maps, maps, maps yay! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Enedhil · 03-15-2002, 06:17 PM

woo-hoo! just bought the 'journeies of frodo' (or some title like that, can't remember it exactly right now)

Very very handy - 51 superb maps detailing the entire journal during lord of the rings - not just Frodo, mind, the whole fellowship *grins*

strongly recommended.

apologies if i should stick this somewhere else, am tired and scooting off to bed now. rather wired as is usual.

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kisses and blessings. xx

Galdor · 03-15-2002, 07:08 PM

Hey, sounds nifty. Where did ya get it?

piosenniel · 03-15-2002, 11:00 PM

Enedhil - are you speaking of 'The Atlas of Middle Earth'? if so, that was a great book for a map loving hobbit!

if it's some other book of maps, could you please let me know the author? i love maps!

Aralaithiel · 03-16-2002, 09:36 AM

Maps??? Where??? Gimme! Gimme! Pleeeezzzee!
Where'd ya get 'em, cause I would like some!
Cool! [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img]

Starbreeze · 03-16-2002, 03:43 PM

Yeah, I saw that today when I went shopping - looks cool, I'll put it on my birthday list! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Enedhil · 03-16-2002, 05:21 PM

I bought it in Waterstones (- big book shop). It's by Barbaba Strachey (methinks) 8.99 RRP. 'Twas in a 3-for-2 book offer, so got that, 'tales from the perilous realm' and an Agatha Christie book for me mam. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] I don't think it was the Atlas of Middle Earth, but I think that was there too.

Oh, I also bought the chronicles of Narnia in one large book - yay! I now have about 7 or 8 books to read an am still trudging through the Silm. Well, sorta trudging. Kinda taking a rest on a nice green hill right now [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Elanor · 03-16-2002, 05:25 PM

Yay, I love that book. I had it as a birthday present years ago, I've always loved maps. Apparently the author isn't a geographer or an artist, but a fan who was so keen to have detailed maps that she did her own. She has been very thorough, and researched all the tiny details. I'd join in with the others in recommending it.

**lindil** · 03-24-2003, 03:48 PM

Journeys of frodo is a pretty rare OOP edition from many years back, unless it has been re-released for the movies [ for which it would be woefully in accurate [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] ].

Enjoy!

gralin musicteeth · 03-24-2003, 05:23 PM

The Journeys of Frodo has been re-published, I saw it at Chapters the other day. $38?! Too rich for my blood! Christmas is coming...
I did take the opportunity to leaf through it though, I was almost to Rivendell when the store closed. Oh well. Very interesting.

gralin musicteeth · 03-24-2003, 05:24 PM

Oh! and on the subject of maps, I found a really sweet one of the Undying Lands on a website somewhere, but now I can't find it. Anyone else seen it?

Durelin · 03-24-2003, 06:01 PM

I am rather into the 'gaming', ie: TCGs, RPGs, etc., and I am looking in on table top battles and miniatures, though I believe I lack the artistic skill...Anyway, I have recently purchased a set of maps that accompany the roleplaying game by Decipher. It comes with six 17" x 22" maps of:

The Shire
West Gondor
East Gondor
Rohan
Eregion
Mordor

They are quite fancy with the age affect and elvish and other languages scrawled around in a border, and fancy lettering. Really quite awesome. I only wish the backs weren't bleach white... I also like The Atlas of Middle Earth, wish I owned it, but, it's almost always available at my library *mumbles* unlike some other books that are MISSING! Oh yes, the set also comes with an atlas, giving an explanation about all the regions (that is already in the roleplaying rulebook), but it also seperates each map into sections and gives you what section on what map each region is.

Gee, I sounded smart, didn't I? I like maps, need all the help I can get with knowing where things are. I sware, I'm can't wait till I can drive, and yet, I dread what might happen to me! Lost, and on my way to Micky D's! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

03-15-2002, 06:17 PM	#1
Enedhil Wight Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Scotland Posts: 102	maps, maps, maps yay! woo-hoo! just bought the 'journeies of frodo' (or some title like that, can't remember it exactly right now) Very very handy - 51 superb maps detailing the entire journal during lord of the rings - not just Frodo, mind, the whole fellowship grins strongly recommended. apologies if i should stick this somewhere else, am tired and scooting off to bed now. rather wired as is usual. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] kisses and blessings. xx __________________ Meanwhile these three remain: Faith, Hope and Love. And the greatest of these is Love.

03-15-2002, 07:08 PM	#2
Galdor Pile O'Bones Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Look up. Yeah, in the big tree. No, the one to the right. Posts: 12	Hey, sounds nifty. Where did ya get it? __________________ "Now thats an eyeopener, and that's no mistake." -Samwise Gamgee

03-15-2002, 11:00 PM	#3
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Enedhil - are you speaking of 'The Atlas of Middle Earth'? if so, that was a great book for a map loving hobbit! if it's some other book of maps, could you please let me know the author? i love maps! __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

03-16-2002, 09:36 AM	#4
Aralaithiel Ghost Eldaran Queen Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A remote mountain in Valinor Posts: 353	Maps??? Where??? Gimme! Gimme! Pleeeezzzee! Where'd ya get 'em, cause I would like some! Cool! [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img] __________________ A lelyat, wen! (Quenya Elvish for "You go, girl!"

03-16-2002, 03:43 PM	#5
Starbreeze Ghost of a Smile Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Mirkwood - Middle Earth Posts: 389	Yeah, I saw that today when I went shopping - looks cool, I'll put it on my birthday list! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Do not tamper with the affairs of wizards, they are not all that subtle - Terry Pratchett To write is to make dreams, to make dreams is to awaken the fantasy of the mind, to awaken the mind is to be a master.

03-16-2002, 05:21 PM	#6
Enedhil Wight Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Scotland Posts: 102	I bought it in Waterstones (- big book shop). It's by Barbaba Strachey (methinks) 8.99 RRP. 'Twas in a 3-for-2 book offer, so got that, 'tales from the perilous realm' and an Agatha Christie book for me mam. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] I don't think it was the Atlas of Middle Earth, but I think that was there too. Oh, I also bought the chronicles of Narnia in one large book - yay! I now have about 7 or 8 books to read an am still trudging through the Silm. Well, sorta trudging. Kinda taking a rest on a nice green hill right now [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Meanwhile these three remain: Faith, Hope and Love. And the greatest of these is Love.

03-16-2002, 05:25 PM	#7
Elanor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: my own corner of the Shire Posts: 316	Yay, I love that book. I had it as a birthday present years ago, I've always loved maps. Apparently the author isn't a geographer or an artist, but a fan who was so keen to have detailed maps that she did her own. She has been very thorough, and researched all the tiny details. I'd join in with the others in recommending it. __________________ "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading." Henny Youngman (1906 - )

03-24-2003, 03:48 PM	#8
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	Journeys of frodo is a pretty rare OOP edition from many years back, unless it has been re-released for the movies [ for which it would be woefully in accurate [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] ]. Enjoy! __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.

03-24-2003, 05:23 PM	#9
gralin musicteeth Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Tossing half-sick between grotesque reality and savage, frightening dreams Posts: 360	The Journeys of Frodo has been re-published, I saw it at Chapters the other day. $38?! Too rich for my blood! Christmas is coming... I did take the opportunity to leaf through it though, I was almost to Rivendell when the store closed. Oh well. Very interesting. __________________ Where was the stooped and mealy-coloured old man I used to call Poppa when the merry-go-round broke down?

03-24-2003, 05:24 PM	#10
gralin musicteeth Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Tossing half-sick between grotesque reality and savage, frightening dreams Posts: 360	Oh! and on the subject of maps, I found a really sweet one of the Undying Lands on a website somewhere, but now I can't find it. Anyone else seen it? __________________ Where was the stooped and mealy-coloured old man I used to call Poppa when the merry-go-round broke down?

03-24-2003, 06:01 PM	#11
Durelin Estelo dagnir, Melo ring Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,063	I am rather into the 'gaming', ie: TCGs, RPGs, etc., and I am looking in on table top battles and miniatures, though I believe I lack the artistic skill...Anyway, I have recently purchased a set of maps that accompany the roleplaying game by Decipher. It comes with six 17" x 22" maps of: The Shire West Gondor East Gondor Rohan Eregion Mordor They are quite fancy with the age affect and elvish and other languages scrawled around in a border, and fancy lettering. Really quite awesome. I only wish the backs weren't bleach white... I also like The Atlas of Middle Earth, wish I owned it, but, it's almost always available at my library mumbles unlike some other books that are MISSING! Oh yes, the set also comes with an atlas, giving an explanation about all the regions (that is already in the roleplaying rulebook), but it also seperates each map into sections and gives you what section on what map each region is. Gee, I sounded smart, didn't I? I like maps, need all the help I can get with knowing where things are. I sware, I'm can't wait till I can drive, and yet, I dread what might happen to me! Lost, and on my way to Micky D's! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]