The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth

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Summary: O.K...
Review: I think this is a goood book to referance to, but don't plan on learning it if you don't know anything yet. It is better to learn online or from a friend the basics, then use this book to keep going back to or to develop yur skills. Ovrall I think it was pretty helpful.

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Summary: The ONLY usefull book for learning elvish
Review: I used this book to learn elvish and found it very intresting. I am now fluent in elvish and speak it to my freinds. I would recomend this to anyone looking to buy an elvish laungege teacher.

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Summary: There's better books for both topics this book covers
Review: It's a pretty good dictionary if you want to find out what somthing is in the lord of the rings books or somthing similar, but if you want to find out about the language and how to write it or speak it, you might as well pick up the Return of The King Appendix E and look at that. If you want to know good info about the language, search the internet. A good middle earth dictionary is the Complete Guide to middle Earth by Robert Foster. All in All, this is not a very good book.

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Summary: Great for D&D players who also like Tolkien
Review: its not that great unless you are cpable of teaching yourself an imcomplete launguage. It wasn't perfect but an excelent attempt.

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Summary: The WORST look at Tolkien's works I have ever seen.
Review: My God! This book is horrendously inaccurate. The text is so incoherent and vague I can hardy understand what the author is trying to say. One minute, she is talking about some so-called "similarity" between an ancient Greek or Roman god and something from Tolkien, and the next she states there is nothing the same about them except for there appearance. It utterly confuses even the most dillegent and devout fan when she begins to speak of grammar and sentence structure; in fact, the only clear thing in this wildly overpriced book is the rune and tengwar charts she copied out of LOTR!

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Summary: A basic compendium
Review: Now...it might be incomplete, and roughly inaccurate... Reading 'The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth' is not like reading all of Tolkien's works (and fragments). However, those who know Tolkien will understand how HUGE a more accurate and precise work on the subject will have to be. Thus I think this might be a good starting point (easy, pocket-size and simple) to adventure into Tolkien's Ordered Babylon...

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Summary: Confused author
Review: The author gets confused by the difference between Sindarin and Quenya languages, and worse yet, messes up the Tengwar and its meanings. As a very broad overview, its OK. But for accuracy, I would give this book a big miss. The author did not do her homework.

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Summary: Do not buy---very dated!!
Review: The information in this book is innacurate and unreliable. Since the book was published, information about Tolkien's languages has changed. It is never a good idea to buy a book about Tolkien's languages, unless it is The Lost Road (I think it's called) in the Histories of Middle Earth. Books can't be updated!! If you want information about Tolkien's languages, check out some websites. ....

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Summary: 2 thumbs way way up!
Review: The languages of Tolkien's Middle Earth is a great book. I was particularly impressed with the Elvish to English and English to Elvish dictionaries. It tells a lot about Tolkien and the early formations of his ideas. It's a worthwhile book.

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Summary: 2 thumbs way way up!
Review: The languages of Tolkien's Middle Earth is a great book. I was particularly impressed with the Elvish to English and English to Elvish dictionaries. It tells a lot about Tolkien and the early formations of his ideas. It's a worthwhile book.