Author: J. E. A.
Tyler
Genre: Companion
(to books!), guide
Series: It
accompanies Lord of the Rings
My rating
on a 1-10 scale: 8.5
Type: Fiction
Number of
pages: 531 (hardcover!)
Time
period: Fantasy
My overall
opinion: This book seems to be a great resource, and it’s obvious that
someone put a lot of work and time into it. However, I got it hoping that it
would prove a helpful companion to The
Children of Hurin by Tolkien. I was disappointed to discover that it
basically just had the names and locations used in Lord of the Rings and Hobbit. It, like The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth by Robert Foster, was in alphabetical
order, with short (or occasionally several pages long) articles about people,
places, and things from LOTR and Hobbit. Each
article was written in a “Tolkienesque” way – similar to Tolkien’s way of
writing. It was easy and enjoyable to read. But if you are looking for
something to help with names and place in Silmarillion
or Children of Hurin or another
more obscure work involving Middle Earth, I would recommend the Complete Guide previously referenced. This is
a good book for borrowing from a library, and a handy resource if you’re
researching LOTR or Hobbit!
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