The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion
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| The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion | |
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| Author | Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull |
| Publisher | HarperCollins (UK) & Houghton Mifflin (US) |
| Released | December 2005 (1ed), 2008 (1st rev ed), 2014 (2nd rev ed) |
| Format | Hardcover with dustjacket (1ed, 2nd rev ed), Paperback (1st rev ed) |
| Pages | 894 (1ed, 1st rev ed, 2nd rev ed) |
| ISBN | 0618642676 978-0618642670 (1ed), 0007270607 978-000727606 (1st rev ed), 000755690X 978-0007556908 (2nd rev ed) |
The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull is considered one of the greatest recent secondary works about J.R.R. Tolkien's world. The book contains rare Tolkien-related extracts, poems, letters, manuscripts, interviews, as well as brand new material.
Contents
- Rare or previously unpublished content
- A newly transcribed version of Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings. Another version of this was published as Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings in A Tolkien Compass (1975).
- Part of Tolkien's 1951 letter to Milton Waldman, previously unpublished in the UK.
- A reproduction of a manuscript page showing a a synoptic time scheme used while writing The Lord of the Rings. It summarizes the movements of characters between the 8th and the 12th of March.
- Formerly unpublished parts of "The Hunt for the Ring" and "Index questions"
- Notes on significant changes made by the author and by Christopher Tolkien after his father's death
- Brief references to illustrations, maps, and earlier versions of the text
- References to people, places, and events that appear in other books by Tolkien
- Explanations of archaic and unusual words
- Translations and primers on how to use Tolkien's invented languages
