January 08, 2024

How a Pirate Publisher Stole Tolkien’s Magnum Opus: The Story of Ace Books’ "Lord of the Rings"

21 minutes

As “The Lord of the Rings” grew in popularity in the U.S., one book

publisher took advantage of an odd copyright provision to issue an unauthorized version of the book, and this is the story of what

followed.

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By Joshua Scott

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