J.R.R. Tolkien's own description for the original edition: If you care for journeys there and back, out of the comfortable Western world, over the edge of the Wild, and home again, and can take an interest in a humble hero (blessed with a little wisdom and a little courage and considerable good luck), here is a record of such a journey and such a traveler. The period is the ancient time between the age of Faerie and the dominion of men, when the famous forest of Mirkwood was still standing, and the mountains were full of danger. In following the path of this humble adventurer, you will learn by the way (as he did) -- if you do not already know all about these things -- much about trolls, goblins, dwarves, and elves, and get some glimpses into the history and politics of a neglected but important period. For Mr. Bilbo Baggins visited various notable persons; conversed with the dragon , Smaug the Magnificent; and was present, rather unwillingly, at the Battle of the Five Armies. This is all the more remarkable, since he was a hobbit. Hobbits have hitherto been passed over in history and legend, perhaps because they as a rule preferred comfort to excitement. But this account, based on his personal memoirs, of the one exciting year in the otherwise quiet life of Mr. Baggins will give you a fair idea of the estimable people now (it is said) becoming rather rare. They do not like noise.

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THE GREATEST FANTASY EPIC OF OUR TIME Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who wanted to be left alone in quiet comfort. But the wizard Gandalf came along with a band of homeless dwarves. Soon Bilbo was drawn into their quest, facing evil orcs, savage wolves, giant spiders, and worse unknown dangers. Finally, it was Bilbo–alone and unaided–who had to confront the great dragon Smaug, the terror of an entire countryside . . . This stirring adventure fantasy begins the tale of the hobbits that was continued by J.R.R. Tolkien in his bestselling epic The Lord of the Rings.

The first complete book by J.R.R. Tolkien in three decades -- since the publication of The Silmarillion in 1977 -- The Children of Hurin reunites fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves, Eagles and Orcs. Presented for the first time as a complete, standalone story, this stirring narrative will appeal to casual fans and expert readers alike, returning them to the rich landscape and characters unique to Tolkien. The Children of Hurin, begun in 1918, was one of three 'Great Tales' J.R.R. Tolkien worked on throughout his life, though he never realized his ambition to see it published. Though familiar to many fans from extracts and references within other Tolkien books, it has long been assumed that the story would forever remain an unfinished tale. Now reconstructed by Christopher Tolkien, painstakingly editing together the complete work from his father's many drafts, this book is the culmination of a tireless thirty-year endeavor by him to bring J.R.R.Tolkien's vast body of unpublished work to a wide audience. Having drawn the distinctive maps for the original The Lord of the Rings more than 50 years ago, Christopher has also created a detailed new map for this book. In addition, it will include a jacket and color paintings by Alan Lee, illustrator of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Centenary Edition and Academy Award-winning designer of the film trilogy.

Karen Wynn Fonstad's THE ATLAS OF MIDDLE-EARTH is an essential volume that will enchant all Tolkien fans. Here is the definitive guide to the geography of Middle-earth, from its founding in the Elder Days through the Third Age, including the journeys of Bilbo, Frodo, and the Fellowship of the Ring. Authentic and updated -- nearly one third of the maps are new, and the text is fully revised -- the atlas illuminates the enchanted world created in THE SILMARILLION, THE HOBBIT, and THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Hundreds of two-color maps and diagrams survey the journeys of the principal characters day by day -- including all the battles and key locations of the First, Second, and Third Ages. Plans and descriptions of castles, buildings, and distinctive landforms are given, along with thematic maps describing the climate, vegetation, languages, and population distribution of Middle-earth throughout its history. An extensive appendix and an index help readers correlate the maps with Tolkien's novels.

The second of a two-book set that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. This second part of The Book of Lost Tales includes the tale of Beren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, and the only full narratives of the Necklace of the Dwarves and the Fall of Gondolin, itself the finest and most exciting depiction of a battle that Tolkien ever wrote. Each tale is followed by a commentary in the form of a short essay, together with texts of associated poems, and contains extensive information on names and vocabulary in the earliest Elvish languages. This series of fascinating books has now been repackaged to complement the distinctive and classic style of the 'black cover' A-format paperbacks of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales.

Repackaged to feature Tolkien's own painting of the Tree of Amalion, this collection includes his famous essay, 'On Fairy-stories' and the story that exemplifies this, 'Leaf by Niggle', together with the poem 'Mythopoeia' and the verse drama, 'The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth', which tells of the events following the disastrous Battle of Maldon. Fairy-stories are not just for children, as anyone who has read Tolkien will know. In his essay On Fairy-Stories, Tolkien discusses the nature of fairy-tales and fantasy and rescues the genre from those who would relegate it to juvenilia. The haunting short story, Leaf by Niggle, recounts the story of the artist, Niggle, who has 'a long journey to make' and is seen as an allegory of Tolkien's life. The poem Mythopoeia relates an argument between two unforgettable characters as they discuss the making of myths. Lastly, and published for the very first time, we are treated to the translation of Tolkien's account of the Battle of Maldon, known as The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth. Tree and Leaf is an eclectic, amusing, provocative and entertaining collection of works which reveals the diversity of J.R.R. Tolkien's imagination, the depth of his knowledge of English history, and the breadth of his talent as a creator of fantastic fiction.

魔戒中文论坛：http://www.lotr.cn 同人本官方博客：http://lotrcn.blogbus.com 还记得吗？ Hobbiton嬉戏玩闹的孩子， Rivendell藤蔓缠绕的小径， Lóthlorien落叶金黄的树厅。 还记得吗？ Moria幽深空旷的遗迹， Gondor傲然挺拔的白塔， Rohan辽阔雄浑的草原。 可还记得，中州深黑色夜空中璀璨的繁星？ 我们记得，因为我们不曾离去。 所以请允许我们拨响竖琴，唱一曲旅途上的风景。 Arda大地，让我们且行且吟。 ―――――――――――――――――――― [巡游艺人的帐篷] 旅人之忆 [献艺内容] 小说、单幅绘画和插图 [音调/色调] 原著向正常向 [帐篷尺寸] B5, 145-155p [观众席] 根据预订情况入席 [票价] 70RMB [Encore] 前25名预定者赠送全彩特典别册："The Three Hunters' Club (by evenlong)" (13cm×18cm, 12p) [Cast] [吟游诗人] 列奥诺拉、evagreen、fenrir、紫云英、夏时、Elrond、variola、Ecthelion、Aquarius、proudnoldo、Elsie、Thomas Chien [流浪画家] Tyche、VigShane、ilxwing、Lavender、压缩饼干、Yuxi、Lavir、Tristan Wang、漂泊、幽草 [幕后苦力] 雅典娜、Nimloth、Jill、firemourne [特别嘉宾] 花袭人、Darkmage、上邪、悠奇薰、evenlong [售票时间] 2008年10月14日 [购票方式] 宣传blog处专贴留言 [公演日期] 2009年1月17日 [承办者] 魔戒中文论坛 (www.lotr.cn) 这是一个有着神奇色彩的巡游艺人班子。 他们之中有着会编织最美妙故事的吟游诗人，也有着能描绘最灿烂画卷的流浪画家。他们的作品风格各异，有的温暖、有的冷峻，有的清雅、有的绮丽。但他们却也有着一个共通点——他们都被托尔金教授笔下那个称为Arda的世界所吸引着，所以日复一日地，在那片叫做Middle-earth的大陆上旅行着，用出色的歌喉和灵巧的双手描摹着她的美好。 我们这一次为您奉上的演出，荣幸地邀请到了这些往日里不会轻易聚集到一处的艺人们。这些漂泊在Arda世界各处的旅人们，将在同一个舞台上以不同的方式为您讲述他们在旅行中的珍贵回忆。那些美丽的风景和传奇的故事，我们诚挚地邀请您一起来分享。

THE BOOK OF LOST TALES, I, stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor. Here is the whole, glorious history of Middle-earth that J.R.R. Tolkien brought to mythic and dramatic life with his classic fantasy novels of the Ring Cycle.

The popular paperback edition of this fascinating collection of stories, which continue the tales of The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion and contains an alternative version of The Children of Hurin. Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lord of the Rings with a whole collection of background and new stories from the twentieth century's most acclaimed popular author. The book concentrates on the realm of Middle-earth and comprises such elements as Gandalf's lively account of how it was that he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, the emergence of the sea-god Ulmo before the eyes of Tuor on the coast of Beleriand, and an exact description of the military organization of the Riders of Rohan. Unfinished Tales also contains the only story about the long ages of Numenor before its downfall, and all that is known about such matters as the Five Wizards, the Palantiri and the legend of Amroth. The tales were collated and edited by JRR Tolkien's son and literary heir, Christopher Tolkien, who provides a short commentary on each story, helping the reader to fill in the gaps and put each story into the context of the rest of his father's writings.

The popular paperback edition with a cover design by Tolkien himself, to complement the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings paperbacks. Includes a special preface by J.R.R. Tolkien. The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien's world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor. Included in the book are several shorter works. The Ainulindale is a myth of the Creation and in the Valaquenta the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. The Akallabeth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second Age and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings.

1925年，小迈克尔与家人度假时，丢失了心爱的玩具狗。为了安慰他，爸爸J.R.R.托尔金想出了一个故事：一条真狗被魔法师变成玩具狗，后来又给沙滩法师送到月亮和海里…… 没有《罗佛兰登》，《魔戒》也许不会诞生；正因为《罗佛兰登》一类的奇幻故事深受托尔金本人和他子女的喜爱，最终催生了更雄心勃勃的作品——《霍比特人》乃至《魔戒三部曲》。 本书收入了包括《罗佛兰登》在内的五个奇幻短篇：哈莫农夫吉尔斯受命屠龙；霍比特人、公主、侏儒、巨人与庞巴迪尔共同历险；画家尼格尔生前画不出理想的树叶；死后收获完美的森林；铁匠之子误食神奇蛋糕，意外得访仙境…… 书中附有五帧托尔金亲手绘制的插图，值得《魔戒》迷永久珍藏！

The authorized biography of the creator of Middle-earth. In the decades since his death in September 1973, millions have read THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION and become fascinated about the very private man behind the books. Born in South Africa in January 1892, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was orphaned in childhood and brought up in near-poverty. He served in the first World War, surviving the Battle of the Somme, where he lost many of the closest friends he'd ever had. After the war he returned to the academic life, achieving high repute as a scholar and university teacher, eventually becoming Merton Professor of English at Oxford where he was a close friend of C.S. Lewis and the other writers known as The Inklings. Then suddenly his life changed dramatically. One day while grading essay papers he found himself writing 'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit' -- and worldwide renown awaited him. Humphrey Carpenter was given unrestricted access to all Tolkien's papers, and interviewed his friends and family. From these sources he follows the long and painful process of creation that produced THE LORD OF THE RINGS and THE SILMARILLION and offers a wealth of information about the life and work of the twentieth century's most cherished author.

“1914年正当年的时候被征召入伍，与1939年那次经历相比，可怕情形毫不逊色……到了1918年，我亲密的朋友，活着的就剩一个了。” 托尔金用此回应了那些认为《指环王》是反映第二次世界大战的评论家们。托尔金年轻时，他周遭的世界被卷进了一场大的灾难当中，他也由此开始着力对中土世界的“构建”。《托尔金与世界大战》一书第一次对上述事实做了全景式的展示。 着手描述托尔金个人的战时生活，这本重要的传记讲述了他作为一名信号官在索姆河一役中的恐怖经历和展现出的英雄主义精神，以及触动他开始奇幻文学创作的那个朋友圈子。约翰·加思探讨了第一次世界大战中的经历才是托尔金“构建”中土世界的持久动力的关键。托尔金运用天马行空的想像映射出他这一代人所经历的巨大灾难，并由次改变了西方的文学传统，直至今日依旧能引起人们的共鸣。

托尔金作品风靡全球，而又佳评如潮，经久不衰，迄今已发行一亿六千余万册。不过他的传奇人生却鲜为人知。著名传记作家迈克尔・怀特深入探究了托尔金的生平，翔实地记录了托尔金的童年时光、父母的早逝、和妻子伊迪丝的爱情、一战战场上的生死考验、任教牛津大学的岁月、和文学大师C・S・刘易斯的友谊，以及创作《魔戒》的种种轶事，是了解托尔金其人其书的最佳传记。

The first ever illustrated paperback of the critically acclaimed and beloved children's classic, featuring 26 colour paintings and over 30 pencil drawings by Alan Lee.

在线阅读本书 The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien's three-volume epic, is set in the imaginary world of Middle-earth -- home to many strange beings, and most notably hobbits, a peace-loving "little people," cheerful and shy. Since its original British publication in 1954-55, the saga has entranced readers of all ages. It is at once a classic myth and a modern fairy tale. Critic Michael Straight has hailed it as one of the "very few works of genius in recent literature." Middle-earth is a world receptive to poets, scholars, children, and all other people of good will. Donald Barr has described it as "a scrubbed morning world, and a ringing nightmare world...especially sunlit, and shadowed by perils very fundamental, of a peculiarly uncompounded darkness." The story of this world is one of high and heroic adventure. Barr compared it to Beowulf, C.S. Lewis to Orlando Furioso, W.H. Auden to The Thirty-nine Steps. In fact the saga is sui generis -- a triumph of imagination which springs to life within its own framework and on its own terms. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.