The Lord of the Rings, Book 4
by J. R. R. Tolkien
Recommended by Ed Morrissey and John Gruber
Recommended by public sources
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Fantasy and Fiction.
In celebration of The Hobbit's fifteenth anniversary, the authoritative edition of its stirring sequel, The Lord of the Rings, is elegantly presented in handsome, uniform editions. In the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, 111yearold Bilbo Baggins (hero of The Hobbit) passed along his magical ring to his orphaned nephew, Frodo ? unwittingly set...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Fantasy and Fiction.
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Consider The Republic by Plato. Recommended by 13 sources.
“Plato stages an extended Socratic conversation that moves from concrete questions about justice into broad proposals about an ideal city, the structure of the soul, and what counts as reality and knowledge. Reading alternates brisk question-and-answer snippets with long, cumulative demonstrations that reward careful attention and annotation. Main value: a wealth of thought experiments for testing political and ethical intuitions. Main limitation: repetitive refutations, long policy sketches and dense metaphysical passages can feel abstruse and slow; patience and some philosophical background help.”
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