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The Complete Guide to Middleearth Tolkien World from A to Z Robert Foster Books

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The Complete Guide to Middleearth Tolkien World from A to Z Robert Foster Books

A must have for Tolkien fans.This alphabetical encyclopedia of characters and places from all of his stories is completely necessary for keeping track of the vast amount of characters( many with similar names) and complicated story. This book adds much backstory and development to the epic tale as well.A great companion to the books that will be most useful.


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The Complete Guide to Middleearth Tolkien World from A to Z Robert Foster Books Reviews

Robert Foster has done a great job indeed for this is truly "The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth!" Literary includes ALL names (characters, regions, mountains, rivers & etc.) that are found in the Silmarillion, the Hobbit, and the Lord of the Rings!

Now, I would like to address to all Tolkien fans who struggle with finding the meanings and origins of the unknown names - get this book and your problem will be solved! You will find history and explanations of every term that Tolkien used. For example, who was Elendil? According to the book, ELENDIL - Dunadan of Numenor, son of Amandil of Andunie and the leader of the Faithful, the noblest of the Dunedain to survive the fall of Numenor. And so on...

As you can see the book is very useful and it is organized like a dictionary, so there is no problem in fining the necessary information.

A Must-Have for all Tolkien Fans!
This is a great little Resource if you're just looking for some basic information on just about everything in the Tolkien universe. I especially like that he references where in the books you can find the information. The only reason I didn't give this 5 stars (and I know this is a little nitpicky), is that I did find a few things missing. A couple of examples Entwives, Black Breath. Both of these things I felt were significant enough to warrant an entry. However- I've used this guide many times, and enjoy it.
This hardback is perfect for Middle Earth fans who want to pick apart each detail, person, location and item that Tolkien went into great lengths to sometime overwhelmingly describe. This collective of terms is put together much like a reference encyclopedia, however it is well written and the hardback is beautifully illustrated. I own the paperback copy to carry around on the go, but the hardback is perfect to keep along side my Tolkien hardback collection.
THE Middle Earth encyclopedia, beautifuly illustrated, and is in the same style and format as the other Ilustrated Tolkien classics by Houghton Mifflin(US versions) and Harper Collins(UK versions). Very highly recommended reference book for your Middle Earth collection)
If you find yourself floundering in a Tolkien text because of the nomenclature, or just want a useful tool to act as a quick reference, this book is totally for you!
I think the best recommendation for this book comes from Christopher Tolkien. He said that from "frequent use" he found it to be "an admirable work of reference." (Unfinished Tales, p. 4).

I heartily concur. Having read the Pentalogue (Silmarillion-Hobbit-Lord of the Rings) twice, and this book clears up many of the obscure people, places, and events. Sometimes I have found the indices in "The Return of the King" to be wanting, or have wanted to have more of a dictionary- or cyclopedia-type entry. This book meets this need.

(In plain English, if you have a term paper to write, then get this book and save your grade.)

In fact, this book has no equals, and only two rivals Tolkien's own indices, and Peter Kreeft's philosophical concordance found in "The Philosophy of Tolkien." (ISBN 1586170252).

I have only two critiques. The first problem is that we have too many editions of Tolkien. We have no "Standard Text" with a universal pagination. This is really a problem that only the estate of JRR can solve. To his credit, Foster has a conversion formula on page 569, which is on some help. However, I still find myself flipping pages with my newer film tie-in editions.

Secondly, I would have like to have an enlarged edition of this book. I would keep the entries, but also expand them. Entries would include literary aspects of the characters, Christian symbolism of the characters, and also "behind the scenes" information form the 12 Lost Tales books and Tolkien's letters. (Such as the comments on Tom Bombadil. ) A model for this book is the Star Wars Databank web-page. This may require a multi-volume encyclopedia. So be it--Tolkien is worth it.

Until this big book get compiled, we can count upon Foster's book to do the job that we need it to do, and this is to enliven Tolkien's masterwork.
It is what it is, a guide/encyclopedia reference to the series.
If you are totally into Middle-Earth and don't already own it, this should make a fine addition to your collection.
I purchased it to "hopefully" help my middle school kid better understand and relate to this classic series as all he knows of them at this point are the movie versions. Not knocking the movies as they are all great entertainment and worth the watch but like all movies, great as they are, they are not the fully-fleshed-out literary works that I feel should be part of everyone's pleasure reading and literary education.
A must have for Tolkien fans.This alphabetical encyclopedia of characters and places from all of his stories is completely necessary for keeping track of the vast amount of characters( many with similar names) and complicated story. This book adds much backstory and development to the epic tale as well.A great companion to the books that will be most useful.