The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth

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Summary: Excellent!
Review: I have a 1993 HarperCollins paperback edition of The Guide. It's an A-Z guide to the names, places and events (all the 'proper names') in The Hobbit, The Lord of The Rings and The Silmarillion. You must have this book if you're a Tolkien Fan.

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Summary: Definitely Serving Its Intended Purpose
Review: This is an excellent handbook for any Tolkien zealot who seeks to learn more about Middle-earth. Indeed, it's pretty much ALL here from the practical to the useless. It even makes for an entertaining read by itself if you're as huge a fan of the Master of Fantasy as this reader is, and it will reveal to you in full the complexity and vastness of the place Tolkien's mind produced. It's a very nice addition to any pureblood fantasist's bookshelf.

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Summary: A classic refrence
Review: I purchased this book almost 10 years ago, and it still sits right beside all my other Tolkien books as a valuable refrence.

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Summary: The best reference on the subject
Review: The book truly deserves praise. The most wanted quality of a reference is its completeness. I assure you: there are NO entries missing. Places, people, topics and events are ALL present. There are many cross-references that help you find more about a specific subject. I've been in Sciences for quite a few years and read intensively. In many books I've read, the index is often weak and incomplete. As an index, the book fulfills my wishes, everything is there. Furthermore all entries receive a complete description and explains relationships with other subjects. This work is apparently a Ph.D., well it certainly deserves the title.

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Summary: The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth is Great
Review: I have this book by my side the entire time i'm reading.I'm almost done with The Two Towers and this book has helped me get to see people and places that Tolkien did not discribe enough for me to see them in my head.The Complete Guide Of Middle-Earth From The Hobbit To The Silmarillion is great for Tolkien lovers and is perfect for reference to the books.

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Summary: This is the best book I have ever read.
Review: I am 14 years old and this is the best book I have ever read. I read the Hobbit, and now am reading the series. I love this book. It is the best book ever written. I have just started the trilogly, and they are adding up just the same to the Hobbit. This is a reader for all ages.

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Summary: Good encyclopedia of Tolkeiniana
Review: If you read Tolkein, and like to get into the details (or are simply lost in all of the minutia), this book is an excellent guide. It is set up as an encylopedia with page references and helpful explanations. Although it can be a bit obscure at times (like the master himself), it adds another level to reading his works.

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Summary: This is the best reference book for Tolkien out.
Review: This book was very helpful. It is filled with thousands of names and places and soforth. If you want to get a reference book for Tolkien, this is the one.

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Summary: Great Book
Review: Like all Tolkien's, this book is a wonderful dreamland of "dwarves, wizards, goblins, elves, and hobbits" (The Hobbit) The author can make you laugh and cry at will; it is a great book!!

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Summary: Looking for specifics? You need this book :)
Review: This book is the best for looking up specific people, places or things found in JRRT's 'The Lord of the Rings.' Even the most obscure item is in this book. I personally think it's better than the encyclopedia by David Day. I even used this book for a report in a class comparing Beowulf to LOTR :) It's just a great book!