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Robert Foster
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1949
The Complete Guide to Middle-earth: from The Hobbit to The Silmarillion is a reference book for J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, compiled and edited by Robert Foster. It was first published in 1971 under the title A Guide to Middle-earth. A revised and enlarged edition under the title The Complete Guide to Middle-earth was published in 1978. It received a third edition in 2001.
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About Robert Foster
Birth
1949
The Complete Guide to Middle-earth: from The Hobbit to The Silmarillion is a reference book for J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, compiled and edited by Robert Foster. It was first published in 1971 under the title A Guide to Middle-earth. A revised and enlarged edition under the title The Complete Guide to Middle-earth was published in 1978. It received a third edition in 2001.
Robert Foster was born in Brooklyn in 1949 and has dedicated his life to letters as a writer, philologist, and historian.
His professional career combines university teaching with a prolific literary output of thirty published works.
He is known for his thematic versatility, exploring everything from history and children's fiction to the culture of Aboriginal Australians.
Among his most notable titles is the work Outlaw of Gor, which has solidified his presence in the literary landscape.
As an expert in philology, Foster brings a unique academic rigor to each of his narratives and historical studies.
