The Complete Tolkien Companion - anyone have it? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Luinalatawen · 08-05-2003, 01:29 AM

I have Foster's Complete Guide to Middle-Earth too, and it is pretty good. Also, I own David Day's A Tolkien Bestiary and after looking at his Illustrated Guide in the bookstore, I too noticed that the two are very, VERY similar.

Snowdog · 09-14-2010, 05:47 PM

The Complete Tolkien Companion by J.E.A. Tyler, like The Atlas Of Middle-Earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad are excellent reference books on the fine world J.R.R. Tolkien created. According to the Forward, what is contained in The Complete Tolkien Companion is based on the released Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion, and Unfinished Tales. The different versions of previously published tales were not used, but maybe footnoted. A good book to have!

08-05-2003, 01:29 AM	#1
Luinalatawen Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 122	I have Foster's Complete Guide to Middle-Earth too, and it is pretty good. Also, I own David Day's A Tolkien Bestiary and after looking at his Illustrated Guide in the bookstore, I too noticed that the two are very, VERY similar. __________________ My philosophy: A chapter of a Tolkien book a day keeps Sauron's hitmen away.

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09-14-2010, 05:47 PM	#2
Snowdog Emperor of the South Pole Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The Western Shore of Lake Evendim Posts: 660	The Complete Tolkien Companion by J.E.A. Tyler, like The Atlas Of Middle-Earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad are excellent reference books on the fine world J.R.R. Tolkien created. According to the Forward, what is contained in The Complete Tolkien Companion is based on the released Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion, and Unfinished Tales. The different versions of previously published tales were not used, but maybe footnoted. A good book to have!