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Title: The Rough Guide to the Lord of the Rings by Paul Simpson, Helen Rodiss, Michaela Bushell, Rough Guides ISBN: 1-84353-275-1 Publisher: Rough Guides Pub. Date: November, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Tolkien/LotR Overview
Comment: This was a fun read. It had great perspective about the books and the movies and the politics and Tolkien's politics. It talks about the origins of the story, the books themselves, the movie triology, the characters, the context, the merchendise, the tourist possibilities, and much more. It also addresses the differences between the books and the movies, who said what or did what in which version and in some cases also addresses why those changes were made. The authors also have a dry sense of humor and it shows up in various places that make each comment from them a gem.
An easy read, I read a chapter a night right before bed. This book also had some very nice photographs and since it was printed on a real nice photo quality paper, they came out excellently.
The only bad thing about this book was that it was rushed and that lead to 2 problems for me. #1 Typos. Oh my. There were many especially in the earlier chapters. #2 in a rush to have this book out with the release (or near to it) of Return of the King, they had to address the 'maybe''s and the 'and then we'll see''s of the third movie. Maybe it's the completeist in me, but I would have MUCH rather they waited for the third movie to come out so that they could address it in the same manner they did the others.
A fun good book, I'd even buy a longer version of it, addressing all of the differences and bits of Tolkien and the myth and the stories and everything else that came from that was fascinating and I would love to see a fleshed out version of this pocket book into a full sized novel.
Rating: 3
Summary: Rough Guide to Lord off the Rings
Comment: I run Lord of the Rings Location Tours from Queenstown New Zealand,
so when I looked at the Movie location information in this book I found it sparse and inaccurate, as if the person who wrote it had never actually visited New Zealand. However the Book is somewhat redeemed by having alot of good information about Tolkien and other aspects of the Films.
As it says a 'Rough' Guide to the Lord of the Rings.
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Title: The Lord of the Rings Weapons and Warfare by Chris Smith, Christopher Lee ISBN: 0618390995 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 05 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Origins of Tolkien's Middle-earth for Dummies by Greg Harvey ISBN: 0764541862 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 03 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: The Return of the King Visual Companion: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion (The Lord of the Rings) by Jude Fisher ISBN: 0618390979 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 05 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Art of The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings) by Gary Russell, Peter Jackson ISBN: 0618430296 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 02 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Gollum: A Behind the Scenes Guide of the Making of Gollum (The Lord of the Rings) by Andy Serkis ISBN: 0618391045 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 22 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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