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Een must read voor de Tolkien liefhebber! Een korte beschrijving van veel dingen die in Midde-Aarde voorkomen. Daarnaast staan er ook vele mooie tekeningen in

Basically an encyclopedia of Middle Earth, in the form of a medieval bestiary. Worth the time for the illustrations alone, and also a handy reference for anyone who gets bogged down by all the races (there's about a million different types of Elves, and David Day handily gives the history of each group and their alternate names).

I loved this when I was 13 - not so excited about it now I'm nearly 50 but hey! X

A wonderful compendium to Tolkien's work. If you are a fan, you will want to read this.

Not much of a bestiary per se, but still a decent guide to Tolkein's world and the peoples, creatures, and places that he devised.

This is an older one in my collection. It is such an amazing book. The art is what grabbed me. It is such a strange and otherworldly type of art and I have it featured on another book, Eaters of The Dead, by Michael Crichton. Same artist did both. I don't know, it just seems that when the right art and explanation of the meaning of that piece art married the words have some much more depth and the mind and imagination delve into deep places that alone, either words or art might not take us as deep. In this case, that is exactly what happens.

Danny

this book is marvelous. the illustrations alone are worth buying it. even if you've never read a tolkien book in your life if you love fantasy buy this. it is just too great to pass up.

Just keep flicking through it and comparing to what I have read...which makes me want to re-read (again) the LOTR!

“In the beginning there was Eru, the One, Who dwelt in the Void, and whose name in Elvish was Ilúvatar.”

This bestiary was very informative of not only the creatures and characters I knew from ‘The Lord of the Rings’ and ‘The Hobbit’, but also of things I had never heard. It gives details and origins of Wizards, Balrogs, Elves, Hobbits, Orcs, Dragons, Nazgul, Sauron, Dúnedain, and many many more!

Reading this book was so much fun, and it reminded me that I’ve not read ‘The Lord of the Rings’ in about 10 years! I will definitely be visiting a reread this year. And reading about the beginning of it all has made me decide that this year will be the year I read the Simarillion!

This is a great book for Middle Earth fans to either read for history’s sake or to look up the origin of certain beasts.

The drawings are a totaly different interpretation than the movie but it is a great book.

i think that this is a very interesting book.