The Lord of the Rings (pinball) "The Lord of the Rings: Limited Edition", which adds a shaker motor and updated software. The main objective of the game is to light and start three multiballs, each of them coupled to one of the movies of the trilogy, and to finally "Destroy the Ring": Note: Multiball features are more difficult to start based on settings and subsequent triggers. For example, Fellowship multiball on Hard may only be triggered via Barad-Dûr while on easy all three shots are open to initiate the feature. Another example is during Two Towers, a player may score and stack cumulative sword locks during
The Lord of the Rings and fantasy author Michael Moorcock critiques the world-view displayed by the book as deeply conservative, in both the "paternalism" of the narrative voice and the power-structures in the narrative. Tom Shippey cites the origin of this portrayal of evil as a reflection of the prejudices of European middle-classes during the inter-war years towards the industrial working class. Other observers have cited Christian, specifically Catholic, themes in "The Lord of the Rings". The book has been read as fitting the model of Joseph Campbell's "monomyth". "The Lord of the Rings" has been adapted for film, radio and stage. The book has