The Tolkien Reader

The Tolkien Reader

Cover of the first edition
Author	J. R. R. Tolkien
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy short stories, play, essay, poetry
Publisher	Ballantine Books
Publication date	September 1966[1]
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	xvi, 24, 112, 79, 64 pp (contents separately paginated)
ISBN	0-345-34506-1 (reprint)
OCLC	49979134
Preceded by	Tree and Leaf
Followed by	The Road Goes Ever On

The Tolkien Reader is an anthology of works by J. R. R. Tolkien. It includes a variety of short stories, poems, a play and some non-fiction by Tolkien. It compiles material previously published as three separate shorter books (Tree and Leaf, Farmer Giles of Ham, and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil) together with one additional piece and introductory material. It was published in 1966 by Ballantine Books in the USA.^[2]

Contents

• "Publisher's Note"
• "Tolkien's Magic Ring", by Peter S. Beagle
• "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son"
• Tree and Leaf
  • "On Fairy-Stories"
  • "Leaf by Niggle"
• Farmer Giles of Ham
• The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
  • "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil"
  • "Bombadil Goes Boating"
  • "Errantry"
  • "Princess Mee"
  • "The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late"
  • "The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon"
  • "The Stone Troll"
  • "Perry-the-Winkle"
  • "The Mewlips"
  • "Oliphaunt"
  • "Fastitocalon"
  • "Cat"
  • "Shadow-bride"
  • "The Hoard"
  • "The Sea-Bell"
  • "The Last Ship"

References

1. Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide, HarperCollins, 'Chronology' volume, p.673; ISBN 978-261-10381-8
2. Bibliography page 2 - The Tolkien Society

See also

• Poems and Stories
• Tales from the Perilous Realm, a similar collection, containing a slightly different (but overlapping) collection of material.