The Atlas of Middle-Earth (Revised Edition)
by Karen Wynn Fonstad
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Author: Karen Wynn FonstadEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-04-10
ISBN: 0618126996
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Mariner Books
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Book Review: Best Middle Earth Atlas Available
Summary: 4 Stars
I used this book to chart my way thru The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and the LOR books. To be honest, I am not sure I could have pieced together what happens after the War of Wrath geographically when at the end of the 1st age, Beleriand drops off into the ocean of Belegaer. While this book is not perfect it was certainly helpful. One of the most irritating and confusing aspects of this book was the muted color pallet. The color pallet is definitely not user friendly. One gets lost in the haze of muted colors. While the section cuts are helpful, they are not keyed to the maps leaving one trying to figure out where the sections are cut. All in all, if you are looking for an atlas to help you along thru the JRR Tolkien masterpieces, this did the job. A bit of warning, reading the text ahead of the books will spoil the plots! Look at the maps first, then after reading the applicable Tolkien chapters, read the Atlas text afterwards.
Summary of The Atlas of Middle-Earth (Revised Edition)
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 publishing world is full of Tolkien spinoff products, some trivial and ephemeral--but some, like this thoroughly researched atlas, are genuinely classy. Karen Wynn Fonstad is a qualified geographer and cartographer who first mapped Middle-Earth in 1981 and has since added much new detail based on those endless volumes of drafts, abandoned passages, alternative versions, and laundry lists published since Tolkien's death. She fills in gaps and details in the familiar Third Age maps from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, goes back in time to map Middle-Earth's First and Second Ages, and reconstructs the route and timescale of every important journey in the stories. There are local maps of key places like the Mines of Moria, Lothlorien, Isengard, Minas Tirth, the Tower of Cirith Ungol, and the volcanic Mount Doom. War maps cover the saga's notable battles, up to the hopeless last stand at Mordor gate and the tiny later skirmish known in Shire records as the Battle of Bywater. Thematic maps show Middle-Earth's distribution of climate, geological features, vegetation, people, and (most importantly to Tolkien) languages.... It's all done tremendously seriously and would make a fine gift for enthusiastic Tolkien fans, except that they'll have bought it already. --David Langford, Amazon.co.uk
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