The Tolkien Reader (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The Tolkien Reader Sunday, August 2 2009.

• An invitation to Tolkien's world. This rich treasury includes Tolkien's most beloved short fiction plus his essay on fantasy. FARMER GILES OF HAM. An imaginative history of the distant and marvelous past that introduces the rather unheroic Farmer Giles, whose efforts to capture a somewhat untrustworthy dragon will delight readers everywhere. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL. A collection of verse in praise of Tom Bombadil, that staunch friend of the Hobbits in THE LORD OF THE RINGS. ON FAIRY-STORIES. Professor Tolkien's now-famous essy on the form of the fairy story and the treatment of fantasy.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Tolkien Reader Tuesday, July 21 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
• 1 : J. R. R. Tolkien:

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Tolkien Reader Thursday, July 16 2009.

• Added a contributor: J. R. R. Tolkien: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Tolkien Reader Thursday, July 16 2009.

• IN August of the year 991, in the reign of AEthelred II, a battle was fought near Maldon in Essex.