Kwilizwe lamaphupha elenzelwe izigidi zabantu uhambe ngengcinga yakho, ikwancedwe ziifilimu ezilawulwa nguPeter Jackson, ngoku abalandeli beNkosi yemiqolo baya kuba nakho ukubona uMbindi-mhlaba njengoko wenzayo umyili wawo uJRR Tolkien.
Imephu engashicilelwanga, etsalwe ngunyana wombhali, uChristopher, kwaye yongezwa ngamanqaku avela kuTolkien ngokwakhe, izakuba iboniswe usuku olunye. Amathala eencwadi eBodelian afumene imephu esandula ukufunyanwa yoMhlaba ophakathi eveza umbono kaTolkien wezidalwa, ubume bendawo, kunye nokubhengeza umhlaba wakhe awucingayo.
Imephu yayiluxwebhu u-Tolkien kunye nomzobi owaziwayo uPauline Baynes ababesebenza kulo ngo-1969 xa wayethunyelwa ukuvelisa imephu yoMhlaba oPhakathi. Ngelo xesha, INkosi yeeRingi yayingazange iboniswe, ke uTolkien wayenomdla wokuqinisekisa ukuba uMbindi-mhlaba uza kuboniswa ngokuchanekileyo.
Amanqaku akho kunye amanqaku anokubonwa nge-inki eluhlaza okanye ipensile kwimephu, ubukhulu becala zibonisa indawo eziphambili kuMhlaba oPhakathi nezixeko zehlabathi zokwenyani. Imephu uTolkien noBaynes babhala phantsi yayiyimpapasho awayeyifumene komnye wemiqulu yabo yeNkosi yeeRings. Imephu yapeyintwa ngo-1954 ngomnye woonyana bakhe, uChristopher, kwaye yafakwa kweyokuqala kwimiqulu emibini ye-Lord of the Rings.
Izichazi kwimephu zibonisa indlela iBaynes zilandele iingcebiso zikaTolkien ekudalweni kwemephu yakhe yoMhlaba ophakathi-epapashwe ngo-1970 kwaye uninzi lwabalandeli luya kuyibona. Ikwabonisa ukuba izidalwa ezibonwe emephini, ezinjengeengcuka, iindlovu, iinkamela kunye namahashe, zaphakanyiswa nguTolkien ngokwakhe kwaye watsalwa nguBaynes kwiindawo ezifanayo awayezichazile.
Baynes wayenjalo kuphela igcisa elivunyiweyo nguTolkien ukubonisa imisebenzi yabo ngexesha lokudla kwabo ubomi.