"Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century." Sunday Telegraph
"An extraordinary work-pure excitement." New York Times Book Review
"One of the great fairy-tale quests in modern literature." - Time
"A remarkable book" - Newsweek
"One of the very few works of genius in recent literature." - New Republic
"A work of immense narrative power that can sweep the reader up and hold him enthralled for days and weeks." The Nation
"Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron." - C. S. Lewis
"The first thing one asks of an adventure story is that the adventure should be various and exciting Tolkien's invention is unflagging" W. H. Auden
"JRR Tolkien's epic trilogy remains the ultimate quest, the ultimate battle between good and evil, the ultimate chronicle of stewardship of the earth. Endlessly imitated, it never has been surpassed." - Kankas City Star
"A masterful story an epic in its own way suspense, mystery, poetry, and fantasy." with elements of high adventure, Boston Sunday Herald