Silmarillion Companion Guide

Varda-Me · 02-04-2002, 12:08 AM

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!

Ñólendil · 02-04-2002, 12:52 AM

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.

Bacchus · 02-23-2002, 06:04 PM

Foster is indeed the best chronicler. Whatever you do, avoid David Day like the plague.

Comic Book Guy · 02-23-2002, 07:41 PM

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.

Ñólendil · 02-23-2002, 08:34 PM

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.

Bacchus · 02-24-2002, 09:37 AM

I have heard a rumor that a revised version was coming. I have absolutely no knowledge of the veracity of this.

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 02-24-2002, 04:48 PM

I have heard conflicting reports on this Bacchus.

Ñólendil · 02-24-2002, 04:53 PM

I've seen the new edition of the Guide at Barnes & Nobles. It does not appear to have been revised at all.

Earenya · 02-25-2002, 04:41 PM

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?

02-04-2002, 12:08 AM	#1
Varda-Me 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
Ñólendil 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
Bacchus 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, 08:34 PM	#5
Ñólendil 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
Bacchus 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.

02-23-2002, 07:41 PM	#4
Comic Book Guy 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.

02-24-2002, 04:48 PM	#7
*Sister Golden Hair* 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
Ñólendil 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
Earenya 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!

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