02-04-2002, 12:08 AM | #1 |
Hobbit
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 40
|
Silmarillion Companion Guide
A long, long time ago, back in college, when I was going through my second Tolkien craze (the first was in high school), my mother bought me a used copy of The Tolkien Companion by J.E.A. Tyler. It really helped me get a lot more out of the book. I would like to know if there a similar book for The Silmarillion? I never did read The Silmarillion before now, and would appreciate something like the Companion to help me through it. Thanks!
|
02-04-2002, 12:52 AM | #2 |
Elf Lord
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: California
Posts: 60,865
|
The best book you can buy for what you're looking for is The Complete Guide to Middle-earth by Robert Foster. It's the absolute best guide available for The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion. Make sure it's the Complete guide, the revised edition.
__________________
Falmon -- Dylan |
02-23-2002, 06:04 PM | #3 |
Elven Warrior
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Houston TX USA
Posts: 245
|
Foster is indeed the best chronicler. Whatever you do, avoid David Day like the plague.
__________________
Yet neither by wolf, nor by Balrog, nor by Dragon, would Morgoth have achieved his end, but for the treachery of Men. Always after a defeat and a respite, the Shadow takes another shape and grows again. |
02-23-2002, 07:41 PM | #4 |
Best Ex-Administrator ever
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Ireland
Posts: 60,547
|
Ñólendil, does Robert Foster's guide have support for HoME? I ask this because I know Christopher Tolkien used it when he was writing Unfinished Tales.
|
02-23-2002, 08:34 PM | #5 |
Elf Lord
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: California
Posts: 60,865
|
I don't know what you mean. None of the HoMe books (or Unfinished Tales as you have perhaps guessed) had been published when the Guide was. Robert Foster's Guide is a Guide to The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
__________________
Falmon -- Dylan |
02-24-2002, 09:37 AM | #6 |
Elven Warrior
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Houston TX USA
Posts: 245
|
I have heard a rumor that a revised version was coming. I have absolutely no knowledge of the veracity of this.
__________________
Yet neither by wolf, nor by Balrog, nor by Dragon, would Morgoth have achieved his end, but for the treachery of Men. Always after a defeat and a respite, the Shadow takes another shape and grows again. |
02-24-2002, 04:48 PM | #7 |
Queen of Nargothrond
Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Akron, Ohio - USA
Posts: 7,121
|
I have heard conflicting reports on this Bacchus.
|
02-24-2002, 04:53 PM | #8 |
Elf Lord
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: California
Posts: 60,865
|
I've seen the new edition of the Guide at Barnes & Nobles. It does not appear to have been revised at all.
__________________
Falmon -- Dylan |
02-25-2002, 04:41 PM | #9 |
Elven Warrior
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Pinnath Gelin, formerly in Angaron...
Posts: 228
|
How many companions/guides are there? I have the original Tolkien Companion but it is from 1976 (I inherited it from Dad ) Is there a newer version I should invest in?
__________________
O mor henion i dhu Ely siriar, el sila Ai! Aniron.... Tiro! El eria e mor I 'lir en el luitha 'uren Ai! Aniron... FRODO LIVES! |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
If Jackson made "The Silmarillion the Movie" | jerseydevil | Lord of the Rings Movies | 86 | 01-16-2004 08:53 PM |
The Tolkien Companion | Varda-Me | Lord of the Rings Books | 9 | 04-28-2002 08:05 PM |
Trashing the Silmarillion | Sister Golden Hair | The Silmarillion | 6 | 01-24-2002 01:00 PM |
Did Tolkien want silmarillion published? | SilvaRanger | The Silmarillion | 11 | 04-09-2001 01:01 AM |
a little orientation needed | DrFledermaus | The Silmarillion | 9 | 02-12-2001 05:48 AM |