"This is a very nice book about important items in Middle-earth. Apart from some typical middle-earth plants like elanor, athelas and mallorn, all the flora from Middle-earth can be found in your average plant determination book. They help you feel at home in Middle-earth. Dinah Hazell explores this aspect of Tolkiens world. She links the plants also to biographical information on Tolkien, to other authors well-known by Tolkien like William Morris and William Shakespeare, to old literature, and to British folklore. The book has five chapters. The first is about the names of female hobbits, which are all related to plants (Rosie and Lily Cotton, e.g.). The second chapter takes you on a botanical trip from Frodo's garden to the crossroads. Ithilien gets a chapter of its own, as it has a very detailed description of its mediterranean vegetation. Also woods and trees get their own chapter. The last chapter is on destruction and recovery, both symbolised by botanical life. The destruction of plants is one of the dominant manifestations of evil (the Two Trees, Isengard, rowan trees in Fangorn). The book has beautifull illustrations, b/w drawings and watercolours. One point of criticism is that Dinah Hazell only talks about plants in The Lord of the Rings. She refers to other books, but she did not take the time to reread even The Hobbit on extra botanical information, let alone Unfinished Tales or HoME. And that is a pity".

Issued in a cloth covered slipcase. Limited edition of 1,000 copies.

Includes volumes 6 to 9 of The History of Middle-earth. Issued in a cloth covered slipcase. Limited edition of 1,000 copies.

Includes volumes 10 to 12 of The History of Middle-earth. Issued in a cloth covered slipcase. Limited edition of 1,000 copies.

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Three-volume boxed set edition lavishly illustrated in full color by Alan Lee One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth still it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. From his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but ever he searched far and wide for the One Ring that would complete his dominion. On his eleventy-first birthday, Bilbo dissapeared bequeathing to his young cousin, Frodo, the Ruling Ring, and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom. The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the wizard, the hobbits Merry, Pippin and Sam, Gimli the Dwarf, Legolas the Elf, Boromir of Gondor, and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.

A major new examination of how J.R.R.Tolkien came to write his original masterpiece 'The Hobbit', including his complete unpublished draft version of the story, and many little-known illustrations and previously unpublished maps by Tolkien himself. The History of the Hobbit presents for the first time, in two volumes, the complete unpublished text of the original manuscript of J.R.R.Tolkien's The Hobbit, accompanied by John Rateliff's lively and informative account of how the book came to be written and published. As well as recording the numerous changes made to the story both before and after publication, it examines -- chapter-by-chapter -- why those changes were made and how they reflect Tolkien's ever-growing concept of Middle-earth. The Hobbit was first published on 21 September 1937. Like its successor, The Lord of the Rings, it is a story that "grew in the telling", and many characters and story threads in the published text are completely different from what Tolkien first wrote to read aloud to his young sons as part of their "fireside reads". As well as reproducing the original version of one of literature's most famous stories, both on its own merits and as the foundation for The Lord of the Rings, this new book includes many little-known illustrations and previously unpublished maps for The Hobbit by Tolkien himself. Also featured are extensive annotations and commentaries on the date of composition, how Tolkien's professional and early mythological writings influenced the story, the imaginary geography he created, and how Tolkien came to revise the book years after publication to accommodate events in The Lord of the Rings. Like Christopher Tolkien's The History of The Lord of the Rings before it, this is a thoughtful yet exhaustive examination of one of the most treasured stories in English literature. Long overdue for a classic book now celebrating 70 years in print, this companion edition offers fascinating new insights for those who have grown up with this enchanting tale, and will delight those who are about to enter Bilbo's round door for the first time.

A beautiful boxed set: the definitive examination of how Tolkien came to write his original masterpiece, including the complete unpublished draft and little-known illustrations and unpublished maps, along with a new edition of the classic work itself. First published in 1938, The Hobbit is a story that "grew in the telling," and many characters and events in the published book are completely different from what Tolkien first wrote to read aloud to his young sons as part of their "fireside reads." For the first time, The History of the Hobbit reproduces the original version of one of literature's most famous stories, and includes many little-known illustrations and previously unpublished maps for The Hobbit created by Tolkien himself. Also featured are extensive annotations and commentaries on the date of composition, how Tolkien's professional and early mythological writings influenced the story, the imaginary geography he created, and how he came to revise the book in the years after publication to accommodate events in The Lord of the Rings. These two volumes are boxed together with a new edition of The Hobbit with a short introduction by Christopher Tolkien, a reset text incorporating the most up-to-date corrections, and all of Tolkien's own drawings and color illustrations, including the rare "Mirkwood" piece.

天与地无边无际的绵绵飞雪里，他于她身后挽圆弓弩。那一箭，她不躲不避，不闪不藏，眼睁睁看他射出这一往无回的命运。从此，永失幸福…… 这本书是《九洲》系列中首部描写鲛族的长篇作品，作者萧如瑟以惊艳的笔触写就一段倾城情事…… 天与地无边无际的绵绵飞雪里，他于她身后挽圆弓弩。那一箭，她不躲不避，不闪不藏，眼睁睁看他射出这一往无回的命运。从此，永失幸福…… 本书是作者想要说的一个故事，没有章法，也不想划地自限。于是翻开书页，踏上浩瀚的九州大地。在那里，日暮原野上少年纵马奔驰，鲜血浸染的土壤绽放蔷薇，而黑暗中，有人轻轻拨动命运的弦索。

美国“国宝级”奇幻史诗巅峰巨著 唯一令《魔戒》作者托尔金俯首的作品 雨果奖、星云奖、轨迹奖“三冠王”扛鼎之作 中文版全系列首度引入，无数奇幻迷翘首以盼 不仅有史上规模最大的王位争夺之阴谋，更有关于整段人类文明与哲学的思辨 泽拉兹尼是《冰与火之歌》作者乔治·R. R. 马 丁 的伯乐和终生导师。 “安珀志”系列是泽拉兹尼历时20年、倾力打造的奇幻经典。 这套10卷本的奇幻巨著无论是对泽拉兹尼本人还是在奇幻文 学史上，都具有里程碑式的意义。 该系列上卷以贯穿整个系列的灵魂人物“科温”追寻记忆、夺取王位的英雄历程为经纬，展现安珀这个弘大的世界，语言精准、幽默感随处可见。不仅有剑与英雄的永恒传说，还有壮丽恢弘的奇幻城市；有黑暗、暴力和死亡，也有爱、救赎与希望；有随处可见的黑色幽默，更有苍凉的世事无常；有让人拍案叫绝的高超阴谋、气势磅礴的战争场面和机智到极点的犀利吐槽，还有史上规模最大的王位争夺之阴谋，更有关于整段人类文明与哲学的思辨。

《死亡之城》很可能是《神秘博士》历史上最原创和最不官方的故事。 点子最初来自戴维•费舍尔，名叫《时间豪赌》，讲述一对温文尔雅的伯爵夫妇在赌场作弊，骗钱以完成他们的时间旅行实验。 1970年代末，尽管英国经济形势不妙，《神秘博士》资金有限，但制作人格拉汉姆•威廉姆斯还是想办法搞到了预算。 道格拉斯•亚当斯，《神秘博士》当时的剧本编辑，在一个星期四被叫到格拉汉姆•威廉姆斯家里。他坐在打字机前，两个人片刻不停地讨论，道格拉斯没完没了打字。导演迈克尔•海耶斯时不时过来喝杯咖啡，读他们写完的部分，很满意地发现到星期一就会有剧本供他拍摄了。 这个剧本就是这么诞生的。《死亡之城》播出时恰逢ITV 罢工，因而成为了《神秘博士》历史上收视率最高的几集。感谢一次接一次的重播，1979年间几乎没有其他故事可看，因此，谢天谢地，还好它是《神秘博士》历史上最优秀的故事。

《克苏鲁神话》被誉为20世纪最伟大、最具影响力的恐怖小说体系，作者是H.P·洛夫克拉夫特——或者“爱手艺”。 假设你的脚边有一只蚂蚁在爬，你不会在意有没有踩死它，因为它太渺小了，是死还是活，对你来说没有分毫影响。在“克苏鲁神话”中描述的远古邪神的眼中，人类就是那只蚂蚁。 洛夫克拉夫特所倡导的“宇宙主义”，即人类远非世界的主宰者，在尚未探索的未知宇宙中，隐藏着超乎想象、不可名状的恐怖真相，只是见上一眼就能让人陷入疯狂或者死亡。正如作者本人所述：“人类坠古老、坠强烈的情感是恐惧；而坠古老、坠强烈的恐惧，是对未知的恐惧”。 本书收录了“克苏鲁神话”中口碑最好、呼声最高的4部经典中短篇小说，包括《疯狂山脉》《印斯茅斯小镇的阴霾》《墙中之鼠》《超越时间之影》。随手翻开一个故事，唤起你内心深处对黑暗的恐惧。 “待在疯狂山脉背风的阴影之中，你必须管好自己的想象力。” 繁星已经抵达特定的位置，旧日支配者即将重现人间。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ◆ 说好的《克苏鲁神话》第二弹，终于填坑 ◆ 你们要的《疯狂山脉》《印斯茅斯》《墙中之鼠》《超越时间之影》全在里面 ◆ 熟悉的配方：上一本《克苏鲁神话》原班人马操刀制作 ◆ 升级的味道：更加黑暗、恐怖、不可名状的选篇，更加丰富、细腻、不可名状的元素 ◆ 地图、报纸、旧照片、污秽、崇拜符号、召唤咒语……超丰富克苏鲁元素，代入感十足 ◆ 脱下书皮，内封的时髦值又一次爆表 ◆ 高级烫金工艺，在阳光下散发出光怪陆离的绿色魔光 ◆ 将手机放在本书上，将获得克苏鲁的庇佑buff，有更高几率抽到五星/SSR/金蛋/超稀有……真的 ◆ 入坑首选，收藏必备，克总发糖 ◆ 真正的粉丝，就算没有看到上面这些，也一定会入手

天賦，是恩賜的禮物，但如果這個禮物足以毀滅世界，你要怎麼與它共存？ 這是一片貧瘠孤立的高地；居民如這片土地，嚴酷、兇猛。為了擴張領土，爭取生存空間，鄰近氏系爭戰不休。唯有「天賦」制衡彼此，維持氏系間脆弱的和平。歐姆世家能縱火燃燒；考林世家能搬移重物；摩各世家有?內視力?，你想什麼，他們看得一清二楚；提柏世系的男人可以操控人心，按他的意志行事；波瑞世系的女人能提取心智，使人變成一只空殼。 在這裡，聰敏緘默的少女桂蕊繼承召喚動物的天賦，但無法狠心遵照家族傳統，喚動物來讓獵人捕獵；敏感纖細的少年歐睿繼承消解的天賦，僅一個注視、手勢，就使生命灰飛湮滅，但這股強大力量不受控制。不顧父親的嚴厲反對，歐睿蒙起雙眼，讓狗兒黑煤兒與心愛的桂蕊成為他的眼睛。他以為自己能抵抗命運，但在這塊苛刻之土，有無法放下的原始責任，與難以化解的仇恨糾葛。 身為族長之子，歐睿必須負起延續純正天賦血統的職責，他與異族之女通婚，無法自由與心愛的女孩相守；還必須戰勝心魔，解開蒙住的雙眼，為族人貢獻他的天賦。在他以為自己的命運已經註定，未來卻在這時急轉彎，氏族之爭越演越烈，歐睿的世界出現巨大裂痕…… 當人生開始失控，陪伴身邊的親人與愛人是最後扶持；當無力改變環境，找出共處之道是唯一出路。願用天賦照亮世界的黑暗角落，雖困難重重，但終有一絲光明。

話語文字的刀刃，有時比刀劍武力更為鋒利。 阿茲人用武力輕易毀滅安甦爾城，然而，話語文字的力量何以令他們恐懼？ 安甦爾城，人稱「慧麗安甦爾」，城中聳立孕育知識的大學、保存文化與智慧的圖書館、壯麗宏偉的高塔建築，以及千百座大理石建造的大小神廟。安甦爾深受神諭眷顧。 然而，現在的安甦爾，是一座到處斷垣殘壁，充斥飢餓、恐懼與絕望的破敗之城。入侵的阿茲人認為文字是邪惡的魔法，藏書萬千的安甦爾城更是罪無可赦。 玫茉系出高華氏系，解讀神諭、為安甦爾城指點迷津本該是高華家的職責，但神諭沉寂已久。十七年來，玫茉學習閱讀祕室中最後的藏書，文字滋潤她的心；但家園被毀、親人受盡折磨，讓她心中仇恨不斷滋長；她只知道，阿茲人是永遠的敵人，她要殺光阿茲人。 知名的詩人歐睿久聞安甦爾文風鼎盛，他受阿茲人之邀，與妻子馴獸人桂蕊一同到來。阿茲人雖視文字為惡魔，卻熱愛詩人講述的故事，意料不到的是，歐睿講述的故事不僅娛樂了阿茲人，也擾動了潛伏於安甦爾城底下的暗流。 安甦爾人失去信仰與文字，在被壓迫的沉默中度過十七年。 延續已久的仇恨與戰爭，該如何結束？ 沉默了二百年的神諭，何時會再重新發聲？ 當你被迫面對深惡痛絕的敵人，竟發現他們並不全然殘忍可恨，你該視而不見地對他們採取報復手段，或是說服自己忘卻仇恨、寬恕敵人？ 勒瑰恩《沉默之聲》如她以往的作品恬淡、優雅，但也為族群衝突頻傳的世代提供了一種解釋，唯有盡可能地了解、認識，才有和平共處的可能。

擁有天賦的力量，並不代表自由唾手可得。 唯有經過撕心裂骨的覺醒， 才能學會為自己奮戰，並為自己的選擇負責。 葛維過目不忘，偶爾還能在「視象」中回憶起「未來」的片斷，他活在他所在之處，也活在他不在之處；但這種內在力量無從解釋，也無法掌控。因此，他在姊姊明智的建議之下藏起天賦，平凡度日。 葛維從有記憶以來就是奴隸，一個快樂、知足的奴隸，不曾想過奴隸之外的生活，困在粉飾太平的牢籠中而不自覺，直到城市遭逢戰亂，他向來相信的一切、他的整個世界，一夕之間破碎崩毀。 悲慟至極的葛維關閉了心門，選擇忘卻他已失落的，因為他並不曾擁有過。他踏上危險旅程，邁向空無一物的前方，探尋一個他並不明瞭的目標。從表面太平的城市到看似自由的森林，他的身體自由了，卻找不到心靈的歸屬；從森林再到孤絕封閉的沼地，天賦的力量與過去卻仍如鬼魅般糾纏不去。 葛維的旅程究竟會將他帶往何方？是追尋自由？是追尋他的原鄉族人？還是針對他奇特的內在力量，追尋其真正用途？

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the timeless and beloved A Wizard of Earthsea —“…reads like the retelling of a tale first told centuries ago,” (David Mitchell)—comes this complete omnibus edition of the entire Earthsea chronicles, including over fifty illustrations illuminating Le Guin’s vision of her classic saga. Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea novels are some of the most acclaimed and awarded works in literature—they have received prestigious accolades such as the National Book Award, a Newbery Honor, the Nebula Award, and many more honors, commemorating their enduring place in the hearts and minds of readers and the literary world alike. Now for the first time ever, they’re all together in one volume—including the early short stories, Le Guin’s “Earthsea Revisioned” Oxford lecture, and a new Earthsea story, never before printed. With a new introduction by Le Guin herself, this essential edition will also include fifty illustrations by renowned artist Charles Vess, specially commissioned and selected by Le Guin, to bring her refined vision of Earthsea and its people to life in a totally new way. [Stories include: “A Wizard of Earthsea”, “The Tombs of Atuan”, “The Farthest Shore”, “Tehanu”, “Tales From Earthsea”, “The Other Wind”, “The Rule of Names”, “The Word of Unbinding”, “The Daughter of Odren”, and “Earthsea Revisioned: A Lecture at Oxford University”.] With stories as perennial and universally beloved as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of The Rings—but also unlike anything but themselves—this edition is perfect for those new to the world of Earthsea, as well as those who are well-acquainted with its enchanting magic: to know Earthsea is to love it.