A special edition that commemorates the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit. Complemented by lavish illustrations, this book is full of essays, poems, songs, and stories written by and for the author.

Contents
•Tolkien & Middle Earth ◦Tolkien, a Short Biography (by Joan McClusky)
◦At the End of the Quest, Victory (by W.H. Auden)
◦Oo, Those Awful Orcs (by Edmund Wilson)
◦A Trip Through Middle Earth, a Chronology of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (by Douglas Kendall)
◦Tree By Tolkien (by Colin Wilson)
◦The Filial Duty of Christopher Tolkien (by William Cater)
◦Two Views of JRRT (by Kenneth Atchity)

•Frodo Lives: A Look at Tolkien Fandom ◦The Evolution of Tolkien Fandom (by Philip Helms)
◦Confessions of a Tolkien Fiend (by Baird Searles)
◦No Monroe in Lothlorien (by Arthur Weir)
◦Christmas at the South Pole / A Barogue Memorial - JRRT (by J R Christopher) **Two Poems in Memory of JRRT (by Ruth Berman)
◦The Picnic, a Parody (by Paulette Carroll)
◦The Coinage of Gondor and the Western Lands (by Dainis Bisenieks)
◦The Passing of Elven Kind / High Fly the Nazgul, Oh! (by Ted Johnstone)
◦Middle Earth
◦Smaug the Magic Dragon
◦The Orcs Marching Song (by George Heap)
◦In the Service of the King (by Marci Helms)
◦Haiku Portraits (by Don Studebaker and others)
◦Tales Told by the Lonely Mountain (by Margaret Howes)
◦The Middle Earth Gourmet (by Maureen Bayha and Alida Becker)
◦Tolkien of Affection (by Mel Rosen)

•APPENDIX ◦A Gathering of Fans
◦Fan's Reading List
◦Tolkien Bibliography (by Bonniejean Christensen)
◦Solution to Puzzles