The Tolkien Coming of Age Club

[The Saucepan Man]

SUCCESS!!!! B&N only had one copy of The Atlas of ME in stock. I heard it calling my name as I came in the door.

Alatariel, I saw your thread this morning and resolved to finally buy the Atlas of ME myself. I have been meaning to get it for a long time, but it is never in any of the book-shops I usually go to.

So, I decided to go to the Foyles on Charing Cross Road in my lunchhour today. It is the biggest bookshop in London, so I fully expected not to be disappointed. But what did I find? A whole section of JRRT's works, complete with companions, guides, books of illustrations, biographies etc. But no Atlas [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] . On enquiry, I established that they had none in stock but six on order. Despondently and reluctantly, I resigned myself to waiting another week.

But, as I was leaving, I spotted another book-shop across the road, called Borders, and decided to give it a try. And there they were. Not just one, but six or seven of them sitting next to all the other Tolkien books. So off to the counter I trotted with one of them in my happy little hands, together with the Complete Tolkien Companion, just to round of my success. [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img]

And the Atlas of ME is certainly no disappointent. I'm amazed at how much is in it. Not just maps, but plans of strongholds and other key locations. And plans of the battles, showing the "troop" movements. Well, being a bit of a map fanatic, it has truly been a successful day (well, yesterday now). [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]