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The Lord of the Rings is ___ by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien.

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J.R.R. Tolkien was born on ___.

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After serving in the First World War, he became best known for ___

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Awarded the CBE and an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Oxford University, he died in ___at the age of 81

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After Tolkien's death, his son Christopher ____based on his father's extensive notes and unpublished manuscripts, including The Silmarillion.

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The title refers to the story's main antagonist, the Dark Lord Sauron, who, in an earlier age, created the One Ring to rule the other Rings of Power given to Men, Dwarves, and Elves, in his campaign to conquer all of Middle-earth. From homely beginnings in the Shire, a hobbit land reminiscent of the English countryside, the story ranges ___(place), following the quest to destroy the One Ring mainly through the eyes of the hobbits Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin.

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Bilbo celebrates ____ and leaves the Shire suddenly, passing the Ring to Frodo Baggins, his cousin and heir. Neither hobbit is aware of the Ring's origin, but the wizard Gandalf suspects it is a Ring of Power.

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Seventeen years later, Gandalf tells Frodo ___ and counsels him to take it away from the Shire. Gandalf leaves, promising to return by Frodo's birthday and accompany him on his journey, but fails to do so.

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Tolkien presents ____ within a fictional frame story where he is not the original author, but merely the translator of part of an ancient document, the Red Book of Westmarch. That book is modelled on the real Red Book of Hergest, which similarly presents an older mythology. Various details of the frame story appear in the Prologue, its "Note on Shire Records", and in the Appendices, notably Appendix F. In this frame story, the Red Book is the purported source of Tolkien's other works relating to Middle-earth: The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.

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Amazon bought ____ from the Tolkien Estate in November 2017, making a five-season production commitment worth at least $US1 billion. This would make it the most expensive television series ever made.