The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth

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Summary: Review
Review: This is for everyone who loves Tolkien. You can learn the languages and even make grammatical sentences.

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Summary: Outdated, yes, but so?
Review: Yes this book is outdated due to the publication of Christopher Tolkien's mammoth History of Middle Earth. But when I purchased the book back in 1980, this was pretty much it, and it was fascinating. It spoke of Tolkien the linguist, introduced me to things I didn't know, and remember fondly sharing it with my parents, bubbling with excitement that I could share with them such a remarkable work. SO MANY LANGUAGES! They were mystified and amazed that this little work of fantasy I read actually had depth. For me, that was quite satisfying.

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Summary: Not a Good Buy
Review: [...] Noel's book suffers from errors of both omission and comission, in addition to its out-of-dateness. Any serious scholar already knows better and there is no reason for a novice to be led astray.