World first publication of a previously unknown short satirical fantasy by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by his son, Christopher Tolkien, and accompanied by illustrations from the author together with an essay, The Origin of Bovadium, by Richard Ovenden OBE. As Christopher Tolkien notes in his Introduction, The Bovadium Fragments was a ‘satirical fantasy’ written by his father, which grew out of a planning controversy that erupted in Oxford in the late 1940s, when J.R.R. Tolkien was the Merton Professor of English Language and Literature. Written initially for his own amusement, Tolkien’s tale was a private academic jest that poked gentle fun at such things as 'the pomposities of archaeologists' and 'the hideousness of college crockery'. However, it was at the same time expressing a barbed cri de coeur against the inexorable rise of motor transport and 'machine-worship' that was overwhelming the tranquillity of his beloved city.

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J.R.R. Tolkien
Tolkien var en engelsk forfatter. Han var egentlig "bare" Professor i Oxford, og så endte det med at han blev berømt på godnathistorier han havde fortalt sine børn. Han er nu kendt hele verdenen over som forfatteren til de to bøger som næsten er fundamentet til hele fantasy genren, "The Hobbit" og "The Lord of the Rings." Tolkien var en universitetsprofessor i Oxford som samledes med sine kolleger til møder, hvor han læste højt fra det han var i gang med at skrive. Blandt andet var Tolkien venner med C.S. Lewis, som skrev "Narnia" bøgerne. I 1979 blev der lavet en tegnefilm over første halvdel af "Lord of the Rings." Anden del kom aldrig, men siden har geniet fra New Zealand, Peter Jackson, filmatiseret hele sagaen. Filmtrilogien blev belønnet med masser af filmpriser. Tolkien's søn, Christopher Tolkien har gennem en årrække været gennem sin fars noter og kasserede skriverier. De blev samlet i 12 bind.