From Library Journal New Line Cinema will be releasing "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy in three separate installments， and Houghton Mifflin Tolkien s U.S. publisher since the release of The Hobbit in 1938 will be re-releasing each volume of the trilogy separately and in a boxed set (ISBN 0-618-15397-7. $22; pap. ISBN 0-618-15396-9. $12). Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information， Inc. From AudioFile During his eleventy-[first] birthday celebration (hobbits have their own way of counting)， Bilbo Baggins reluctantly agrees to give up the powerful but corrupt Ring of Power he found years before in The Hobbit. But getting rid of the ring turns out to be no easy task. In this first installment of Tolkien s Lord of the Rings trilogy， Inglis s skilled narration manages to retain the old-fashioned， fairy tale quality of the original text but is also well in tune with the story s darker aspects. As Bilbo s nephew， Frodo， and his friends take center stage to help dispose of the ring before some truly unsavory characters can obtain it， Inglis demonstrates he is up to the task of relating the original story s drama， suspense， and dark mysticism. J.P.M. © AudioFile 2001， Portland， Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile， Portland， Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition. See all Editorial Reviews