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Available
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Publication
St. Martin's Press (1988), Edition: 1st, 531 pages
Description
Alphabetically-arranged entries provide information about facts, names, words, dates, and etymological allusions found in Tolkien's books about Middle Earth, with genealogical tables, maps, and charts.
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LibraryThing member MyopicBookworm
Though it appeared shortly before publication of The Silmarillion, and so was inevitably superseded, this book deserves recognition as the first serious attempt to catalogue Tolkien's world. It is thorough and readable, and although occasionally inaccurate (e.g. in the genealogies of the Eldar and
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Edain), it avoids speculation and invention, and was, in its day, a very useful handbook to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The decorated capital letters at the head of each section are beautifully drawn. MB 19-viii-2009 Show Less
LibraryThing member benuathanasia
If you've ever read Tolkein, and yet don't consider yourself the Middle Earth version of a "trekkie," then like me, you've probably had difficulty telling Boromir from Faramir, or Balin from Dwalin. And were exactly is Rhovanton? Where the heck did the elves go after the war? How did Smeagol become
If you have ever had issues keeping any of this information together in your head while reading Tolkein, I highly advise keeping the Tolkein Companion nearby whenever you find yourself immersed in the Middle Earth books.
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that disgusting little freak Gollum? If you have ever had issues keeping any of this information together in your head while reading Tolkein, I highly advise keeping the Tolkein Companion nearby whenever you find yourself immersed in the Middle Earth books.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1976
Physical description
531 p.; 5.4 inches
ISBN
0517279142 / 9780517279144