The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring Special Extended Edition DVD Edition Box Set

The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Special Extended DVD Edition

The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring – Special Extended DVD Edition

Title: The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring Special Extended Edition DVD Edition Box Set
Starring: Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood
Director(s): Peter Jackson
Producer(s): Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osbourne, Tim Sanders, Fran Walsh
Music: Howard Shore
Studio: Wingnut Films
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Released: December 2001
Catalog #: (ISBN) 078063893X
UPC: 794043554926
Series: Lord of the Rings, Middle-Earth
Number in Series: 1 (one), n/a
Language: English
Notes: This set was released in November 2002.

Meditations on Middle-Earth – edited by Karen Haber

"Meditations on Middle-Earth" edited by Karen Haber.

“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

The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring – Visual Companion by Jude Fisher

Title: The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring – Visual Companion
Series: The Lord of the Rings film series, Middle-Earth
Number in Series: 1 (one), n/a
Author(s): Jude Fisher
Cover Artist: n/a
Language: English
Original Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Originally Published: November 2001
Publisher: Easton Press
Published: November 2001
ISBN-10: 0618154019
ISBN-13: 9780618154012

The Lost Road and Other Writings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Title: The Lost Road and Other Writings
Series: The History of Middle-Earth, Middle-Earth
Number in Series: 1 (one), n/a
Author(s): J.R.R. Tolkien
Editor(s): Christopher Tolkien
Cover Artist: John Howe
Language: English
Original Publisher: Unwin Hyman
Originally Published: August 1987
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: November 1996
ISBN-10: 0345406850
ISBN-13: 9780345406859
Notes: Christopher Tolkien is not mentioned as an author or editor anywhere in the book. The unsigned Preface talks about “my father”, so it’s likely by him. Everything is by J.R.R. unless otherwise noted.
Contents:
   “Preface” by Christopher Tolkien
   “The Fall of Númenor”
   “The Lost Road”
   “The Nameless Land” (poem)
   “The Song of Aelfwine” (poem, incomplete)
   “The Song of Aelfwine” (poem, final)
   “Silmarillion II: Annals of Valinor”
   “Silmarillion III: Annals of Beleriand”
   “Ainulindalë”
   “The Lhammas”
   “Quenta Silmarillion”
   “The Etymologies”

The Atlas of Middle-Earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad

Title: The Atlas of Middle-Earth
Series: Middle-Earth
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Karen Wynn Fonstad
Cover Artist: n/a
Interior Artist(s): Karen Wynn Fonstad
Language: English
Original Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Originally Published: May 1981
Publisher: Easton Press
Published: 2002
ISBN-10: none
ISBN-13: none
Notes: Revised edition

Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth by J.R.R. Tolkien

Title: Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth
Series: Middle-Earth
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): J.R.R. Tolkien
Editor(s): Christopher Tolkien
Cover Artist: Michael Herring
Interior Artist: Shelly Shapiro
Language: English
Original Publisher: George Allen & Unwin
Originally Published: October 1980
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: September 1988
ISBN-10: 0345357116
ISBN-13: 9780345357113
Notes: All by J.R.R. Tolkien unless otherwise indicated.
Contents:
   “Introduction” by Christopher Tolkien
   “Of Tuor and His Coming to Gondolin”
   “Narn I Hîn Húrin: The Tale of the Children of Húrin”
   “A Description of the Island of Númenor”
   “Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner’s Wife”
   “The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor from the Founding of the City of Armenelos to the Downfall”
   “The History of Galadriel and Celeborn and of Amroth King of Lórien”
   “The Disaster of the Gladden Fields”
   “Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan”
   “The Quest of Erebor”
   “The Hunt for the Ring”
   “The Battles of the Fords of Isen”
   “The Drúedain”
   “The Istari”
   “The Palantíri”
   “Index”by Christopher Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings

"The Lord of the Rings" animated film.

“The Lord of the Rings” animated film.


Title: The Lord of the Rings
Starring: David Buck, Simon Chandler, Michael Graham Cox, Anthony Daniels, Christopher Guard, Dominic Guard, John Hurt, Michael Scholes, William Squire
Director(s): Ralph Bakshi
Producer(s): Saul Zaentz
Music: Paul Kont, Leonard Rosenman
Studio: Fantasy Films, Saul Zaentz Company, United Artists
Released: November 1978
Series: Middle-Earth
Number in Series: n/a
Language: English

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

Title: The Silmarillion
Series: Middle-Earth
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): J.R.R. Tolkien
Editor(s): Christopher Tolkien
Cover Artist: Darrell K. Sweet
Language: English
Original Publisher: George Allen & Unwin
Originally Published: September 1977
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: March 1979
ISBN-10: 0345325818
ISBN-13: 9780345325815
Notes: All by J.R.R. Tolkien unless otherwise indicated.
Contents:
   “Foreword” by Christopher Tolkien
   “Ainulindalë”
   “Valaquenta”
   “Quenta Silmarillion”
   “Akallabêth”
   “Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age” (essay)
   “Tables: Genealogies – The Sundering of the Elves” by Christopher Tolkien
   “Note on Pronunciation” by Christopher Tolkien
   “Index of Names” by Christopher Tolkien
   “Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names” by Christopher Tolkien

Bilbo’s Last Song by J.R.R. Tolkien

"Bilbo's Last Song" by J.R.R. Tolkien.

“Bilbo’s Last Song” by J.R.R. Tolkien.


Title: Bilbo’s Last Song
Series: Middle-Earth
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): J.R.R. Tolkien
Cover Artist: Pauline Baynes
Interior Artist(s): Pauline Baynes
Language: English
Original Publisher: Unknown
Originally Published: 1974
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: September 2002
ISBN-10: 0375823735
ISBN-13: 9780375823732
Notes: Revised edition.

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Title: The Lord of the Rings
Series: Lord of the Rings, Middle-Earth
Number in Series: 1-3 (one – three)
Author(s): J.R.R. Tolkien
Cover Artist: unknown
Interior Artist(s): J.R.R. Tolkien
Language: English
Original Publisher: Ballantine Books
Originally Published: August 1966
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: unknown
ISBN-10: 0395193958
ISBN-13: 9780395193952
Contents:
   “The Fellowship of the Ring”
   “The Two Towers”
   “The Return of the King”