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The Fellowship Of The King: The War Of The Rings - Book One
Long before Sauron, the original Rings Of Power were forged by the Elven Lord Celebrimbor and Dwarven smith Narvi in Eregion, near the Misty Mountains. These first magic Rings were far more powerful than those that came after and were corrupted by Sauron to be fought for in the War of the Ring.
Elanor, daughter of Samwise, is nervous before her debutante party in the Shire. In the 22nd year of the reign of the High King Elessar, the Blue Wizards return from out of the East bearing grave and perilous the rest of the Rings of Power have been found and they are in deadly danger. Thus begins the War of the Rings to End All Wars of the Rings. Before it is over Elves, Hobbits, Dwarves, Men and magical races long forgotten or never seen before will join the Quest to find Celebrimbor’s originals and the last of Sauron's corrupted Rings of Power.
Elanor, two Hobbit friends, the Crown Prince Eldarion, his Elvish uncles Elladan and Elrohir join the Wizards Alatar and Pallando in a war across Middle-earth fighting for their lives. If they fail, they will witness the return of the Vala Morgoth, the source of Evil and former Master of the long-defeated Sauron. With all the Rings of Power at his command, Morgoth will enslave the whole of Middle-earth - forever.
Elanor, daughter of Samwise, is nervous before her debutante party in the Shire. In the 22nd year of the reign of the High King Elessar, the Blue Wizards return from out of the East bearing grave and perilous the rest of the Rings of Power have been found and they are in deadly danger. Thus begins the War of the Rings to End All Wars of the Rings. Before it is over Elves, Hobbits, Dwarves, Men and magical races long forgotten or never seen before will join the Quest to find Celebrimbor’s originals and the last of Sauron's corrupted Rings of Power.
Elanor, two Hobbit friends, the Crown Prince Eldarion, his Elvish uncles Elladan and Elrohir join the Wizards Alatar and Pallando in a war across Middle-earth fighting for their lives. If they fail, they will witness the return of the Vala Morgoth, the source of Evil and former Master of the long-defeated Sauron. With all the Rings of Power at his command, Morgoth will enslave the whole of Middle-earth - forever.
724 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 16, 2023
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March 7, 2023
Mate, you’re gonna get sued.
April 21, 2023
I did not read this but I refuse to read this book, it is taking licensed work, and writing fanfic about it.
How this is selling any copies at all is beyond me. I expect the Tolkien estate to sue the ever loving shit out of you. You deserve it.
Shame on you
Update, as of 4/20/23 just before midnight this is no longer available on Amazon. So it looks like this dude lost the court case real fast
Good riddance
How this is selling any copies at all is beyond me. I expect the Tolkien estate to sue the ever loving shit out of you. You deserve it.
Shame on you
Update, as of 4/20/23 just before midnight this is no longer available on Amazon. So it looks like this dude lost the court case real fast
Good riddance
April 20, 2023
I read the 100ish preview pages on Amazon. Yes, this is fanfiction. But it’s not even good fanfic.
It’s very obviously written from an American lens - which is icky, considering so much of Tolkein and British culture is imbued throughout Lord of the Rings. The very heart and soul of Middle-earth is British, inspired by Arthurian myth and legends. When you disregard this, you’re literally disregarding the core identity of LOTR.
The book opens with Elanor Gamgee (Sam’s daughter) celebrating her 21st birthday… which is not something Hobbits do? What is the purpose, other than to create context that will appeal to an American. It’s the equivalent of Harry Potter fanfic introducing an American exchange student, or having Hogwarts become an American boarding school.
There’s a lot more to dissect here. But frankly, I don’t care to. If this dude wants to sue the Tolkein estate, and Amazon, for copyrighting his shitty fanfic that he published in 2022, it will not only lead to his downfall but potentially create serious ramifications for the fanfic community.
It’s very obviously written from an American lens - which is icky, considering so much of Tolkein and British culture is imbued throughout Lord of the Rings. The very heart and soul of Middle-earth is British, inspired by Arthurian myth and legends. When you disregard this, you’re literally disregarding the core identity of LOTR.
The book opens with Elanor Gamgee (Sam’s daughter) celebrating her 21st birthday… which is not something Hobbits do? What is the purpose, other than to create context that will appeal to an American. It’s the equivalent of Harry Potter fanfic introducing an American exchange student, or having Hogwarts become an American boarding school.
There’s a lot more to dissect here. But frankly, I don’t care to. If this dude wants to sue the Tolkein estate, and Amazon, for copyrighting his shitty fanfic that he published in 2022, it will not only lead to his downfall but potentially create serious ramifications for the fanfic community.
Shelved as 'random-not-tbr'
April 21, 2023Yes, this is pretty bad fanfiction (which you can read most of here: https://www.google.com/books/edition/...), but I'm not here to give it a bad rating. I'm here because I'm so amused about the lawsuit (https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainme...) and the fact that this guy is listed as Tolkien's coauthor for FotR on Amazon.
I have laughed so much at this today. 'Tis marvelous, the hilarious things one finds online. Whether it's in all seriousness (which is funny enough) or a complete trolling joke (which I find even funnier), it's incredible.
(And to everyone very mad at this man and proclaiming him to be a terrible writer and how dare he sue Amazon and/or rip off Tolkien... friends. This man isn't going to detract from Tolkien's popularity. He's probably not even going to hurt Amazon--and if he does, I suspect a lot of you don't like Rings of Power anyway. Sometimes, bad fanfiction is just funny. Sometimes, we need to laugh.)
I have laughed so much at this today. 'Tis marvelous, the hilarious things one finds online. Whether it's in all seriousness (which is funny enough) or a complete trolling joke (which I find even funnier), it's incredible.
(And to everyone very mad at this man and proclaiming him to be a terrible writer and how dare he sue Amazon and/or rip off Tolkien... friends. This man isn't going to detract from Tolkien's popularity. He's probably not even going to hurt Amazon--and if he does, I suspect a lot of you don't like Rings of Power anyway. Sometimes, bad fanfiction is just funny. Sometimes, we need to laugh.)
April 20, 2023
I genuinely do not know who to root for in this embarrassing mess of a situation. On the one hand you've got delusional hack 'writer' Demetrious Polychron*, who doesn't seem to know anything about copyright law and thinks he can sell Lotr fan fiction without owning the rights.
And on the other hand we've got the Tolkien Estate and Amazon. The former are meant to be safeguarding Tolkien's work and legacy but seem more interested in making obscene amounts of money, and the latter are Amazon; evil mega corporation and the company responsible for The Rings of Power**, an embarrassing bit of lore abusing fan fiction in its own right. No-one involved appears to have much respect for Tolkien or his work, apart from how much money it can make them.
Perhaps they'll sue each other into oblivion but I rather suspect that Mr Polychron will run out of money, and legal arguments, first. Fans of the professor's work can only hope that Amazon and the Tolkien Estate don't come out of this stronger than before. Imagine what evil they could wreak on us then.
*with a name like that might I suggest you try your hand at Greek retellings? That shit is really popular right now and it doesn't matter how terrible they are. It's not like Homer can sue. Or perhaps try ripping off some science-fiction classics. Polychron certainly sounds like something from a Philip. K. Dick novel.
**Polychron is suing them both, claiming that this terrible TV series is ripping off his book. And he wants $250 million. You couldn't make this shit up...
And on the other hand we've got the Tolkien Estate and Amazon. The former are meant to be safeguarding Tolkien's work and legacy but seem more interested in making obscene amounts of money, and the latter are Amazon; evil mega corporation and the company responsible for The Rings of Power**, an embarrassing bit of lore abusing fan fiction in its own right. No-one involved appears to have much respect for Tolkien or his work, apart from how much money it can make them.
Perhaps they'll sue each other into oblivion but I rather suspect that Mr Polychron will run out of money, and legal arguments, first. Fans of the professor's work can only hope that Amazon and the Tolkien Estate don't come out of this stronger than before. Imagine what evil they could wreak on us then.
*with a name like that might I suggest you try your hand at Greek retellings? That shit is really popular right now and it doesn't matter how terrible they are. It's not like Homer can sue. Or perhaps try ripping off some science-fiction classics. Polychron certainly sounds like something from a Philip. K. Dick novel.
**Polychron is suing them both, claiming that this terrible TV series is ripping off his book. And he wants $250 million. You couldn't make this shit up...
Shelved as 'didn-t-read-because-reasons'
March 6, 2024(Good news: curious folk can still read the book since a copy was entered into the public record as part of the legal proceedings. Available here: https://archive.org/details/the_fello... )
So, about Demetrious Polychron: why doesn't Goodreads recognize their book as a book any more? It's definitely a book that existed at one time. So what if it was a copyright/licensing violation for them to sell it? It still qualifies as a book. And GR shut its page down long before the court decision that required Polychron to destroy every known copy. On that note, those few people who were lucky enough to acquire a physical copy when the elf shit first hit the fan: total collector's item, I hope they make bank on it.
Here's my original review:
I did read some of the book while it was available. It was, well, it was far from the worst self-published fiction I've read, but that's more about the depths to which I'm willing to sink than praise for the writing. It very quickly dipped into copyright violation, with characters specified as descendants of Sam Gamgee and other specific character references, putting it clearly outside of any possible "inspired by" defense. There seemed to be some attempt to adopt a Tolkienic style but mostly it was just long-winded. I'm glad I didn't try to read the whole thing; I expect I would have been quite bored.
And here is my update/summary of the whole affair:
IMPORTANT UPDATE ON DEMETRIOUS POLYCHRON, YES THAT IS SO HIS NAME, WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING
So, after suing Tolkien's estate for copyright infringement of his—*checks notes*—Lord of the Rings fanfiction novel, the first in a planned series of seven, which he tried so hard guys to get Tolkien's grandson to read and talk to him about it—
Then the Tolkien estate sued Polychron for copyright infringement and, OF COURSE, they won. Polychron now has to destroy all copies of his book. What a shame.
Clearly the only thing left for him to do is to make all 21 film adaptations himself.
So, about Demetrious Polychron: why doesn't Goodreads recognize their book as a book any more? It's definitely a book that existed at one time. So what if it was a copyright/licensing violation for them to sell it? It still qualifies as a book. And GR shut its page down long before the court decision that required Polychron to destroy every known copy. On that note, those few people who were lucky enough to acquire a physical copy when the elf shit first hit the fan: total collector's item, I hope they make bank on it.
Here's my original review:
Have we learned nothing from N.K. Stouffer? Suing Tolkien's estate, claiming they infringed on his . . . Lord of the Rings fanfiction.
https://radaronline.com/p/jeff-bezos-...
My favorite part is where he left a copy of his fanfiction on Tolkien's grandson's porch after no one would return his calls.
I did read some of the book while it was available. It was, well, it was far from the worst self-published fiction I've read, but that's more about the depths to which I'm willing to sink than praise for the writing. It very quickly dipped into copyright violation, with characters specified as descendants of Sam Gamgee and other specific character references, putting it clearly outside of any possible "inspired by" defense. There seemed to be some attempt to adopt a Tolkienic style but mostly it was just long-winded. I'm glad I didn't try to read the whole thing; I expect I would have been quite bored.
And here is my update/summary of the whole affair:
IMPORTANT UPDATE ON DEMETRIOUS POLYCHRON, YES THAT IS SO HIS NAME, WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING
So, after suing Tolkien's estate for copyright infringement of his—*checks notes*—Lord of the Rings fanfiction novel, the first in a planned series of seven, which he tried so hard guys to get Tolkien's grandson to read and talk to him about it—
“For the last three years, I’ve been doing the most obvious hardest thing in the world,” Polychron wrote, according to a copy of the letter presented in court documents. “I’ve been writing the obvious pitch-perfect sequel to ‘The Lord of the Rings.’" [. . .] He also allegedly described plans for a seven-book series of Lord of the Rings sequels that could be adapted into 21 films.”(Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation..., his efforts included yeeting a copy of his book over Tolkien's fence)—his case was, OF COURSE, dismissed by the court months ago.
Then the Tolkien estate sued Polychron for copyright infringement and, OF COURSE, they won. Polychron now has to destroy all copies of his book. What a shame.
Clearly the only thing left for him to do is to make all 21 film adaptations himself.
April 19, 2023
This is literally bad LOTR fanfiction that you are trying to profit off of. Have some originality, mate.
Hope you're gonna have enough money to cover the cost of all those lawsuits you're gonna be embroiled in.
Hope you're gonna have enough money to cover the cost of all those lawsuits you're gonna be embroiled in.
April 20, 2023
I love fanfiction, I read a lot of it. But no one should try to sell it. Unless its rewritten with original characters an released as its own thing. This isn't.
December 19, 2023
What a distasteful, disastrous, undeniably stupid attempt at a sequel to the great works of Tolkien.
No talent, nothing. Not even the slightest.
Why?
For the simply reason to get rich quick.
You want to attempt to write Mr Polygon like Tolkien did? Try studying English at degree level. Experience it. Then try again with an original idea!
What a waste of my time!
No talent, nothing. Not even the slightest.
Why?
For the simply reason to get rich quick.
You want to attempt to write Mr Polygon like Tolkien did? Try studying English at degree level. Experience it. Then try again with an original idea!
What a waste of my time!
Shelved as 'will-never-read'
April 22, 2023I'm happy to see I'm not the only one who's upset with this. I just saw this on Kobo for $15. That's $15 for fanfiction that is based on something that's been out since 1954. And this author thinks it's ok to sue the Tolkien estate? I get he wants to sue the Amazon writers, but seriously. Disrespectful. I have a feeling he will lose and I will laugh.
June 5, 2023
This loser is about to screw over every fanfic writer who does this for fun with no monetary gain.
February 2, 2023
Couldn't get past the first couple pages. I have read vastly better written fanfiction. At least there, authors don't ignore established naming conventions and add weird titles for people. To then be expected to pay for this is ridiculous!
April 19, 2023
Got to love plagiarized work that is turned into a book to profit off of someone else's hard work.
*sarcasm*
*sarcasm*
April 19, 2023
Derivative fanfic garbage - an unauthorized "sequel" to Lord of the Rings that the author would have you believe is an original work.
It's not. It's junk.
It's not. It's junk.
April 25, 2023
Really? IT was necesario? 😢
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