After finishing high school in Victoria, British Columbia, Day worked as a logger for five years on Vancouver Island before graduating from the University of Victoria. The Atlas of Middle-earth was first published in hardback by Houghton Mifflin in the United States in 1981.

Se você gosta do trabalho de Tolkien, provavelmente você conhece "O Silmarillion", IMO o melhor livro para entender a colocação de tempo de seu Mundo fantasia. The history of the origin of Arda is compelling and vividly described and will be a great help especially for those who have not yet dared to approach "The Silmarillion". I've read most of the original published work in the universe, and it's not easy to get an overview of things from it.An Atlas of Tolkien gives a geographic and chronological context for the narratives of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.

As I mentioned, the binding is a thick leather, or more likely imitation leather, with embossment for the title and author. It is a wonderful look at the world that Tolkien created and how it evolved from the beginning (both in universe and out of universe) to where it is at the end of the Lord of the Rings. In 2001, the publishers issued a reprint of the 1991 revised edition with a new cover (pictured) but identical contents. It's a great look at some very different interpretations of the stories; you won't find anything from the films in here.His first book of poems, The Cowichan (based on his timber camp journals) was published in 1975, and he graduated from the Department of Creative Writing at the University of Victoria the following year. It did clear up some confusion I had over the shaping of the world in the First Age, but that was pretty much all I learned. He gives as an instance the work that she did to make the journey of Thorin's company in The Hobbit consistent with the map, something that Tolkien found himself unable to do. But in Hobbits I didn't like the fact that it focused almost solely on etymology; with this book, it does still have a page about every location with a matching piece of artwork to illustrate those locations, so it didn't disappoint me - it's just also more of a general history than just an atlas, and doesn't have as many maps as you might have expected.

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Day's Tolkien's Ring was illustrated by academy award-winning artist Alan Lee, as was Castles, The Animals Within, Gothic and Quest For King Arthur. It is telling that there is very little new material here, all of the illustrations and maps are found elsewhere, making this redundant for people unfortunate enough to own a copy of his Illustrated Encyclopedia. For example, the city of Minas Tirith is mapped on a single page, the main map giving a perspective view of the whole city, while three insets show the nearly-circular plan of the city, a plan of the citadel in the innermost circle, and a labelled cutaway drawing of the White Tower at the centre of the citadel. It starts with an okay summery of the first bit of the Silmarillion and a particularly psychedelic painting of the formation of Ea.

In fact, it's very good, whether you're knowledgeable on the deep lore of Tolkien already, or just starting to develop an interest. It also provides a glimpse into Tolkien's creative process, whilst praising him for achieving a feat equal to "if Homer, before Iliad and the Odyssey, had first to invent the whole of Greek mythology and history". For such a visual topic, you may find you get more out of the artwork than out of the written material, but both are well worth your time - and a thoroughly gorgeous addition to one's shamelessly nerdy shelf of Tolkien goodness.Both are probably derived from the same Indo-European original, but the Graeco-Roman is distinct in having three prongs, rather than an interconnected diamond. This book contains many drawings and paintings that beautifully illustrate the complexity and variety of Tolkien's world. The maps are organised first by period, with chapters on the First, Second, and Third Ages of Middle-earth. As an experienced reader of Tolkien's works, though by no means an expert, I found this book to be of little use. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.