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Apr 27, 2023
Cals has 2 versions, full length Rob Inglis (excellent, I've listened to it eleventy one times) and short 3 hour dramatic version.
Dec 10, 2020
Didn't realize this was so abridged. Really disappointed. You may as well just watch the Jackson films as read this. Going to get the Rob Inglis unabridged version from Kobo on my next credit.
Jun 22, 2020
The fellowship of the rings is the first book in the lord of the rings series and its my favorite of all the books. I admired the symbolism in the novel the most. The ring symbolised drugs in my opinion and there were the hobbits who had…
Jan 04, 2019
Book 2
Dec 22, 2018IndyPL_SteveB rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Specifically on the audio book: Listening to someone else reading it is a different experience. Rob Inglis was the right age and with the right vocal quality to make you feel that the great author himself is reading it to you. In any…
Jan 16, 2017
I borrowed this audiobook with the hopes of listening to one of my childhood favorites while on the way to and from work (I have a long drive). I was sorely disappointed because this is not the book and I was frustrated that this…
Jan 03, 2016danielestes rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
When The Fellowship of the Ring was first published in 1954 it was a story way ahead of its time. Or maybe its cultural resonance was so commanding that the decades following it would be forever altered? This is a non-argument for most as…
May 14, 2014jbergeron19 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The first part of the larger classic The Lord of the Rings, Rob Inglis does a fantastic job of narrating all three volumes.
May 14, 2014Isley rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Classic!
Oct 09, 2013BaxterTheButler rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
But it's still awesome!
Jul 15, 2013
Just know that this is the abridged dramatized version, not the original.
Apr 26, 2013
Great book, the reader does a great job. Only issue is the first few disks are scratched/skipped so I had to just listen to the last half of the book. Hope
Jul 31, 2011Glenda1012 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This was my third reading. The last reading was many years ago. After having read "The Hobbit" prior to this, at the outset, I was disappointed that Bilbo was no longer a major player. It did not take long for my disappointment to…