Lord of the Rings -- Book or Trilogy?

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/narya.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Lord of the Rings -- Book or Trilogy?

Your friend is right. Technically its not a trilogy, though it was published in three books. A trilogy would be three separate stories, each telling its own story but all adding to a continuous theme. The Lord of the Rings is one long, continuous story with no break in time. If you want to really get technical, JRR Tolkien divided his one book into six 'Books', so its really a hexology <img src=smile.gif ALT="">

The reason LotR was divided into three books was because of printing and publication costs. They just weren't sure if anyone would by a 1000+ page book about hobbits and elves and such. Of course, nowadays the book is rated #1 of the century and can be printed in 1 or 100 volumes and would still sell well <img src=smile.gif ALT="">



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