I thought this was a fantastic book, packed with interesting facts and the most stunning illustrations, gorgeous.

Publicado en los años 80, es una guía de todos los monstruos y criaturas salidas de la cabeza de Tolkien junto con una extensa guía. Una joya para los amantes de la Tierra Media.

in case your proper fantasy needs a hand... (off course, now with the movies all has changed)

Tolkien's world of Middle Earth introduces us to all kinds of creatures that are unfamiliar to us. Some we may have encountered in other stories -- elves, dwarves and goblins are found in many different fairy stories and fantasy novels, but hobbits, ents and balrogs are not. But even the ones whose names we know play a different role in Tolkien's stories. They have their own history, culture and languages.

This book is a kind of encyclopaedia of such creatures.

I've returned it to the library now, but I rather wish i had it for reference. Tolkien's books are full of allusions to tales, myths and legends of his world, but paging through other stories to find them can be quite challenging. Here they are all packed between the same covers.

Do you want to know the history of elves, and which ones saw the light of the two trees and which ones didn't? A quick lookup in this book will tell you.

Do you want to know about the relationship between Shelob and Ungoliant? It's all here.

And I found that just reading through it as if each entry was a chapter in a book helped me to recall some of the stories. It's a kind of mental map to the peoples and creatures of middle earth.

I just can't remember whether it said balrogs have wings or not. That's why I'd like my own copy.

This illustrated guide to the free people of Middle-Earth and all other creatures in Tolkien's books (The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The LOTR) has to be the ultimate guide there is to Middle-Earth. David Day has given a beautifully written reference to all the ages and characters of Tolkien's great imagination. The book also includes maps, chronology of the ages and some superb colour illustrations. On nearly every page there is some kind of illustration that makes this book all the more enjoyable.
I would recommend this book to people who enjoyed reading the books or to someone who has seen the film and would like to know more about the enchanted world that is Middle-Earth.

What a great book this was! I have read so much by Tolkien, but never something so helpful. So many things have become clear to me for the first time, for example all the different kinds of elves and why they were named like this, which ones completed their journey to the undying lands, which not etc etc. Mister Day, a really awesome work and helpful for people like me who easily get confused and forget names and so on. What would have made me give 5 starts would be a graphic chronology with all the ages. It is difficult to keep up with this, too. But yea, it was a joy to read this book and I never thought reading an entire encyclopedia would be so much fun :D

Its amazing to see all of the creatures Tolkien envisioned and thought up. I'm glad to see that the illustrations are very accurate and don't detract from Tolkien s' works.

This book is amazing! I can find out whatever I don't know about Middle-Earth whenever. It is really really cool!

It's a nice overview of different creatures for people,who are seeking for inspiration.

The illustrations are ethereal in their beauty and quality. Delve into Middle Earth & the Undying Lands visually.

Dejvid Dej me je ponovo oduševio, ovaj put sa "Tolkinovim rečnikom". Nakon "Tolkinovog prstena", čitanje ove knjige mi je predstavljalo veliko zadovoljstvo i neizmerno sam zahvalna obzirom na to da je knjiga, poput svake enciklopedije, izuzetno praktična i korisna.

a wealth of information and history of Tolkiens Middle Earth, Undying lands and the peoples and creatures therein. Full of fantastic artwork too.