The only other illustrations are Christopher Tolkien's canonical red and black maps of part of the Shire and of the west of Middle-earth, the latter in its much improved, Unfinished Tales version but now reduced to only about a quarter of its original area. The inscription on the Door of Moria, by contrast, remains in its familiar black on white, a retreat from the arguably more fitting white on black alternative ventured in the large format hardcover edition featuring paintings by Alan Lee. The tengwar ring inscription has at last been printed in fiery red instead of black and a tipped in, fold-out plate reproduces his laboriously crafted, battle-distressed pages from the Book of Mazarbul, already well known to fans from their appearance in a Tolkien calendar and then in Pictures by J. Tolkien would probably chuckle if he knew that two of his frustrated wishes for his book have finally been granted half a century after he proposed them. Anderson, as well as a four page Note on the 50th Anniversary Edition by Wayne G.
We're also given a seven page Note on the Text by Douglas A. The chief virtue of this 50th Anniversary Edition of The Fellowship of the Ring (ISBN 9780007203543) is that its text, prepared by some of the most eminent Tolkienologists on Arda, is undoubtedly the most accurate ever published.īased on Tolkien's own second edition, the book omits his 1954 Foreword, which he himself came to regret as misconceived, but includes his revised Foreword of 1966 and his 1966 Prologue. In some copies, the ring verse has lost its last line in others, The Council of Elrond its last two sentences. Can't wait to read the second.but may have a couple days off to build up the concentration levels again.Īn unfortunate consequence of the success of The Lord of the Rings has been that frequent resetting has engendered errors by the hundred. It is supposed to feel like a long journey for naive hobbits travelling much much further than they ever have before and seeing many characters, creatures and cultures they never knew even existed. However I cannot knock this book down for that as it is part of what gives the book its feel. As a result, it can drag and can sometimes take a little rereading. If the land were fantastical and there were much to see during all of these, it would make sense, but often it is simply written to emphasise the length of their journey. At times the pacing can be very slow, there's also a LOT of text that is purely long text of the travelling they're doing and the land around them. However, as mentioned, this book isn't perfect.
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In the 500 pages (only 1/3 of the full journey) this book explored such a variety of people, cultures and lands that it felt like a book of many smaller stories. This book (well this and it's two original companions) pioneered fantasy and are the reason that elves, dwarves, long journeys and so much more are tropes of modern fantasy and have just become part of fantastical world's without explanation.
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