The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion

The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion
Author	Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
Publisher	HarperCollins (UK) & Houghton Mifflin (US)
Released	December 2005
Format	Hardcover with dustjacket
Pages	894
ISBN	0618642676

The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull is considered one of the greatest recent secondary works about J.R.R. Tolkien's world. The book contains rare Tolkien-related extracts, poems, letters, manuscripts, interviews, as well as brand new material.

Contents

• Rare or previously unpublished content
  • A newly transcribed version of Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings. Another version of this was published as Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings in A Tolkien Compass (1975).
  • Part of Tolkien's 1951 letter to Milton Waldman, previously unpublished in the UK.
  • A reproduction of a manuscript page showing a a synoptic time scheme used while writing The Lord of the Rings. It summarizes the movements of characters between the 8th and the 12th of March.
  • Formerly unpublished parts of "The Hunt for the Ring" and "Index questions"
• Notes on significant changes made by the author and by Christopher Tolkien after his father's death
• Brief references to illustrations, maps, and earlier versions of the text
• References to people, places, and events that appear in other books by Tolkien
• Explanations of archaic and unusual words
• Translations and primers on how to use Tolkien's invented languages

External links

• Addenda and Corrigenda to The Lord of the Rings: A Reader’s Companion