Death, the afterlife, and how our choices and actions in life influence it.
The trip you cannot avoid taking is death.
JRR Tolkien's book The Hobbit starts with that line.
He finished writing it because the publisher of The Hobbit pushed him to finish another book so they could print it.
The Silmarillion
They are two completely different books. No connection whatsoever. The Hobbit was written by JRR Tolkien and is a 'pre-quel' to The Lord of the Rings. Raven's Gate was written by Anthony Horowitzis and is the first book in The Power of Five series. However, there is both a raven and several gates in The Hobbit.
In the world of JRR Tolkien's fictional works, a balrog is a fiery demonic creature.
Four of J.R.R. contemporaries are/were Robert E. Howard, H. G. Wells, Edgar Rice Burroughs and to a certain degree, H.P. Lovecraft.
JRR Tolkien's book The Hobbit starts with that line.
Lord of the Rings was a series of three books.
The "JRR" in JRR Tolkien stands for John Ronald Reuel, which are the author's full first name and two middle names.
JRR Tolkien is not in The Hobbit, he is the author of the book. He does a bit of narration in some places, a sort of aside. Tolkien is English and was born in South Africa.
There is no record of JRR Tolkien visiting Malawi. Tolkien was primarily known for his involvement in creating the Middle-earth universe and his professional career as a philologist and author in the United Kingdom.
JRR Tolkien is a renowned author known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He also wrote the Children of Hurin and The Simmilarion.
Bilbo Baggins is the main character in The Hobbit, by JRR Tolkien. He also appears in a small way in The Lord of the Rings by the same author.
The Illustrations of JRR Tolkien. It contains all of his illustrations for The Hobbit. Many of the hardback editions of The Hobbit include his illustrations for that book. It also has a number of doodles he did during train trips.
He finished writing it because the publisher of The Hobbit pushed him to finish another book so they could print it.
January 3, 1892.
The Silmarillion