The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

TOLKIEN, J(ohn) R(onald) R(euel) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * +Poems and Stories (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-68999-6, Mar ’94, $24.95, 342pp, hc, cover by Alan Lee) Omnibus of five smaller books by Tolkien, with illustrations by Pauline Baynes. First American edition (Allen & Unwin 1980).
• * *Poems from The Lord of the Rings (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10312-1, Oct ’94 [Nov ’94], £6.99, 96pp, hc, cover by Alan Lee) [Middle-Earth] Poetry collection, illustrated by Alan Lee.
• * _The Return of the King (SFBC #10261, 1986 [Nov ’86], $4.98, 447pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1955) fantasy novel, conclusion of “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
• * _The Return of the King (Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823187-8, Mar ’86, £2.95, 556pp, pb) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1955) fantasy novel, third in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
• * _The Return of the King (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-08256-0, Mar ’87, $14.95, 440pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Ballantine 1965) fantasy novel, Volume 3 of “The Lord of the Rings”. Eighteenth printing. The first American printing to include all corrections and changes. Available separately in d/w or as three volumes boxed without d/w.
• * _The Return of the King (Unwin Hyman 0-04-823047-2, Mar ’87, £9.95, 440pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1955) fantasy novel. Volume 3 of “The Lord of the Rings”.
• * _The Return of the King (Ballantine 0-345-33973-8, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $4.95, 544pp, pb) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1955, 1965) of Part Three of “The Lord of the Rings”. The text is that of the 1965 revised edition. This is marked “first printing Sept. 1988"(!). There are 6.7 million copies in print from Ballantine.
• * _The Return of the King (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-48930-X, Oct ’88, $16.95, 440pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1955, 1965) fantasy classic, Book Three of “The Lord of the Rings”. Billed as the most accurate edition yet. All three volumes have fold-out maps in the back. 19th printing with all changes included.
• * _The Return of the King (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-27221-1, Oct ’88 [Nov ’88], $7.95, 440pp, tp) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1955, 1965) fantasy classic, Book Three of “The Lord of the Rings”. Same as the hardcover edition, except without the foldout map in the back. Seventh printing.
• * _The Return of the King (Unwin 0-04-823187-8, Oct ’90, £4.50, 560pp, pb, cover by Ted Nasmith) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1955) classic fantasy novel. Volume 3 in “The Lord of the Rings”.
• * _The Return of the King (Grafton 0-261-10237-0, Sep ’91, £4.99, 560pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1955) fantasy novel. The Third Part of “The Lord of the Rings”.
• * _The Return of the King (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10233-8, Sep ’91, £14.99, 440pp, hc, cover by John Howe) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1955) fantasy novel. The Third Part of “The Lord of the Rings”.
• * _The Return of the King (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10294-X, Oct ’92 [Nov ’92], £17.99, 423pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1955) fantasy novel. This contains the Alan Lee illustrations from last year’s illustrated edition of Lord of the Rings.
• * _The Return of the King (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10340-7, Nov ’96 [Jan ’97], £12.99, viii+423pp, tp, cover by Alan Lee) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1955) classic fantasy novel. Volume 3 of the trilogy. Illustrated with plates by Alan Lee. The pagination is continued from the simultaneous editions of the other books.
• * _The Return of the King (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10359-8, Nov ’97, £7.99, xii+411+viii, tp, cover by J. R. R. Tolkien) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1955) fantasy novel. The third part of “The Lord of the Rings”. The page numbering is consecutive through the three books of the trilogy.
• * *The Return of the Shadow (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440162-0, Aug ’88, £17.95, 497pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Variant texts of The Fellowship of the Ring, collected and edited by Christopher Tolkien. Only material published previously has been indexed. Volume 6 in the “History of Middle-Earth” series. Volume 1 in the “History of The Lord of the Rings” series. (Contents)
• * +The Return of the Shadow (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-49863-5, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $19.95, 497pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] “The History of Middle-Earth” Volume Six. This is a history of “The Lord of the Rings”, with notes by Christopher Tolkien. First U.S. edition (Unwin Hyman 1988).
• * _The Return of the Shadow (Unwin 0-04-440669-X, Jun ’90, £5.50, 497pp, tp, cover by Roger Garland) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1988) collection of early drafts and notes for The Fellowship of the Ring, edited by Christopher Tolkien. Part One of “The History of The Lord of the Rings”. Volume 6 in “The History of Middle-Earth”.
• * _The Return of the Shadow (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10224-9, Oct ’94, £9.99, 497pp, tp, cover by John Howe) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1988) annotated early texts and notes. Volume VI in the “History of Middle-Earth” series. Edited by Christopher Tolkien.
• * *Roverandom (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10353-9, Jan ’98 [Nov ’97], £12.99, xxii+106pp, hc, cover by J. R. R. Tolkien) Previously unpublished juvenile fantasy story written in 1925, with illustrations by Tolkien. Edited, with an introduction and extensive notes, by Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond. (Contents)
• * +Roverandom (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-89871-4, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $17.00, 106pp, hc) Children’s novella about a dog’s magical adventures, with illustrations by the author. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 1/98).
• * _Roverandom (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10354-7, Oct ’98, £5.99, xxii+106pp, tp, cover by J. R. R. Tolkien) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1998) juvenile fantasy story written in 1925, with 4 pages of colour illustrations by Tolkien. Edited, with an introduction and extensive notes by Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond.
• * *Sauron Defeated (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10240-0, Jan ’92, £20.00, 482pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Fantasy collection containing the fourth (and last) part of “The History of the Lord of the Rings”; together with the previously unpublished pieces “The Notion Club Papers” and “The Drowning of Anadûnê”, both related to the Númenórean legend. Volume IX in the “The History of Middle-Earth” series. (Contents)
• * +Sauron Defeated (with Christopher Tolkien) (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-60649-7, Oct ’92, $22.95, 482pp, hc, cover by Alan Lee) [Middle-Earth] Collection of notes on, and variant texts for, The Lord of the Rings. Volume nine of the “History of Middle-Earth” and volume four of “The History of the Lord of the Rings.” First American edition (Unwin Hyman 1992).
• * _Sauron Defeated (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10305-9, Sep ’93, £7.99, 482pp, tp, cover by Roger Garland) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) critical text collection containing the fourth (and last) part of “The History of the Lord of the Rings”; together with two related, and previously unpublished, pieces. Volume nine in “The History of Middle-Earth”.
• * _Sauron Defeated (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10305-9, Jun ’95, £9.99, 482pp, tp, cover by John Howe) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (HarperCollins UK 1992) collection of early texts and commentary, the fourth (and last) part of “The History of the Lord of the Rings”, together with two related, and previously unpublished, pieces: “The Notion Club Papers” and “The Drowning of Anadûnê”, both related to the Númenórean legend. Volume 9 in “The History of Middle-Earth”. Second printing.
• * _The Shaping of Middle Earth (Unwin 0-04-440150-7, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], £4.95, 380pp, tp) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1986) fantasy collection. Volume 4 in the “History of Middle-Earth” series.
• * _The Shaping of Middle Earth (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40043-7, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $6.99, 471pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1986) collection of variant texts and notes on The Lord of the Rings, edited by Christopher Tolkien. Volume four in “The History of Middle Earth”.
• * _The Shaping of Middle-Earth (Grafton 0-261-10218-4, May ’93, £6.99, 380pp, tp, cover by John Howe) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1986) collection of assorted variant texts and notes on The Lord of the Rings, edited by Christopher Tolkien. Volume four in “The History of Middle-Earth”.
• * *The Shaping of Middle-Earth: The Quenta, The Ambarkanta and The Annals, together with the earliest ’Silmarillion’ and the first Map (Allen & Unwin 0-04-823279-3, Sep ’86, £14.95, 380pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Volume 4 of “The History of Middle-Earth”, a collection of previously unpublished tales and background material edited by Christopher Tolkien. (Contents)
• * +The Shaping of Middle-Earth: The Quenta, the Ambarkanta, and the Annals (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-42501-8, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $16.95, 380pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Non-fiction (mostly), critical material and previously unpublished fantasy works from the Tolkien manuscripts, including the original text of The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. “The History of Middle Earth”, Vol. IV; includes index. First American edition (Allen & Unwin 1986).
• * _The Silmarillion (Grafton 0-261-10244-3, Aug ’91, £5.99, 441pp, pb, cover by Roger Garland) Reprint (Allen & Unwin; Houghton Mifflin 1977) fantasy novel.
• * _The Silmarillion (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10242-7, Jan ’92, £14.99, 365pp, hc, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Allen & Unwin; Houghton Mifflin 1977) fantasy novel.
• * _The Silmarillion (Grafton 0-261-10273-7, Jan ’92, £4.99, 441pp, pb, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Allen & Unwin; Houghton Mifflin 1977) fantasy novel.
• * _The Silmarillion (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32581-8, Oct ’95, $5.95, 458pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Reissue (Allen & Unwin; Houghton Mifflin 1977) fantasy novel. 21st printing.
• * _The Silmarillion (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10366-0, Sep ’98, £19.99, 367pp, hc, cover by Ted Nasmith) Reprint (Allen & Unwin; Houghton Mifflin 1977) novel/collection of “The Myths and Legends of Middle-Earth”. Edited by Christopher Tolkien, it includes 18 new full-colour plates, plus front and back covers by Ted Nasmith. The price will rise to £24.99 from 1 January 1999. A deluxe edition (-10373-3, £100.00) was announced but not seen.
• * _The Silmarillion (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-93946-1, Oct ’98, $35.00, 365pp, hc, cover by Ted Nasmith) Reprint (Allen & Unwin; Houghton Mifflin 1977) fantasy novel with new, full-color illustrations by Ted Naismith.
• * _Sir Gawain/Pearl/Sir Orfeo (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10259-1, Jan ’96 [Apr ’96], £5.99, viii+158pp, tp, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1975) collection of 3 epic poems, translated by Tolkien from mediaeval English. Edited and with an Introduction by Christopher Tolkien. (Contents)
• * _Smith of Wootton Major (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440722-X, Aug ’90 [Sep ’90], £3.99, 74pp, tp, cover by Roger Garland) Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1967) young-adult fantasy novella, illustrated throughout by Roger Garland. Also available in hardcover (-440725-4, £8.99).
• * _Smith of Wootton Major (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-57646-6, Apr ’91, $13.95, 74pp, hc, cover by Roger Garland) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1967) young-adult fantasy novella, illustrated by Roger Garland. This is identical — except for the publisher’s name — to the 1990 Allen & Unwin edition.
• * _Smith of Wootton Major & Farmer Giles of Ham (SFBC #4020, May ’84, $3.98, 117pp, hc) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1967) collection of two fantasy novellas.
• * _Tales from the Perilous Realm (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10342-3, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], £12.99, 178pp, hc, cover by Roger Garland) Reprint (HarperCollins 1992 as Poems and Stories) fantasy omnibus of three long stories (“Farmer Giles of Ham”, “Leaf by Niggle”, and “Smith of Wootton Major”) and the verse cycle, “The Adventures of Tom Bombadil”. Two non-fiction pieces from the original have been eliminated. (Contents)
• * _Tales from the Perilous Realm (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10343-1, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], £5.99, 178pp, tp, cover by Sarah Gibb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992 as Poems and Stories) fantasy omnibus of three long stories, and a poem. (Contents)
• * _Treason in Isengard (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10220-6, Jun ’95, £9.99, 504pp, tp, cover by John Howe) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Unwin Hyman 1989) collection of alternate versions of sections of The Lord of the Rings. Part Two of “The History of the Lord of the Rings”. Volume 7 in the “The History of Middle-Earth”. Second printing.
• * *The Treason of Isengard (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440396-8, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], £17.95, 504pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Collection of notes on, and variant texts for, the second part of The Lord of the Rings, edited by Christopher Tolkien. Only material published previously has been indexed. Volume 7 in “The History of Middle-Earth”. Volume 2 in “The History of The Lord of the Rings”. (Contents)
• * +The Treason of Isengard (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-51562-9, Nov ’89, $19.95, 504pp, hc, cover by Alan Lee) [Middle-Earth] Critical comparison of variant texts of The Lord of the Rings, edited by Christopher Tolkien. Seventh book in the “History of Middle-earth” series, second book of the “History of the Lord of the Rings” series. First American edition (Unwin Hyman 1989).
• * _The Treason of Isengard (Grafton 0-261-10220-6, Jan ’92, £5.99, 504pp, tp, cover by Roger Garland) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1989) collection of alternate versions of sections of The Lord of the Rings. Part Two of “The History of the Lord of the Rings”. Volume seven in the “The History of Middle-Earth” series.
• * _Tree and Leaf (Unwin 0-04-440253-8, Aug ’88, £3.95, 101pp, tp) Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1964) fantasy collection. This edition contains a new poem. Also available in hc (-440254-6) for £7.95. (Contents)
• * _Tree and Leaf (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-50232-2, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $12.95, 101pp, hc) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1964) collection of material on writing fantasy. This new edition includes Tolkien’s poem “Mythopoeia” and a new introduction by Christopher Tolkien.
• * _The Two Towers (SFBC #10260, 1986 [Nov ’86], Part of 2 vols for $10.98, 350pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1954) fantasy novel, “The Lord of the Rings” vol. 2.
• * _The Two Towers (Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823186-X, Mar ’86, £2.95, 442pp, pb) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1954) fantasy novel, second in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
• * _The Two Towers (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-08255-2, Mar ’87, $14.95, 352pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Ballantine 1965) fantasy novel. Volume 2 of “Lord of the Rings”. Eighteenth printing. The first American printing to include all corrections and changes. Available separately in d/w or as three volumes boxed without d/w.
• * _The Two Towers (Unwin Hyman 0-04-823046-4, Mar ’87, £9.95, 352pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1954) fantasy novel. Volume 2 of “The Lord of the Rings”.
• * _The Two Towers (Ballantine 0-345-33971-1, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $4.95, 447pp, pb) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1954, 1965) of Part Two of “The Lord of the Rings”. The text is that of the 1965 revised edition. This is marked “fifth printing”, which is nonsense, of course. There are 6.7 million copies in print from Ballantine.
• * _The Two Towers (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-48933-4, Oct ’88, $16.95, 352pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1954, 1965) fantasy classic, Book Two of “The Lord of the Rings”. Billed as the most accurate edition yet. This 19th printing includes all changes and corrections to date.
• * _The Two Towers (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-27222-X, Oct ’88 [Nov ’88], $7.95, 352pp, tp) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1954, 1965) fantasy classic, Book Two of “The Lord of the Rings”. This is the same as the hardcover edition, except without the foldout map at the rear. Seventh printing.
• * _The Two Towers (Unwin 0-04-823186-X, Oct ’90, £4.50, 447pp, pb, cover by Ted Nasmith) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1954) classic fantasy novel. Volume 2 in “The Lord of the Rings”.
• * _The Two Towers (Grafton 0-261-10236-2, Sep ’91, £4.99, 477pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1954) fantasy novel. The Second Part of “The Lord of the Rings”.
• * _The Two Towers (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10232-X, Sep ’91, £14.99, 352pp, hc, cover by John Howe) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1954) fantasy novel. The Second Part of “The Lord of the Rings”.
• * _The Two Towers (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10293-1, Oct ’92 [Nov ’92], £17.99, 343pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1954) fantasy novel. This contains the Alan Lee illustrations from last year’s illustrated edition of Lord of the Rings.
• * _The Two Towers (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33971-1, Oct ’95, $5.99, 415pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1954, 1965) fantasy novel, book two of “The Lord of the Rings”. This has the 1973 introduction by Peter S. Beagle. 18th printing.
• * _The Two Towers (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10339-3, Nov ’96 [Jan ’97], £12.99, 328pp, tp, cover by Alan Lee) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1955) classic fantasy novel. Volume 2 of thetrilogy. Illustrated with plates by Alan Lee. The pagination is continued from the simultaneous editions of the otherbooks.
• * _The Two Towers (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10358-X, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], £7.99, x+427+x, tp, cover by J. R. R. Tolkien) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1955) fantasy novel. The second part of “The Lord of the Rings”. The page numbering is consecutive through the three books of the trilogy.
• * _Unfinished Tales (Ballantine 0-345-35711-6, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $5.95, 493pp, pb) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1980) collection of a number of bits and pieces of Tolkien’s unpublished writing.
• * _Unfinished Tales (Grafton 0-261-10216-8, Apr ’92 [Jul ’92], £6.99, 480pp, tp, cover by Roger Garland) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1980) fantasy collection.
• * _Unfinished Tales (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35711-6, Oct ’95, $5.99, 493pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1980) fantasy collection. 13th printing.
• * _Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth (Grafton 0-261-10216-8, Mar ’93, £6.99, 479pp, tp, cover by John Howe) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1980) fantasy collection, edited by Christopher Tolkien.
• * _Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10362-8, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], £6.99, 613pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1980) fantasy collection, edited by Christopher Tolkien. A hardcover edition (-10215-X, £17.99) was announced but not seen.
• * *The War of the Jewels (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10314-8, Oct ’94 [Nov ’94], £25.00, 470pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Collection of notes and variant texts tracing the later history of Tolkien’s work on The Silmarillion, edited by Christopher Tolkien. Volume XI in “The History of Middle-Earth”. Simultaneous with the US (Houghton Mifflin) edition. (Contents)
• * +The War of the Jewels (with Christopher Tolkien) (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-71041-3, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $27.95, 470pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Collection of notes for, and variant texts of, The Silmarillion; Volume 11 of “The History of Middle Earth” and the second part of “The Later Silmarillion”. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1994).
• * _The War of the Jewels (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10324-5, Nov ’95, £9.99, 470pp, tp, cover by John Howe) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1994) collection, edited by Christopher Tolkien, of notes and early texts for The Silmarillion. Book 11 of The History of Middle Earth.
• * *The War of the Ring (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440685-1, Sep ’90, £17.95, 476pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Fantasy collection. Part Three of “The History of the Lord of the Rings”. Volume VIII in the “The History of Middle-Earth” series.
• * +The War of the Ring (with Christopher Tolkien) (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-56008-X, Nov ’90, $21.95, 476pp, hc, cover by Alan Lee) [Middle-Earth] Collection of notes on, and variant texts for, The Lord of the Rings. Volume eight of “The History of Middle-Earth” and volume three of “The History of the Lord of the Rings”. First American edition (Unwin Hyman 1990).