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[Ghâshgûl]

Originally posted by Lush:
<STRONG>Not yet, but I wish I had one! I'm starting to get myself into deep discussions here, and my comparitive lack of knowledge is not helping.</STRONG>

I don't yet know the "Guide to Tolkien". But if you are looking for secondary literature about Middle Earth, I can recommend you the following books:

• Robert Foster, The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth , HarperCollins 1991
• Karen Wynn Fonstad, Atlas of Middle-Earth, Houghton Mifflin 2001

The Foster is very complete (although it does not yet respect the History of Middle Earth), and the Fonstad is interesting and very, very useful (it's kind of an historical atlas). Currently I am passing a lot of time in Middle-Earth because I am trying to re-tell the story of the War of the Ring from the viewpoint of a Nazgûl. (Just for fun, I am not a professional writer - but who knows?). In any case I find myself every three minutes looking something up in these two books. (Did you ever look up something about penguins in an encyclopedia and find yourself three hours later reading an article about Anselm of Canterbury? Well: These two books have exactly the same effect... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] )

Ghâshgûl

[ January 07, 2002: Message edited by: Ghâshgûl ]