The Works Of J.R.R Tolkien (Including The Hobbit, The Lord Of The Rings, The Silmarilion and other writings)
There are few authors who could stake claim to changing human civilization drastically. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien can claim it without doubt. I can wax lyrical for hours and hours about this man's genius. From constructing new worlds for his characters to live in, making up the most believable story of creation ever, giving us midget heroes in hobbits to love and adore, constructing artificial languages for his imaginary creatures to speak, giving them thousands of years of history, Tolkien will always be, in my opinion, one of history's greatest value educators. Full of values, enduring human values like love, compassion, mercy, fortitude, courage, forgiveness, bravery and an entire dictionary's worth of good adjectives. As a person who had seen, experienced and fought in a war, Tolkien took his own losses, horrors and fears and gave them to us in a way that we can