She wanted to do an extensive atlas of Middle-earth, the fantasy prehistoric Earth that hobbits and Elves traversed in The Hobbit and Lord Of The Rings. Two-and-a-half years later, The Atlas Of ...

One does not simply stop in Mordor to ask for directions. ”The Atlas of Middle-Earth (Revised Edition)” by Karen Wynn Fonstad is a great resource for the casual and hardcore Tolkien reader alike.

In 1977, Karen Wynn Fonstad made a long shot cold call to J.R.R. Tolkien’s American publisher with the hope of landing a dream assignment: to create an exhaustive atlas of Middle-earth ...

In 1977, Karen Wynn Fonstad made a long-shot cold call to J.R.R. Tolkien's American publisher with the hope of landing a dream assignment: to create an exhaustive atlas of Middle-earth ...