Chapter 571 The Lord of the Rings Is Released!

"Alas! I've waited so long! Lao Zei's new book is finally coming out!"

"It's not my favorite type of novel according to the introduction, but since it's Lao Zei's novel, I have to read it no matter what."

"Lao Zei's novel will definitely surprise you!"

"The first work after being deified!"

"That's right, I came to queue up an hour ago, and I'll go back and read it later!"

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On the release day of "The Lord of the Rings 1: The Fellowship of the Ring", readers from all over Kyushu were extremely excited, standing in groups at the door of the bookstore to communicate. No matter what type of book it is, as long as it is Lao Zei's work, there is no reason not to read it.

It's not an exaggeration to say that Lao Zei's previous work "The Three-Body Problem" is the work that made Lao Zei a deity, because it won more than one award in the major Kyushu novel awards. It's a pity that Lao Zei's true face has never been revealed from beginning to end.

Some people lamented Lao Zei's mysterious personality, while others accused him of arrogance. Anyway, it doesn't matter to Lin Qiu.

It's better not to expose Lao Zei's vest for a lifetime and become a legend. Those talents are not Lin Qiu's talents.

Speaking of the new book series "Lord of the Rings", in fact, readers in China in the past life rarely read the original works. Compared with the original works, the movie series may be more famous, but the quality of the works themselves is indeed beyond reproach. In today's world environment, Lin Qiu still decided to bring it out.

Now with the reputation of Lao Zei and the quality of his works, even if the subject matter is niche, the sales volume will not be too low. What's more, the subject matter of Western fantasy may be a little niche in Xiazhou, but in the land of Jiuzhou, especially in the West, it is absolutely mainstream.

Therefore, it is rare to see that on the release date of Lao Zei's novels, the West will show a more crazy buying trend than the East!

Not to mention ordinary readers, even first-line authors have one in hand!

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Yingzhou.

At the home of the well-known best-selling author Irene.

Seven authors from Yingzhou gathered together and communicated with each other.

These seven are all well-known authors in Yingzhou, and have created more than one well-known novel. This time they gathered together, naturally for the appreciation of "Lord of the Rings".

Suddenly, the housekeeper pushed the door open and came in with a dozen or so brand new copies of The Lord of the Rings in his arms, which were obviously just bought from the bookstore. "I bought it!"

"Have you bought it?"

"Hurry."

The faces of these Yingzhou authors were filled with excitement as they distributed the books. You know, Yingzhou's novels have always been ahead of other places in Kyushu, but after the new century, Yingzhou's novels were suddenly constrained and difficult to break through.

But since the beginning of Harry Potter, this mysterious author from the East has brought wonderful works again and again, and even constantly broke the cognition of readers and authors. This time, the Western fantasy theme is exactly what they want to see the most, nothing else.

They are eager to know how the old thief will describe the Western fantasy world in his mind.

Some of the seven authors did not want to be disturbed when reading, so they went to the study to read, and some simply read directly in the living room.

And the first paragraph of the opening of The Lord of the Rings 1: The Fellowship of the Ring is very interesting!

"The elves of the world cast three rings, and the dwarves underground got seven rings."

"The mortals of the world hold the nine rings, and the shadows of Mordor lie in wait."

"The Dark King holds the One Ring."

"The One Ring controls all rings."

"The One Ring seeks all rings."

"The Lord of the Rings leads all rings."

"Imprisons all rings in darkness, and the shadows of Mordor lie in wait."

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In fact, it is not difficult to understand from this passage that this is a love story about rings, and it is a direct point out of the main content of the story.

At the beginning of the novel, the sense of Western fantasy that comes from the text instantly envelopes all readers.

This has nothing to do with the plot of the novel. In a popular way, it is two words - taste, and in a high-end way, it is called artistic conception, which is inextricably linked to the writing and dialogue.

The theme of Western fantasy has very high requirements for the writing of dialogues, because a lot of atmosphere and information will be explained to the audience from it.

At the beginning of the story, an old man named "Bilbo Baggins" is introduced. He is an elderly hobbit.

On his 110th birthday, he decided to leave his hometown and hand over all his property to his nephew Frodo Baggins.

However, the only thing that Bilbo couldn't bear to part with was a magic ring that could make the holder invisible.

According to Bilbo Baggins, it was just a worthless gadget.

But the audience knew that this ring would definitely not be that simple, perhaps it was the origin of the title "The Lord of the Rings"!

And Frodo Baggins, the protagonist of this story, lost his parents when he was young and was adopted by his uncle. When he grew up, he became a serious, sensitive and smart boy, deeply fascinated by his uncle's rich collection of books and his wonderful travel stories across the land of Middle-earth!

When the familiar words "dwarf" and "elf" appeared in the book, all readers who had not known this book before also knew what kind of Western fantasy book it would be.

Just like Taoist priests and knights are representatives of Eastern martial arts and immortals, dwarves and elves are the iconic species of Western fantasy.

The guardian of the Hobbits, the grey wizard Gandalf, was not so careless and became suspicious of the ring.

In order to find out the origin of this ring, I desperately studied a large number of historical records, but found out a shocking news!

Thousands of years ago, the Dark Lord Sauron forged the Ring of Power!

Give three of the rings to the Elf King, seven to the dwarf nobles, and nine to humans.

But Sauron secretly forged a Supreme Lord of the Rings, which has the power to enslave the whole world!

These are the twenty rings of "The Lord of the Rings" that many readers and audiences talked about in previous lives!

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"Distribute the supreme power?"

"interesting."

Eileen flipped through the books. For Western Fantasy, the setting of the story is only part of it. After all, the subject matter is rigid. No matter how innovative you are, there will never be anything too beyond the reader's imagination. But I have to say that this old thief's The background setting is still very attractive.

For a full century after the creation of the One Ring, the world was shrouded in darkness.

Then, the Elf-Human Alliance declared war on Sauron and his orc army, and finally killed the Dark Lord Sauron with the sacrifices of the human emperor Elendil and a large number of alliance elites!

After the battle, Elf King Elrond originally planned to destroy the Lord of the Rings, but the human prince was bewitched by the Lord of the Rings, just like the evil sword fairy bewitched Xu Changqing in "Legend of Sword 3", allowing the Lord of the Rings to survive.

After many twists and turns, the Ring came into the hands of [Frodo]'s uncle Bilbo, but Bilbo was old after all, and Frodo was his heir, so he naturally handed the Ring to the protagonist Frado. Many hands.

The story of how Bilber obtained the Lord of the Rings is actually recorded in the prequel "The Hobbit". The greatest function of the Lord of the Rings is to arouse the wearer's desire and seduce the wearer to fall. The stronger the wearer's ability, the more likely he will be. It is easy to be seduced by the desires in their hearts and corrupted. On the contrary, the smaller the person is, the less likely it is for people without much desire to be seduced.

As a hobbit who lived a stable and peaceful life, Bilbo had no desires and desires, and finally got the ring by chance during an adventure.

Of course, Bilbo had no idea that this ring had so many stories.

Otherwise, he would not have given the ring directly to his nephew.

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As soon as the story of "Lord of the Rings" begins, it shows a very interesting world view, and gives a brief introduction to the twenty Lord of the Rings, but the main line of the story is completely revealed.

The Dark Lord Sauron, who had regrouped his spirits, knew that this important Ring was in the hands of the Hobbits, and rebuilt the fortress, gathering countless Orcs, preparing to seize the Ring with an army and conquer the world!

As for the Lord of the Rings itself, the power it possesses will cause the holder to fall, and in the end there will only be death.

If you want to completely destroy the Lord of the Rings and destroy the most powerful power of the Demon Lord, you must throw it into the flames where it was originally cast. This place is the Doomsday Mountains in Sauron's lair!

Unknowingly, readers have been completely immersed in the world created by the old thief, and are reading excitedly, because judging from the news announced by Xianque, this series of novels has not just one, but three novels. , a prequel will be released later.

A series of novels is too attractive to ordinary readers. There is no way. If there is only one novel, it will be gone after reading it. Happiness comes and goes quickly, but series works are different. From reading to anticipation, to discussion, and finally to aftertaste, it can last a long time.

Moreover, the plots and stories of a series of novels are always much richer than those of a single volume.

After the causes and consequences of the Lord of the Rings and the main plot were laid out one after another, there was not much nonsense in the novel. Frodo directly embarked on the journey to destroy the Lord of the Rings accompanied by his loyal partners Sam, Merry and Pippin!

The main story of "The Lord of the Rings" has officially begun!

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"It's actually a road novel!"

"It seems that the old thief has never written this type of work."

"What is a road novel?"

"To put it simply, two points are set first, the starting point and the end point, and then the protagonist keeps moving forward on the road and encounters one thing after another."

Road novels may seem simple to readers, but in fact only the author knows how difficult it is to write.

Because the starting point and end point are fixed, the sense of expectation for the end of the story will be greatly weakened. For example, in "The Three-Body Problem", as a reader, you can't guess what the plot will be at the end, but road-style novels are different.

In this way, the author's writing power and the excitement of the plot will be further tested in the process, otherwise it will become a running account.

Eileen was very sure that the old thief wanted to reveal the complete existence of the world described in "The Lord of the Rings" to readers in this process. This kind of confidence would have been impossible for her to have.

In the following story, sure enough, the world of "Lord of the Rings" is unfolding!

The first one I encountered was the elves, a classic race in Western fantasy.

There are many races in "Lord of the Rings", and the three most important races are elves, humans and dwarves.

The elves are tall, smart, beautiful, elegant, and have keen eyesight.

They are the best at poetry, literature and music. They are also the most powerful archers in Middle-earth. They can be called the most charming race in Middle-earth. Just through the description of the old thief's writing, thousands of readers have seen it on their faces. With a smile, you can feel the charm of these elves!

In the subsequent story, the protagonists embarked on an adventure story under the pursuit of Sauron's minions, the Black Knights, also known as the Ringwraiths!

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Unconsciously.

Time is passing.

Almost all readers have forgotten time.

For example, the audience in Xiazhou originally thought that the content of the story would be obscure, because Western fantasy books have always been like this, but when they really read "The Lord of the Rings", they found it very interesting.

The old thief constantly attracts readers through a lot of dialogues and subjective perspective adventure writing.

It is said that the protagonist is on an adventure, but in fact the reader's sense of substitution is quite deep, just like he is adventuring in the Middle-earth world, constantly encountering different people or things, and constantly getting out of trouble.

This kind of road-style adventure plot is completely different from the perception of reading it through others' narration and reading it yourself!

In the previous life, the movie version of "The Lord of the Rings" actually made many changes in style and plot.

And the book is not only awesome, but the original author, linguist Tolkien, created a total of 15 different elven dialects in the book, and also created various languages ​​for creatures such as tree people, orcs, dwarves, and hobbits!

The most famous of them is the elven language Quenya, but readers who are reading this book now will not think that the language of the elves in this "Lord of the Rings" is actually a system, not a fabrication!

Lin Qiu remembered that in his previous life, many people had studied Quenya for decades and found that this language has the potential to become a brand-new language. It is conceivable how unsolvable the original author of "The Lord of the Rings" was.

At this time, the readers' focus is still on the adventures of the four little ones and the establishment of the Lord of the Rings expedition!

In the plot of the novel, facing many obstacles, the four little ones were fortunate to have the protection and help of the righteous forces such as the half-blood prince Aragorn, the elf Legolas, the elf princess Aiwen, the human warrior Blomire, the elf queen Granriel, and the dwarf Gimli and the wizard Gandalf, so that they could get through the difficulties.

Then the Fellowship of the Ring was formally established, and nine members were confirmed.

Except for the protagonist Frodo, the gardener Sam, and the wizard Gandalf, the rest of the members were heroes who met and got to know each other on the road. This also conforms to the characteristics of road-style writing. The existence of supporting characters is to activate or solve midway events. Some of these supporting characters may not need too much ink, but they must have a driving role in the plot.

... (End of this chapter)