的勢力亦非省油的燈，魔王索倫派出黑騎士四處搜捕，並且決心發動大軍入侵，不惜一切代價，只為了找到這枚小小的戒指....。

天真无邪的哈比男孩佛罗多继承了一枚戒指，却发现它就是黑暗魔君索伦铸造的至尊魔戒，具有奴役全世界的力量。在甘道夫的指导下，佛罗多和精灵、矮人、哈比人、人类组成远征队，要将魔戒扔进末日火山口销毁。索伦已派出黑骑士四处搜寻这枚戒指，而魔戒又有强大的腐蚀力，会使佩戴者心灵扭曲；善的力量能否战胜恶的诱惑？这是一次异常艰险的远征……

故事由魔戒持有者佛羅多展開，他在不知情的狀況下繼承了一枚戒指，卻發現這枚戒指是魔王遲遲不能統治世界的關鍵。他也陷入了善惡雙方爭奪的處境中。幾經波折，他才得知必須攜帶魔戒深入魔王的領土，才能在末日火山摧毀這一切邪惡的根源。於是，在巫師甘道夫的主導下，由精靈、矮人、哈比人、遊俠和人類組成了魔戒遠征隊，試圖護衛佛羅多前往魔王的老巢。但黑暗的勢力亦非省油的燈，魔王索倫派出黑騎士四處搜捕，並且決心發動大軍入侵，不惜一切代價，只為了找到這枚小小的戒指....

《精靈寶鑽》於1977年首次出版時，曾獲得以下的佳評： 「這本一個人寫作超過半世紀的作品，竟成為一群人的創作源頭，這是怎麼辦到的？」 ─衛報 「原本抱著創作英文神話的雄心，最後卻成了偉大的真神話！」 ─金融時報 「一部非凡絕美的創作……在其最佳時刻展現壯麗風華。」 ─華盛頓郵報 「一本嚴酷、悲傷、細密構思而又美麗不已的書，充滿著英雄主義與希望。」─多倫多環球郵報 此書敘述中土世界第一紀元的故事，遠比《魔戒》的時代古老許多，《魔戒》中的人物，如愛隆與凱蘭崔爾，都在這齣古老的戲劇中扮演了重要的角色。 書名《精靈寶鑽》是「精靈寶鑽爭戰史」的簡稱，描寫最有才能的精靈－－費諾所造三顆偉大寶石的故事；他將照亮諸神所居之地維林諾的雙聖樹的光芒收存到寶石之中。當黑暗之王魔苟斯摧毀了雙聖樹後，那璀璨的光芒唯獨活在精靈寶鑽中；魔苟斯奪走了寶石，將它們鑲在他的王冠上，他在中土大陸北方的堡壘，固若金湯的安格班中稱王。《精靈寶鑽》記載費諾與其族人背叛了諸神，流亡到了中土大陸，對魔苟斯這位巨大而可怕的敵人發動戰爭，寫下一連串精靈與人類絕望又英勇的故事。 本書除了最主要的「精靈寶鑽爭戰史」，還包含其他短篇：敘述創造之始的〈埃努的大樂章〉，描述諸神特性與力量的〈關於維拉與邁雅的記載〉，述說爭戰史之後的短篇〈努曼諾爾淪亡史〉，講述在第二紀元末努曼諾爾島上的王國沈淪滅亡的故事；最後，讓本書大功告成的短篇是〈魔戒與第三紀元〉。 作者簡介 托爾金生於1892年1月3日。在服完第一次世界大戰的兵役後，他展開了一段卓越的學術生涯，並且被推崇為世界上最優秀的語言學家之一。但他最為人所知的是：他是中土世界的創造者，以及《哈比人歷險記》、《魔戒三部曲》、《精靈寶鑽》這三大鉅著的作者。他去世於1973年9月2日，享年81歲。 此書編者克理斯多福•托爾金為作者的兒子。 畫者 泰德•納史密斯，土生土長於加拿大安大略省高德瑞契（Goderich）的泰德•納史密斯，童年生活大多在搬遷中度過，其間曾在法國居住過三年。他在青少年時期認識了托爾金的作品，從那時開始，便不斷將托爾金所寫的故事畫成圖畫。如今，在他的建築師生涯之外，他也是著名的托爾金詮釋者。他已經繪畫出版了三本托爾金的插畫月曆；能為《精靈寶鑽》一書繪製插圖，是他多年夢想的實現。目前他居住在安大略省得馬克罕（Markham）。 譯者簡介 鄧嘉宛，1962年生，英國新堡大學社會語言學碩士。從事翻譯工作多年，譯作十數本，另與康來昌合著有《與我共遊奇幻國度──魔戒導讀》（校園出版）

裘德·费舍尔女士的新著《魔戒魅影·双塔奇兵》其实并不比她的前作《魔戒魅影·魔戒再现》更需要导读，因为这两本书都是如此内容详实而行文生动。但是，既然能有机会在此加上一则短序，我也惟有希望这几句离题的话题不会有损的作品本身的美好和流畅了。

The authorized biography of the creator of Middle-earth. In the decades since his death in September 1973, millions have read THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION and become fascinated about the very private man behind the books. Born in South Africa in January 1892, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was orphaned in childhood and brought up in near-poverty. He served in the first World War, surviving the Battle of the Somme, where he lost many of the closest friends he'd ever had. After the war he returned to the academic life, achieving high repute as a scholar and university teacher, eventually becoming Merton Professor of English at Oxford where he was a close friend of C.S. Lewis and the other writers known as The Inklings. Then suddenly his life changed dramatically. One day while grading essay papers he found himself writing 'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit' -- and worldwide renown awaited him. Humphrey Carpenter was given unrestricted access to all Tolkien's papers, and interviewed his friends and family. From these sources he follows the long and painful process of creation that produced THE LORD OF THE RINGS and THE SILMARILLION and offers a wealth of information about the life and work of the twentieth century's most cherished author.

“1914年正当年的时候被征召入伍，与1939年那次经历相比，可怕情形毫不逊色……到了1918年，我亲密的朋友，活着的就剩一个了。” 托尔金用此回应了那些认为《指环王》是反映第二次世界大战的评论家们。托尔金年轻时，他周遭的世界被卷进了一场大的灾难当中，他也由此开始着力对中土世界的“构建”。《托尔金与世界大战》一书第一次对上述事实做了全景式的展示。 着手描述托尔金个人的战时生活，这本重要的传记讲述了他作为一名信号官在索姆河一役中的恐怖经历和展现出的英雄主义精神，以及触动他开始奇幻文学创作的那个朋友圈子。约翰·加思探讨了第一次世界大战中的经历才是托尔金“构建”中土世界的持久动力的关键。托尔金运用天马行空的想像映射出他这一代人所经历的巨大灾难，并由次改变了西方的文学传统，直至今日依旧能引起人们的共鸣。

托尔金作品风靡全球，而又佳评如潮，经久不衰，迄今已发行一亿六千余万册。不过他的传奇人生却鲜为人知。著名传记作家迈克尔・怀特深入探究了托尔金的生平，翔实地记录了托尔金的童年时光、父母的早逝、和妻子伊迪丝的爱情、一战战场上的生死考验、任教牛津大学的岁月、和文学大师C・S・刘易斯的友谊，以及创作《魔戒》的种种轶事，是了解托尔金其人其书的最佳传记。

The first ever illustrated paperback of the critically acclaimed and beloved children's classic, featuring 26 colour paintings and over 30 pencil drawings by Alan Lee.

本书在它的作者去世四年之后出版。这部书描绘了上古时期，或者说“第一纪”时的情景。魔戒叙述的是第三纪末期发生的重大事件，《精灵宝钻》的故事则可以追溯到久远的过去那时候，莫高斯——第一个“黑暗之王”住在中洲，精灵为了夺回稀世之宝，向他发动了战争……这本书的书名是《精灵宝钻》。可是除了《精灵宝钻》，还有另外四个短篇。放在本书最前面的《圣贤之乐》和《梵拉的传说》与《精灵宝钻》的关系很密切，可是后面的两篇《努美诺尔覆灭》和《魔戒和第三纪》与《精灵宝钻》并无关系，可以独立成章。这是按照家父明确的意愿收入的。这样一来，我们就有了一部从伊路瓦塔通过“圣贤之乐”开天辟地、创造世界起到“第三纪”末期的完整的历史……

《魔戒 第三部：王者再临》 本书的故事接着上两部紧张展开：索伦发动侵略中土世界的最后一步，巫师甘道夫等集合了他们所有的力量去帮忙防卫刚铎首都，以低于迫在眉睫的威胁。最后阿拉贡以刚铎王位继承人之名召唤出神秘的亡灵军队，来帮助他击败索伦。但是即使用尽全部力量，他们仍然意识到无法取胜，所以把最后的希望寄托在主人公佛罗多与山姆身上......