The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion

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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.

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Rare or previously unpublished content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- Part of Tolkien's 1951 letter to Milton Waldman, previously unpublished in the UK.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- Formerly unpublished parts of "The Hunt for the Ring" and "Index questions"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