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Summary: A wonderful book for all hobbits. . .
Review: . . .and any Big People interested in the most famous trip by the most famous hobbit of them all, the renowned Frodo Baggins, Frodo of the Nine Fingers.Although the author is not a professional cartographer, she has nicely detailed every aspect of Frodo's journey from Bag End to Morder and back home again. The maps are well drawn and clearly set forth and visually explain the journey. (I have it on good authority that large, framed prints of her maps can be seen in the study at Bag End.) A wonderful resource for all hobbits. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Handy companion to Lord of the Rings
Review: A meticulously researched collection of 50 maps following, not just Frodo's, but all the journeys accounted for in Lord of the Rings. The author even includes phases of the moon which, as any Hobbit knows, at times figure strongly in the story. Some may find it dry; however, the author doesn't pretend this book to be anything other than she claims it to be: maps. Clear, easy to follow, painstakingly detailed maps. Since I have trouble visualizing settings, this book has been a godsend! The first time I read 'Return of the King' I was lost -- so very, very lost. I couldn't figure out where anyone was! JOURNEYS OF FRODO brought all the battles to life for me. JOF might not be for everyone, but if its description sounds as though it might be useful to you, it will be!
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Summary: The best reference for first-time readers and long-time fans
Review: Barbara has done all the geographical guesswork for you in Journeys of Frodo. After all, Tolkien's Middle Earth is very rich in geographical features, but Lord of the Rings is sometimes sparse in terms of exact distances, areas, and positions. Barbara combed through all of Tolkien's work for us, and generated the most accurate and useful maps you will ever see of Middle Earth, right down to the locations of travellers' nightly camps. This book belongs on your Tolkien bookshelf.
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Summary: All that is gold does not glitter. . .
Review: I bought this book based in large part on online reviews (Amazon) and the cover art. It was a large mistake. The maps supplied are two color and lack imagination and luster. Further the rectangular size of the book made the maps small and pointless. On the left hand page is a small snippet about the map on the right hand side. The text is rarely more than a paragraph leaving every left hand page half blank. This book was poorly thought out and I do not reccomend it.
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Summary: The essential companion to Tolkien's book.
Review: I was very pleased to see this book still available.
My own copy was bought back in 1981 and I have cherished
it. Barbara Strachey obviously did an enormous amount of
careful research to produce this book and it shows. The
look and feel is also consistent with Tolkien's own maps
of Middle Earth. LOTR is a long and complex story and
these maps and chronology are a wonderful companion to
the text.
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Summary: The essential companion to Tolkien's book.
Review: I was very pleased to see this book still available.
My own copy was bought back in 1981 and I have cherished
it. Barbara Strachey obviously did an enormous amount of
careful research to produce this book and it shows. The
look and feel is also consistent with Tolkien's own maps
of Middle Earth. LOTR is a long and complex story and
these maps and chronology are a wonderful companion to
the text.
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Summary: Marvellous!
Review: If anyone wants to see a real example of what is meant by a "labor of love," get this book. How this elderly Englishwoman with no cartographic training produced these excellent maps is truly a wonder. She pondered every phrase, every word that Tolkien wrote and came up with maps that fully account for all of LOTR, and she corrects some of Tolkien's inconsistencies (which were inevitable in so large a work as LOTR.) The accompanying commentary is valuable and interesting. I recommend this work with the utmost enthusiasm to all frieds of Middle Earth.
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Summary: Marvellous!
Review: If anyone wants to see a real example of what is meant by a "labor of love," get this book. How this elderly Englishwoman with no cartographic training produced these excellent maps is truly a wonder. She pondered every phrase, every word that Tolkien wrote and came up with maps that fully account for all of LOTR, and she corrects some of Tolkien's inconsistencies (which were inevitable in so large a work as LOTR.) The accompanying commentary is valuable and interesting. I recommend this work with the utmost enthusiasm to all frieds of Middle Earth.
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Summary: A very good companion while travelling the Middle Earth
Review: Let me first say this: I got this book from my father, about fifteen years ago. So it may have been edited and enhanced since then. But I must say that this book is a great companion while reading LOTR and travelling with The Fellowship. I really have used it a lot and enjoyed it. The author has digged deep into Tolkien's detailed descriptions and much of the geographical issues have been very much clearer to me since I consulted "The Journeys...". My edition is black and white, but that doesn't matter. What is important is the information, not the presentation. Some drawbacks though: In my edition there is no "overview" that makes it clear how the different maps fit together. This makes it a bit hard as the scale varies largely. There are no references, as is usual in ordinary road maps, how to go from one map to another, if you do not follow the story. And there is no searchable index for names of places and such. If this is added in later editions, the book deserves five stars, absolutely.
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Summary: ATLAS OF MIDDLE EARTH
Review: This is an atlas of 51 maps covering Frodo and friends' journey to Mordor and back and serves as an ideal geographical companion to The Lord Of The Rings. The maps are drawn in red and black at various scales, based on Tolkien's descriptions and measurements and on the original maps. On the facing page each map has extensive notes to explain special points and to provide references for the information that was used. The places where the travellers slept are also marked and the day of each day's journey provided, according to the Hobbit calendar. In addition, symbols showing the phases of the moon are provided. The frontispiece has a map of a part of north-west Middle Earth with a guide to the map symbols which are roads, path, causeway, routes off roads, routes on roads, routes on rivers, fortified hedges, hedges, marshes, beacons, woods, pine forests, buildings and contours. Isengard an the city of Minas Tirith with its seven walls are clearly drawn and the last map is of the Shire and the Grey Havens. Using this book while reading o re-reading The Lord Of The Rings will give the reader a more vivid idea of Middle Earth. I recommend this atlas to all Tolkien completists and to those who would like to know more of the epic journey while reading his masterpiece.
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