An Atlas of Tolkien: An Illustrated Exploration of Tolkien's World

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This book chronicles all of this creation myth, one to rival Norse, Greek and other ancient creation myths with striking similarities that turn it in to something that feels as if they are myths from the beginning of time.

The author clearly has a very deep understanding of the source material and has put an amazing amount of effort to present it in the cleanest way possible. The edition may seem a bit superfluous, but there’s some good information in here along with some glorious artwork. As an experienced reader of Tolkien's works, though by no means an expert, I found this book to be of little use. When one actually reads this book, they will not find an atlas, as this is very much lacking in maps.

Day has published six books of poems for adults and ten illustrated children's books of fiction and poetry. The books featured on this site are aimed primarily at readers aged 13 or above and therefore you must be 13 years or over to sign up to our newsletter. Reception [ edit ] Fonstad created "the most comprehensive set" of thematic maps of Middle-earth, such as Frodo and Sam's route to Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring.

It will help us to better tailor the blog to you, the readers, likes and make this a better blog for everyone. Moving forward with our beer education series, and sorry that this one has taken a bit of extra time… but I had to do some reconstruction work on my keyboard. Now, some of the artwork is beautiful, and I think that is essentially, what makes this book good, but, some of it, I didn't appreciate in the least, and for me, it looked too simple. I learned way more from it than I was expecting, and besides the urge to re-read The Hobbit and the LOTR trilogy, I think I might be ready to go on an adventure and finally begin The Silmarillion! Sometimes I felt that I had read a piece of information two or three times, and occasionally I would read this information a second time and it would contradict (or seem to contradict) something that was said earlier.Remarkables REMARKABLES Intriguing, stunning, or otherwise remarkable books These include fine editions, foreign publications exceptional for their interest or production, special editions and some first-rate books from very small publishers. If you only know the movies, you will still encounter many facts and retellings of events you already know or are aware of. Maps, images, and vivid descriptions in full color create an enchanting reference to all the fantastical places and creatures that sprung from Tolkien’s mind. Unfortunately, the quality of illustrations in this book don't come close to that of Nasmith and Lee.