Trying to find this LOTR map-book

[Darren Lewis]

When I read LOTR many years ago, I also had a "guide book" to it.

The only things I can remember about it are that it was written by a woman, and had maps on the right-hand page with text on the left-hand page.

The maps were in black & white with the route taken drawn in red.

The book was in "landscape" format about A4 or US legal size.

I've been trying to think what this book was called but can't remember :(

Anyone got any ideas?

[Thorin]

It's called "The Journeys of Frodo". Believe it or not, I have it, but I can't remember who wrote it (Barbara -----??).

It is a very good guide, because it zooms in on every area (chronologically throughout the book) of Frodo and the fellowship's journeys. It lays out the distances and days that this journey took through each leg...Ont he opposing page, it gives a brief summary of what occured in each section....

It is quite a handy help when wondering just exactly where they went through Bag End, Emyn Muil, The Old Forest and Lorien....It's a must get!

[Darren Lewis]

Yes! "Journeys of Frodo" looks like it. I've found it on Amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0261102672/qid=1019242466/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1_1/202-6402707-4582245)

Thank you :)

[Talierin]

Another nice LOTR map book is 'The Atlas of Middle-earth' by Karen Wynn Fonstad. It does the days of the journey too, but prolly not in as much detail as the book you have. It also has maps for the Silmarillion and the Hobbit, plus battle maps, population, climate, vegetation, and all sorts of good stuff. I use it all the time.

[Darren Lewis]

Thanks Talierin, I'll have a look at that too. Problem with looking at these books online, is that I can't flick through and read bits to get a feel of what they are like. Will have to wait until I go on my next book shopping spree.

[Turgon]

I'd like to recommend 'The Atlas of Middle-Earth' to you too. I think it far and away the best Tolkien companion around. It's full of fantastic maps and all kinds of interesting speculations on the geography and morphology of ME. (Actually that makes it sound quite boring, but let me assure you that it's not) I think it just been re-issued in Britain - in paperback form for about £12.99 or something - so you should have no trouble finding it...

[Dûndorer]

how much is this thing?: £

[Halasían]

Atlas of Middle Earth is a great companion book!

[childoferu]

good thread deserves a good bump :cool:

[Firawyn]

I found a fantastic map of Middle Earth done by Pauline Baynes - who illustrated the Chronicles of Narnia.

Here's a link. (was going to post the picture, but it's like 1916x1800...really big.)

http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo/images/baynes/middle-earth.jpg

[Prince of Cats]

Hey, thanks Firawyn!

[Bucky]

That map is so small on my computer.....

16 by what? :confused:

I always thought the best one was the one Tolkien's son made & was glued to the back of the really good copies of TLOR in the old days.....

You know, just like The Silmarillion versions.

Having bought a $70 all in one hard cover copy of TLOR with no map attached about 5 years ago, I wonder if they simply stopped doing that.

I KNOW I stole several right out of copies of TLOR in bookstores in the days of my wayeward youth and they're still lying around somewhere, but much taped up now & in my cellar somewhere - which looks like Bilbo's study. But they're around somewhere.

I just bought the Fonstad's Atlas plus a LARGE 'map' of M-e in the 3rd Age in booklet form for $7.95 instead of spending the hours looking for them.

My original copy of The Silm (somebody wooing my girlfriend at the time, wife now.gave it to her) still has the enlarged map of Beleriand attached to the back though.
So, I got the girl, the first edition and the map. :cool:

[Firawyn]

The link has the map scaled down to 34% of its original size. You're computer should show a zooming icon when you hover your mouse over the map that will blow it up to full size. It's 1916x1800 pixals, full size. If you printed it, it would probably be a good 18 inches squared. Like I said, big. Pretty too! :cool:

[Eledhwen]

The links disappear as quickly as they are published, because of copyright issues I suppose. This one (http://corky.net/dotan/log/images/mmap.jpg) is live at the time of writing.

[Stockholm]

Too many colours for my personal taste. When I have a place of my own, there'll be a large black & red ink map of Beleriand in the living room !

[Bucky]

As far as Fonstad's Atlas, yes, it contains a lot of invaluable information, but more than it's fair share of speculation too.

For example (off the top of my head) she moves Belegost & Nogrod about 100 miles apart and flip-flops them as compared to CT's Silmarillion map without any conclusive proof that I could dig up.