《魔幻家族》是英国学者、托尔金研究专家大卫·戴的经典之作，更是欧美魔幻经典畅销书之一，问世以来连续再版十多次，已成为全景式展现托尔金“魔戒系列”词条名典的权威“百科全书”。如果说托尔金创作的是一个自成一体的魔幻世界，那么，《魔幻家族》肯定就是进入这个世界的托尔金之门。 托尔金无疑是魔幻文学的教主。他的魔幻系列全球卖出逾亿本，创造了定型化的魔域，至今所有相关书籍描写到妖精一定有尖尖的耳朵，巫师都脱胎自甘道夫，长长的白胡须和尖尖的巫师帽。托尔金还创造出精灵语言，为魔幻文学立下典范。 东方动漫大师宫崎峻、田中芳树，西方魔幻小说《哈利·波特》作者J.K.罗琳，皆视托尔金的《魔戒》为师法宗师。 在《魔幻家族》中，我们将全景式地阅览托尔金创造的梦幻史诗般壮丽的中土时代。魔幻精灵们缔造了那个时代的自然史，所有的魔幻动物都有着完整的结构体系，而《魔幻家族》则一个个地对他们进行仔细了解和解剖研究。展示他们的居住环境，描述他们的习惯和嗜好，呈现他们的演变和历史。 像中土世界一样，这本关于魔幻的书也特别重视插图，这是《魔幻家族》最重要、最新颖的一个看点。所有图片和设计均出自11位优秀插图画家以及天才设计师黛布拉·扎克曼之手。 这些绘图富有幻想，表现力极强，与托尔金原作内容交相辉映。其中，黑白插图描绘了种族、生物和植物，而彩色插图则展现了壮阔的景观、宏大的王国和埃达时代发生的重大战役和事件。

这本书介绍了电影《魔戒》中的霍比特人、贝格恩、布雷、阿拉贡、埃尔隆德、阿尔温、奥克斯、白衣萨茹曼等主要人物的背景。

Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services -- as a burglar -- on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo′s life is never to be the same again. THE HOBBIT became an instant success when it was first published in 1937, and 75 years later Tolkien′s epic tale of elves, dwarves, trolls, goblins, myth, magic and adventure, with its reluctant hero Bilbo Baggins, has lost none of its appeal. Now, for the first time, the classic hardback edition is available in a one-off special pocket-sized edition. Featuring the distinctive cover illustration painted by Tolkien himself, plus his own drawings in the book, this edition will be the perfect gift for little hobbits everywhere!

《魔戒第3部:王者无敌》的写作动机是，一个讲故事的人想用一部真正的长篇故事来吸引读者的注意力，取悦他们，也许还能时不时令他们兴奋，叩打他们的心扉。如何取悦人或感动人，我惟有靠自己的感觉作为向导，而在许多时候，这个向导往往成为误导。一些读过《魔戒第3部:王者无敌》或对《魔戒第3部:王者无敌》做过评论的人会认为故事很乏味、荒唐甚至不堪卒读，对此我毫无怨言，因为我对他们的作品，或对他们特别喜欢的作品也会有同感。即便是在许多喜欢《魔戒第3部:王者无敌》故事的人眼里，也会觉得其中有不少不敢恭维之处。或许一部长篇故事没法处处令大家喜欢，但同样也不会处处让各位生厌。 点击链接进入英文版： The Return of the King: The Lord of the Rings--Part Three

A number-one New York Times bestseller when it was originally published, The Silmarillion is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a work whose origins stretch back to a time long before The Hobbit. Tolkien considered The Silmarillion his most important work, and, though it was published last and posthumously, this great collection of tales and legends clearly sets the stage for all his other writing. The story of the creation of the world and of the First Age, this 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 three Silmarils were jewels created by Feanor, most gifted of the Elves. Within them was imprisoned the Light of the Two Trees of Valinor before the Trees themselves were destroyed by Morgoth, the first Dark Lord. Thereafter, the unsullied Light of Valinor lived on only in the Silmarils, but they were seized by Morgoth and set in his crown, which was guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Feanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all their heroism, against the great Enemy. This second edition features a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien describing his intentions for the book, which serves as a brilliant exposition of his conception of the carlier Ages of Middle-earth. This is the story of the First Age, the ancient drama to which characters in "The Lord of the Rings" look back.

The popular paperback edition of this fascinating collection of stories, which continue the tales of The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion and contains an alternative version of The Children of Hurin. Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lord of the Rings with a whole collection of background and new stories from the twentieth century's most acclaimed popular author. The book concentrates on the realm of Middle-earth and comprises such elements as Gandalf's lively account of how it was that he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, the emergence of the sea-god Ulmo before the eyes of Tuor on the coast of Beleriand, and an exact description of the military organization of the Riders of Rohan. Unfinished Tales also contains the only story about the long ages of Numenor before its downfall, and all that is known about such matters as the Five Wizards, the Palantiri and the legend of Amroth. The tales were collated and edited by JRR Tolkien's son and literary heir, Christopher Tolkien, who provides a short commentary on each story, helping the reader to fill in the gaps and put each story into the context of the rest of his father's writings.