魔戒中文论坛：http://www.lotr.cn 同人本官方博客：http://lotrcn.blogbus.com 还记得吗？ Hobbiton嬉戏玩闹的孩子， Rivendell藤蔓缠绕的小径， Lóthlorien落叶金黄的树厅。 还记得吗？ Moria幽深空旷的遗迹， Gondor傲然挺拔的白塔， Rohan辽阔雄浑的草原。 可还记得，中州深黑色夜空中璀璨的繁星？ 我们记得，因为我们不曾离去。 所以请允许我们拨响竖琴，唱一曲旅途上的风景。 Arda大地，让我们且行且吟。 ―――――――――――――――――――― [巡游艺人的帐篷] 旅人之忆 [献艺内容] 小说、单幅绘画和插图 [音调/色调] 原著向正常向 [帐篷尺寸] B5, 145-155p [观众席] 根据预订情况入席 [票价] 70RMB [Encore] 前25名预定者赠送全彩特典别册："The Three Hunters' Club (by evenlong)" (13cm×18cm, 12p) [Cast] [吟游诗人] 列奥诺拉、evagreen、fenrir、紫云英、夏时、Elrond、variola、Ecthelion、Aquarius、proudnoldo、Elsie、Thomas Chien [流浪画家] Tyche、VigShane、ilxwing、Lavender、压缩饼干、Yuxi、Lavir、Tristan Wang、漂泊、幽草 [幕后苦力] 雅典娜、Nimloth、Jill、firemourne [特别嘉宾] 花袭人、Darkmage、上邪、悠奇薰、evenlong [售票时间] 2008年10月14日 [购票方式] 宣传blog处专贴留言 [公演日期] 2009年1月17日 [承办者] 魔戒中文论坛 (www.lotr.cn) 这是一个有着神奇色彩的巡游艺人班子。 他们之中有着会编织最美妙故事的吟游诗人，也有着能描绘最灿烂画卷的流浪画家。他们的作品风格各异，有的温暖、有的冷峻，有的清雅、有的绮丽。但他们却也有着一个共通点——他们都被托尔金教授笔下那个称为Arda的世界所吸引着，所以日复一日地，在那片叫做Middle-earth的大陆上旅行着，用出色的歌喉和灵巧的双手描摹着她的美好。 我们这一次为您奉上的演出，荣幸地邀请到了这些往日里不会轻易聚集到一处的艺人们。这些漂泊在Arda世界各处的旅人们，将在同一个舞台上以不同的方式为您讲述他们在旅行中的珍贵回忆。那些美丽的风景和传奇的故事，我们诚挚地邀请您一起来分享。

本书在它的作者去世四年之后出版。这部书描绘了上古时期，或者说“第一纪”时的情景。魔戒叙述的是第三纪末期发生的重大事件，《精灵宝钻》的故事则可以追溯到久远的过去那时候，莫高斯——第一个“黑暗之王”住在中洲，精灵为了夺回稀世之宝，向他发动了战争……这本书的书名是《精灵宝钻》。可是除了《精灵宝钻》，还有另外四个短篇。放在本书最前面的《圣贤之乐》和《梵拉的传说》与《精灵宝钻》的关系很密切，可是后面的两篇《努美诺尔覆灭》和《魔戒和第三纪》与《精灵宝钻》并无关系，可以独立成章。这是按照家父明确的意愿收入的。这样一来，我们就有了一部从伊路瓦塔通过“圣贤之乐”开天辟地、创造世界起到“第三纪”末期的完整的历史……

Karen Wynn Fonstad's THE ATLAS OF MIDDLE-EARTH is an essential volume that will enchant all Tolkien fans. Here is the definitive guide to the geography of Middle-earth, from its founding in the Elder Days through the Third Age, including the journeys of Bilbo, Frodo, and the Fellowship of the Ring. Authentic and updated -- nearly one third of the maps are new, and the text is fully revised -- the atlas illuminates the enchanted world created in THE SILMARILLION, THE HOBBIT, and THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Hundreds of two-color maps and diagrams survey the journeys of the principal characters day by day -- including all the battles and key locations of the First, Second, and Third Ages. Plans and descriptions of castles, buildings, and distinctive landforms are given, along with thematic maps describing the climate, vegetation, languages, and population distribution of Middle-earth throughout its history. An extensive appendix and an index help readers correlate the maps with Tolkien's novels.

Although The Silmarillion takes place in the same imaginary world as J.J.R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, and was originally published four years after the author's death and over two decades after the former book, it is set much earlier, in the First Age of the World. The tales and the book which reads as a fusion between a story collection and historical chronicle, are a matter of legend even to the characters of The Lord of the Rings: In the beginning Eru, the One, who in the Elvish tongue is named Ilúvatar, made the Ainur of his thought; and they made a great Music before him Tolkien wrote the heart of this material very early in his career, and continued to work on it throughout his life. It fell to his son, Christopher Tolkien, to edit it into book form, and such proved the unquenchable public appetite that he subsequently oversaw 12 volumes of The History of Middle-Earth. This edition features 20 highly evocative colour plates by Ted Nasmith, themselves worth the price of admission, while reinforcing the sense of a historical work are genealogical tables, an extensive index, appendix and colour map. Far removed from the genial style of The Hobbit, this is Tolkien at his most formal, his prose austere, poetically beautiful, his storytelling capturing the epic scale, high drama and melancholy wonder of myth. These stories of elves and heroes and old gods are quite literally the foundation of the entire modern fantasy-publishing revival, and are therefore essential reading. --Gary S. Dalkin -

There may be a corner of the world where the name J.R.R. Tolkien is unknown, but you would be hard-pressed to find it. Since their publication, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings have been published in every major language of the world. And though he single-handedly gave a mythology to the English and was beloved by millions, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien remained refreshingly unchanged by his fame and fortune, living out his days simply and modestly among the familiar surroundings of Oxford College. Humphrey Carpenter, who was given unrestricted access to Tolkien's papers, brilliantly puts meat to the bones of the Tolkien legend in J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, offering a well-rounded portrayal of this quiet, bookish man who always saw himself first and foremost as a philologist, uncovering rather than creating the peoples, languages, and adventures of Middle-Earth. Carpenter chronicles Tolkien's early life with a special sensitivity; after losing both parents, Tolkien and his brother Hilary were taken from their idyllic life in the English countryside to a poverty-ridden existence in dark and sooty Birmingham. There were bright points, however. A social and cheerful lad, Tolkien enjoyed rugby and was proud of his gift for languages. It was also at this time that he met Edith Bratt, who would later become his wife. Academic life--both as a student and professor--is where this biography shines. Friendship with other men played a huge part in Tolkien's life, and Carpenter deftly reveals the importance these relationships--his complex friendship with C.S. Lewis, membership in the Inklings and the T.C.B.S.--had on the development of his writing. The only criticism one can make about this book is that Carpenter tends to gloss over Tolkien's contributions to comparative philology. True, there is a chapter devoted to Tolkien's academic pursuits, but it tends to skim too lightly over the surface for this reviewer's tastes. Philology is a terribly methodical science, and the author clearly did not want to alienate readers who were primarily interested in Tolkien as a storyteller. Still, it would be nice to understand why Tolkien was held in such high esteem by his fellow academics. As it stands, Tolkien comes off as a slightly eccentric etymologist.

"Majestic!...readers of THE HOBBIT and THE LORD OF THE RINGS...will find THE SILMARILLION a cosmology to call their own...medieval romances, fierce fairy tales and fiercer wars that ring with heraldic fury...it overwhelms the reader." TIME Those interested in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth should not be without this grand volume that tells the tragic tale of the struggle for control of the Silmarils, a struggle that would determine the history of the world long before the War of the Ring.

The authorized biography of the creator of Middle-earth. In the decades since his death in September 1973, millions have read THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION and become fascinated about the very private man behind the books. Born in South Africa in January 1892, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was orphaned in childhood and brought up in near-poverty. He served in the first World War, surviving the Battle of the Somme, where he lost many of the closest friends he'd ever had. After the war he returned to the academic life, achieving high repute as a scholar and university teacher, eventually becoming Merton Professor of English at Oxford where he was a close friend of C.S. Lewis and the other writers known as The Inklings. Then suddenly his life changed dramatically. One day while grading essay papers he found himself writing 'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit' -- and worldwide renown awaited him. Humphrey Carpenter was given unrestricted access to all Tolkien's papers, and interviewed his friends and family. From these sources he follows the long and painful process of creation that produced THE LORD OF THE RINGS and THE SILMARILLION and offers a wealth of information about the life and work of the twentieth century's most cherished author.

《胡林的子女》引領讀者進入遠早於《魔戒》時空的中土世界。故事講述了黑暗之神消滅了精靈軍隊，並擒獲首領胡林，逼迫他臣服於自己，但偉大的胡林凜然拒絕。於是黑暗之神又對其子女圖林和妮諾爾施咒，讓他們一生難逃黑暗和絕望。而圖林長大後率眾對抗黑暗之神的邪惡勢力，爭奪中土世界的主控權。 「魔戒作者的遺世之作，魔戒迷必讀。」 精采內文試閱：托爾金迷絕對想要擁有的書──《胡林的子女》 等了三十年，J.J.R托爾金新作終於問世！由已故作家托爾金1918年著手撰寫、未能完成的中土故事，其子克里斯多福．托爾金費了三十年的時間，終於編整完成。 「這個集冒險、悲劇、友情和英雄氣概於一身的史詩故事，再次讓讀者領略托爾金絕佳的說故事技巧！」 英國文豪托爾金新作：「這個史詩故事，再次讓讀者領略托爾金絕佳的說故事技巧。」 這是一部充滿寓意的中土故事、一個受詛咒的悲劇英雄，該如何掙脫這詛咒的枷鎖。 ＊ 附圖由《魔戒三部曲：王者再臨》奪金像獎的美術指導Alan Lee所繪 已故作家托爾金曾於1918年著手撰寫《胡林的子女》（The Children of Húrin），未能完成，其子克里斯多福．托爾金（Christopher Tolkien）花了三十年的時間，依據父親所寫草稿，終於編整完成整部作品。 在托爾金中土世界的故事創作中，〈貝倫與露西安〉（Beren & Luthien）、〈貢多林的覆亡〉（The Fall of Gondolin）與〈胡林的子女〉被視為托爾金創造的中土世界最重要的三大故事骨幹，他一生不斷修改，卻未能出版，而今在費時三十年的苦心整理下，終於上市了！ 這部作品語言文字有想像豐富的瑰麗特點，編者在整理過程中，也完整保留故事骨幹，未添新素材，加上享譽國際的精美插圖，深受讀者好評，希望能將已故大師的最後作品，完整呈現。此書編者克理斯多福‧托爾金，為作者之子；托爾金原就屬意由三子克里斯多福執行他的身後出版事宜。苦心研究父親文稿有成的克里斯多福，成功集結充滿變化的改寫本、未完成篇章和故事梗概，創造出一個完全以作者原始文字構成的獨立且完整的版本。因此對托爾金的研究學者而言，本書儼然已成一個全新的完整文本；而對那些不清楚《魔戒》淵源的托爾金讀者來說，這是部全新的中土故事。 「這個集冒險、悲劇、友情和英雄氣概於一身的史詩故事，再次讓讀者領略托爾金絕佳的說故事技巧，」負責出版的哈潑柯林斯出版社總經理維多莉亞‧邦斯雷：「本書擁有和《魔戒》一般充滿戲劇張力的情節，如今終於可以像托爾金原本所預期地被閱讀與欣賞。在全世界上百萬的托迷眼中，不啻為天啟。」 關於插圖：繪圖者Alan Lee，他不僅憑《魔戒三部曲：王者再臨》奪金像獎的美術指導，為本書所繪的33幅寶貴插圖，也是故事一大賣點。 國際書評 ‧這是托爾金耗費一生所寫的故事，雖是個悲劇，你卻可看到作者對中土世界無盡的熱情。――娛樂週刊（Entertainment Weekly） ‧克利斯多福․托爾金解釋了他在多年後重出這個新版本，目的是提供那些讀《魔戒》時，猜想胡林和圖林是誰的狂熱魔戒迷們一個完整的《魔戒》的故事。他盡力編寫了一本中土世界的普通讀者都樂於閱讀的鉅著。―― 流行事物（Pop Matters） ‧《胡林的子女》是一本值得眾奇幻小說迷讀的書，更是狂熱托爾金迷必讀的鉅著。――部落格評論雜誌（Blogcritics Magazine） ‧《胡林的子女》是一本充滿了意義、主題、傳奇要素的著作。它提出了許多問題，要人思考命運、勇氣與邪惡，與此同時敘述了一個美麗的故事。正如《精靈寶鑽》一樣，這是托爾金的嘔心瀝血之作；因此，如果你是真正的托爾金迷，你絕不可錯過。―― 永生神的騎士（Knight of the Living God） ‧多年之後，當我們的今天已成為遙遠的歷史，如同第一紀元的事件在「愛隆的會議」上所呈現的，那時人們或許仍然述說中土世界的故事。果真如此，《胡林的子女》必在其中。――華盛頓郵報（Washington Post） ‧《胡林的子女》會抓住讀者的目光，是因為它跟廿與廿一世紀的文學現象有關，也就是巫師《哈利波特》。本書會提醒羅琳所有的讀者，從老至少，羅琳一系列作品中的探索、尋找身份認同，以及籠罩人心的邪惡等許多的主題，是源自托爾金（並其他作家）。兩位作者都使用神話、法術和奇幻故事為架構，呈現出這些巨大的議題。―― 今日美國（USA Today） ‧這是一本托爾金迷絕對想要擁有的書，更是一本值得一讀的書，即使那些人認為他們已經熟知這個故事了。―― 聖路易日報（St. Louis Today）

The popular paperback edition with a cover design by Tolkien himself, to complement the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings paperbacks. Includes a special preface by J.R.R. Tolkien. The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien's world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor. Included in the book are several shorter works. The Ainulindale is a myth of the Creation and in the Valaquenta the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. The Akallabeth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second Age and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings.