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[{"role": "system", "content": "The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 fantasy novel \"The Hobbit\", but eventually developed into a much larger work. Written in stages between 1937 and 1949, \"The Lord of the Rings\" is one of the best-selling novels ever written, with over 150 million copies sold. The title of the novel refers to the story's main antagonist, the Dark Lord Sauron, who had in an earlier age created the One Ring to rule the other Rings of Power as the ultimate weapon in his campaign to conquer and rule all of Middle-earth. From quiet beginnings in the Shire, a hobbit land not unlike the English countryside, the story ranges across Middle-earth, following the course of the War of the Ring through the eyes of its characters, not only the hobbits Frodo Baggins, Samwise \"Sam\" Gamgee, Meriadoc \"Merry\" Brandybuck and Peregrin \"Pippin\" Took, but also the hobbits' chief allies and travelling companions: the Men Aragorn son of Arathorn, a Ranger of the North, and Boromir, a Captain of Gondor; Gimli son of Gl\u00f3in, a Dwarf warrior; Legolas Greenleaf, an Elven prince; and Gandalf, a Wizard. The work was initially intended by Tolkien to be one volume of a two-volume set, the other to be \"The Silmarillion\", but this idea was dismissed by his publisher.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I recently finished reading the first book of the Lord of the Rings, the popular fantasy series that's a sequel to The Hobbit. Have you read it?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "No, I have not. But I am anxious to read it. How many books are there in Lord of the Rings?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "There are three books in the series, written between 1937 and 1949.  They are The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and Return of the King."}, {"role": "user", "content": "In what time period do these stories take place?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The stories take place in a high fantasy medieval setting, similar to old English stories and lands, only with fantasy characters."}, {"role": "user", "content": "WHo is the author of these books?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The author is John Roland Reuel Tolkien, more normally known as J.R.R. Tolkien.  He lived between 1892 and 1973, and was English."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Are these fantasies violent?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "They can be, as they are about a Dark Lord named Sauron who created a ring to conquer the world through warfare, so there are a number of battle scenes."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Did the author write other books, after this trilogy--since he lived until 1973?"}]