The BEST TOLKIEN ENCYCLOPEDIA | The Complete Guide to Middle-earth | DELUXE EDITION
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- Robert Foster's 'The Complete Guide to Middle-earth' is the go-to book for looking up Tolkien terms. Let's have a closer look at the deluxe edition ...
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Just wanted to say that all your book videos are so helpful, thanks!
Thanks!
There is something about your videos that makes me fall in love with books. A year ago, I was just a movie fan of Tolkien's adaptations but now I am more aware of his works and I remember it was one of your videos (LotR Alan Lee illustrated) that got me into reading. Thank you for making such videos and I hope you continue to do so. 🙏
Oh wow thanks so much for your kind words. 😃
So glad you have realized that reading the trilogy is a very different experience from the movies. The movies were as good as it gets, but the books are... well, superlatives fail.
I'm getting the standard edition for Christmas. I already have an old cheap paperback edition which I find absolutely invaluable, but nothing beats the experience of using a good quality hardback. The deluxe editions do look fantastic admittedly, but I've already started down the route of the standard editions.
Sounds like a great plan. Standard hardback are a fantastic set to collect 👍
yeh i got the standard hardback, its very nice, still held up pretty well in my bag on an interstate flight, the cover is still beautiful the art by nasmiths fantastic
Hi James, I just wanted to say thank you for a year of great videos. Love hearing you calmly share your opinions about beautiful books. Appreciate the details you go into, really helps me decide if it's a good purchase. I wish you a great Christmas and a prosperous new year.
Thanks so much Jack! Much appreciated 🙂 And best wishes for this Christmas to you too 👍
Before it was released, I had decided I wasn't going to purchase this edition, but once I saw it in a video (as opposed to a photograph), I quickly gave in. And I'm so happy I did! It's beautiful 😍!
Same thoughts exactly! 😄
I absorbed this as a teenager in the early eighties. Note that it covers the Hobbit, LotR and Silmarillion primarily, with other works published up to 1978 only. Unfinished Tales onwards is therefore not covered and you'd do better with one of the online repositories if you need that.
Thanks for sharing 🙂
Both the Standard and Deluxe editions would look beautiful in any collection! Also would love to hear what upcoming releases (tolkien & in general) you are looking forward to most in 2023? I am excited for The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth! Cheers
That is magnificent. I've got one ... a guide ,I mean, from a very long time ago.. "A Tolkien Bestiary" by David Day. Copyright 1979! I love the art of the book. When I first read the books, I needed to feed my imagination with other people's artwork. Some things I could not imagine.. I needed pictures.
I need a librarian to help me organize the mass of books I've collected over my lifetime. That book is glorious.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thanks for this. I was meaning to ask you what you thought about this guide but also comparing to the Wayne Hammond and Christina Scull guides.
This is different from Hammond & Scull’s books, in that it’s not academic in nature. Its main purpose is to compile all the names and words referring to any aspect of Tolkien’s works in an encyclopedic format. Hammond & Scull’s take a more of an analytical approach and the scope of their books is different from Foster’s 🙂
I really liked this edition but its not available in my country. I hve got standard edition and it's still beautiful
I needed 😭
Why not consider a cheaper alternative such as the 2022 standard hardback or one of the previous editions? 🙂
I have the normal hardcover edition, however this is tempting.
That’s a great edition as well though 🙂
So good that this book is published in new editions. The artwork is just stunning.
Great work to easily find definitions and explanations about practically everything.
What type of deluxe style do you actually prefer? The classic & clean ones or more this style with illustrated slipcase etc?
I have to say I prefer the classic deluxe versions, though I’m really like these editions with the wrap-around artworks on the slipcase.
The point of the deluxe slipcase series is also the similar clean style of the books. For me, this just turns the shelf a bit cluttered, sadly...
Nice. I Liked your videos
Thank you!
All these deluxe editions from this series have one problem. Illustrations should be printed on glossy paper to really stand out. Printed on same matte paper as text really don`t do them justice. Especially for the price as you can get standard edition for 3x less and it is totally the same paper. Also Foster is working on the update at the moment so there is really no reason to buy this if you have any previous edition.
Is Foster actively working on an updated version of the book, I have not seen anything to confirm that. If so, do you have anymore information on what he might be adding?
@@nigeljames5622 There is an interview with him somewhere on youtube where he is talking about updated version of his guide.
Full cloth is very nice. I wish it were done more often these days. Do you know which other books have been done in this style? I know there's an orange Silmarillion.
There’s also Unfinished Tales and The History of The Hobbit along the same lines I believe.
@brewingbooks does this deluxe edition contain the Elendil is the father of Elendil misprint on the genealogy on page 433?
Hi! Sorry it took a while to answer. Yes, this does indeed contain that error.
I’d prefer one in the more minimal classic deluxe style.
That was my first thought at first, but I have to say this has grown on me somehow ...
Hello! Is there a difference between Unfinished Tales deluxe from Harper Colins and Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth Deluxe apart from the fact that the last is illustrated by Allan Lee ? Thank you
Hi there! Technically yes. Unfinished Tales contains several fragments of stories and essays from the First, Second and Third Ages. Whilst The Fall of Numenor replicates only the second portion of Unfinished Tales (besides other material from the LOTR appendices). So in essence, any Tolkien reader who wants to have at his or her disposal all the information, would be better off with both books 🙂
@@brewingbooks Thank you ! Then I will add it to my collection ! Keep up the great work and if you ever find yourself in London (not sure where you live ) come find me! I would love to share my 300+ books library with you and the slowly growing Tolkien collection.
All the best ,
@@felixpuscalau2747 Brilliant! And thank you for the invite 😃
The other version isn't on Amazon for some reason.
How strange … how about other retailers such as Book Depository?
@@brewingbooks They have it.
ufff..I love it but I´m not sure if I can spend 90 euros on this when the original called me 1 euro. It´s utterly beautiful though. The Unfinished Tales and Silmarillion versions have completely redefined how I read them books now, a complete experience, wonderful.
I understand ... these deluxe prices keep going up and the quality goes down.
@@brewingbooks I ended up buying it. Just had to 😆
This deluxe edition is gorgeous, however is the context of this book assembled from other Tolkien books, where they usually have this information at the end or is this something from Robert Foster exclusively?
It’s Robert Foster’s own writing. The Silmarillion does have a short index at the end of the book but it’s not elaborate as this book. This book’s sole intent is to provide as much detail on each entry as possible, something which Tolkien books cannot possibly do given the nature of said books. Which makes this work quite a feat in its own right methinks 🙂
@@brewingbookswow didn't know that, thank you so much.
Do you think they will release standalone "illustrated deluxe editions" of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in this style?
There’s already one for LOTR to a certain extent. As for The Hobbit I’m pretty sure it’s about to happen soon.
I've got a boxed The Hobbit. It's cover is green, gold and red. You might want to look for it. I've got ancient hard cover copies of the Lord of the Rings that are boxed, but not so fancy. I've always had an impossible time getting all three books in the box. My husband bought them for me for one of my first birthdays (maybe my first birthday? So circa 1975 -77 ) as his wife.. We both loved Lord of the Rings from before we met! There is a very fancy edition of the Lord of the Rings in red cover, all three books together. I never bought it because I didn't know how i would read such a huge book (every time I've bought a 'collected works' edition of anyone, I've regretted it.
How does 'The Complete Guide to Middle-earth' compare to: Lord Of The Rings: A Reader's Companion? 🤔
What's the difference? 🤔