3. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 《指环王》——J.R.R托尔金

The king, you knew Tolkien would be showing up here sooner or later. The real surprise is that he's not number one, which isn't so much an indictment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy as it is praise for the top two. Gallons of ink have been spilled when it comes to Tolkien. I'm not sure any other genre of fiction owes as much to one person as fantasy owes to Tolkien. Even today in our 21st century life Tolkien touches many different avenues of entertainment, including (obviously) books, movies, role playing games, and video games. You'd think with his trilogy being such well worn territory by now that it would have lost some luster, but it's actually still a fantastically good read, and if you haven't made the effort yet because it seems old or you've seen the movies you really should. The payoff is definitely worth the time.

当然你知道的，托尔金早晚会出现在这里。真正的意外应该在于他并不是第一名（T_T）,这并不能说明《魔戒》系列不如前两名。当提到托尔金时能写的东西太多了。我不能确定其他题材的幻想小说是否是这样，但魔幻题材小说绝对应该归功于托尔金。即便是在21世纪的今天，托尔金同样触及到了各种娱乐形式，包括（很明显的）书籍，电影，RPG游戏，视频游戏等。你可能会觉得托尔金的三部曲在各个领域的泛滥会导致其失色，但它仍旧是一部魔幻佳作，如果你因为它年代久远或者看过同名电影而没读过原著，那么你一定要读读，绝对物超所值。