[Nufaciel]

Lord of the Rings is most definitely NOT a trilogy. It was divided into three parts because they thought that it was too long, and people wouldn't buy it as a single book. It was intended to be one single book. Tolkien was paid for the whole book, not each individual volume as a seperate book. He himself referred to it as a single book. Fellowship and Towers were released at the same time, and Return of the King one year later, but this was likely because of the paper shortages at this time. (Remember, the world was still recovering from WWII, even though it was over by then.)