Few settings in literature are as widely known or celebrated as J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth. The natural landscape plays a major role in nearly all of Tolkien's major works, and readers have come to view the geography of this fictional universe as integral to understanding and enjoying Tolkien's works. And in laying out this continent, Tolkien paid special attention to its pl...(展开全部)

Available together for the first time, Tolkien's Maps of The Hobbit, Beleriend and Middle-earth are beautifully presented in an exquisite box-set illustrated by John Howe. This special edition includes a unique map of Numenor. Written by the writer and broadcaster Brian Sibley, a foremost expert on The Lord of the Rings (he adapted the novel for the award-winning BBC radio dra...(展开全部)

A lavishly illustrated look at the locales familiar to J. R. R. Tolkien, the creator of Middle-earth This book takes you to the places that inspired J. R. R. Tolkien to create his fictional locations in The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and other classic works. Written by renowned Tolkien expert John Garth and prepared with the full cooperation of the Tolkien estate, Tolkien's...(展开全部)

布莱恩·西布利（Brian Sibley） 生于1949年，英国作家、编剧、播音员。曾获素有“广播界奥斯卡奖”之称的“索尼广播学院奖”。代表作《中洲地图集》《〈指环王〉：电影三部曲的制作》《彼得·杰克逊：一个电影人的旅程》。 约翰·豪（John Howe） 1957年出生于加拿大温哥华，在不列颠哥伦比亚省长大，毕业于法国斯特拉斯堡艺术学院，现居瑞士。作为世界著名的插画艺术家，约翰·豪的画作成功使众多读者流连奇境乐而忘返。其在世界各地举办过多次画展，出版有多部画集。 约翰·豪不仅以画作促成中洲传奇搬上大银幕，其与搭档、奥斯卡最佳艺术指导奖得主艾伦·李为共摘得17项奥斯卡奖的《指环王》系列电影所做的艺术设计更让全世界书迷美梦成真。2009年，两人重返新西兰，为电影《霍比特人》系列再度构建中洲。 译者简介： 石中歌，资深托迷，又名Ecthelion、喷泉。...(展开全部)

Best-selling Tolkien expert Brian Sibley (The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy and The Lord of the Rings Official Movie Guide) presents a slipcased collection of four full-color, large-format maps of Tolkien's imaginary realm illustrated by John Howe, a conceptual designer for the blockbuster films directed by Peter Jackson. The set includes a hardcover book d...(展开全部)

'...If you wanted to go on from the end of The Hobbit I think the ring would be your inevitable choice as the link. If then you wanted a large tale, the Ring would at once acquire a capital letter; and the Dark Lord would immediately appear. As he did, unasked, on the hearth at Bag End as soon as I came to that point. So the essential Quest started at once. But I met a lot of t...(展开全部)

A comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life (1914-1973) of one of the world's most famous storytellers. 'It is not possible even at great length to "pot" The Lord of the Rings in a paragraph or two. It was begun in 1936, and every part has been written many times! the labour has been colossal; and it must stand or fall, practically as it is.' J.R.R. Tolkien ...(展开全部)