News for Oct. 25, 2004

Beloved Tolkien trilogy sets cash registers ringing

10/25/04, 4:27 pm EST - Xoanon

Some day historians will list billionaires of the 21st century: Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Frodo Baggins. Frodo Baggins? Fifty years ago this month, the fantasy tale that became a worldwide phenomenon was launched when J.R.R. Tolkien's ``The Lord of the Rings'' was first published in the United States by Boston-based Houghton Mifflin. [More]