While noting that the work still suffers from several minor inconsistencies, he praised most entries for being comprehensive, and the structure for being well organized, with useful indexes and appendices. Nelson also noted that the all revisions of the guides were very helpful for Tolkien students and enthusiasts, which each new edition being a noticeable improvement over the older ones in terms of comprehensiveness. Lester del Rey praised the 1971 version for covering "literally everything you wanted to know about Middle Earth and were unable to discover before." Three decades later, in 2002, Charles W. Christopher Tolkien has commended it himself as an "admirable work of reference". The Complete Guide to Middle-earth is widely recognised as an excellent reference book on Middle-earth.
The Complete Guide to Middle-earth (2001) Ī further revised edition ( ISBN 6-2) was published in 2001, in time for Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. For example, Foster proposes that Gandalf and Olórin are one and the same – confirmed in Unfinished Tales. It also includes speculation on matters later confirmed in subsequent works. For example, the Star of Elendil jewel (Elendilmir) is identified with the Star of the Dúnedain given to Samwise Gamgee, but Christopher Tolkien refutes this. Unfinished Tales and the series The History of Middle-earth), the 1978 edition contains some assertions contradicted by later publications. However, as it does not include information on post- Silmarillion material (i.e. 292 pages), the 1978 version incorporates extensive entries related to The Silmarillion (1977). Almost twice the length of the original (573 vs. The Complete Guide to Middle-earth is a major expansion of Foster's A Guide to Middle-earth, which was published in a limited edition by Mirage Press in 1971. The Complete Guide to Middle-earth (1978) The book incorporates material previously published in the science fiction fanzine Niekas. The author profile in the first edition describes Robert Foster as the then-"Tengwar Consultant" to the Tolkien Society of America. A paperback edition was issued by Ballantine Books in 1974. The book was published in 1971 by Mirage Press, a specialist science fiction and fantasy publisher, in a limited edition of 2000 copies (750 numbered hardcovers and 1250 unnumbered paperbacks). Tolkien's Middle-earth, compiled and edited by Robert Foster. The Complete Guide to Middle-earth (revised and expanded edition)Ī Guide to Middle-earth was the first published encyclopedic reference book for the fictional universe of J. 1971 ( Mirage Press, Baltimore, Maryland)
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