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MEDITATIONS ON MIDDLE-EARTH
MEDITATIONS ON
MIDDLE-EARTH
EDITED BY KAREN HABER
A BYRON PREISS BOOK
MEDITATIONS ON MIDDLE-EARTH
. Copyright © 2001 by Byron Preiss Visual
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Editor: Karen Haber
Project Editor: Howard Zimmerman
Designed by Gilda Hannah
Interior Illustrations copyright © John Howe 2001
Jacket illustration by John Howe
copyright © 2001 John Howe/Sophisticated Games, Ltd.
“The Beat Goes On” copyright © 2001 Karen Haber.
“Introduction” copyright © 2001 George R. R. Martin.
“Our Grandfather: Meditations on J. R. R. Tolkien” copyright © 2001 Raymond E. Feist.
“Awakening the Elves” copyright © 2001 Paul Anderson.
“A Changeling Returns” copyright © 2001 Michael Swanwick.
“If You Give a Girl a Hobbit” copyright © 2001 Esther M. Friesner.
“The Ring and I” copyright © 2001 Harry Turtledove.
“Cult Classic” copyright © 2001 Terry Pratchett.
“A Bar and a Quest” copyright 2001 Robin Hobb.
“Rhythmic Pattern in The Lord of the Rings” copyright © 2001 Ursula K. Le Guin.
“The Longest Day” copyright © 2001 Diane Duane.
“Tolkien After All These Years” copyright © 2001 Douglas A. Anderson.
“How Tolkien Means” copyright © 2001 Orson Scott Card.
“The Tale Goes Ever On” copyright © 2001 Charles de Lint.
“The Mythmaker” copyright © 2001 Lisa Goldstein.
“ ‘The Radical Distinction . . .’ A Conversation with Tim and Greg Hildebrandt” copyright © 2001 Glenn Hurdling.
“On Tolkien and Fairy-Stories” copyright © 2001 Terri Windling.
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ISBN 0-312-27536-6 ISBN 978-0-312-27536-5
First Edition: November 2001
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
In memory of Paul Anderson
CONTENTS
Preface: The Beat Goes On
Karen Haber
Introduction
George R. R. Martin
Our Grandfather: Meditations on J. R. R. Tolkien
Raymond Feist
Awakening the Elves
Paul Anderson
A Changeling Returns
Michael Swanwick
If You Give a Girl a Hobbit
Esther M. Friesner
The Ring and I
Harry Turtledove
Rhythmic Pattern in The Lord of the Rings
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Longest Sunday
Diane Duane
Tolkien After All These Years
Douglas A. Anderson
How Tolkien Means
Orson Scott Card
The Tale Goes Ever On
Charles De Lint
“The Radical Distinction . . .”
A Conversation with Tim and Greg Hildebrandt
Glenn Hurdling
On Tolkien and Fairy-Stories
Terri Windling
PREFACE:
THE BEAT GOES
ON