J. R. R. Tolkien J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, (; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings", and "The Silmarillion". He served as the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1945 and Merton Professor of English Language and Literature and Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, from 1945 to 1959. He was at one time a close friend of C. S. Lewis—they were both
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I (1990 video game) J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I (1990 video game) J.R.R. Tolkien<nowiki>'</nowiki>s The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I is a role-playing video game published by Interplay Productions. It is an adaptation of "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J. R. R. Tolkien, being the first volume in "The Lord of the Rings". The game was released in 1990 for DOS, in 1991 for the Amiga and PC-98, and in 1992 for the FM Towns. It was followed by "". It was originally designed for the Commodore 64, but the production team switched to the newer platforms. The