“Meditations on Middle-Earth” edited by Karen Haber.
Title: Meditations on Middle-Earth
Author(s): Douglas A. Anderson, Poul Anderson, Orson Scott Card, Charles de Lint, Diane Duane, Raymond E. Feist, Esther M. Friesner, Lisa Goldstein, Greg Hildebrandt, Tim Hildebrandt, Robin Hobb, Glenn Hurdling, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R.R. Martin, Terry Pratchett, Michael Swanwick, Harry Turtledove, Terri Windling
Editor(s): Karen Haber
Cover Artist: John Howe
Interior Artist(s): John Howe
Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Published: November 2001
ISBN-10: 0312275366
ISBN-13: 9780312275365
Notes: These are all essays about Middle-Earth, with one interview.
Contents:
“Preface: The Beat Goes On” by Karen Haber
“Introduction” by George R.R. Martin
“Our Grandfather: Meditations on J.R.R. Tolkien” by Raymond E. Feist
“Awakening the Elves” by Poul Anderson
“A Changeling Returns” by Michael Swanwick
“If You Give a Girl a Hobbit” by Esther M. Friesner
“The Ring and I” by Harry Turtledove
“Cult Classic” by Terry Pratchett
“A Bar and a Quest” by Robin Hobb
“Rhythmic Pattern in the Lord of the Rings” by Ursula K. Le Guin
“The Longest Sunday” by Diane Duane
“Tolkien After All These Years” by Douglas A. Anderson
“How Tolkien Means” by Orson Scott Card
“The Tale Goes Ever On” by Charles de Lint
“The Mythmaker” by Lisa Goldstein
“‘The Radical Distinction…’: A Conversation with Tim and Greg Hildebrandt” interview of Tim and Greg Hildebrandt by Glenn Hurdling
“On Tolkien and Fairy-Stories” by Terri Windling