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The world J.R.R. Tolkien created is so rich and diverse it simply never ceases to amaze me. I
have not finished the book but work on it progresses as I wend my way through life and debate.
Admittedly if Xenite.org didn't contain so many Web sites I'd probably have finished the book
by now, but I do intend to finish the task and hope to have it done by the end of 1998.




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Finally, I should point out that I've added some new material and have corrected many typos.
None of the graphics from the First Edition are being carried over to this new edition. One of my
goals is to speed up the download time for each page. So the book metaphor is useful in that the
pages are all considerably shorter.

As ever, I hope you enjoy Parma Endorion. If you send me email and don't hear back, please
don't be offended. At this writing Xenite.org receives more than 1500 visitors a day and I
sometimes get a lot of email.




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iv. Introduction to the Third Edition (2001)
How does one introduce a third edition? In early 1998, I revised Parma Endorion and I never
expected to do so again, but I've since found many typographical errors in the essays, and some
of the information is now outdated. I've also received many requests for new essays.

The past few years have brought me into contact with several Tolkien projects. I have written
essays under contract for Toy Vault's Middle-earth Toys. Since August 1999, I have also written
essays for Suite101.com's Tolkien and Middle-earth topic. Some of the earliest Suite101 essays
were included in VISUALIZING MIDDLE-EARTH, a book I published in October 2000. I had
intended to include some Suite101 essays in Parma Endorion, but time slipped away from me
and that is no longer possible for this edition. I hope to publish a sequel to VISUALIZING
MIDDLE-EARTH sometime in 2002. And, I don't mind saying, I've had the privilege of
performing research for several media companies. At this writing (December 2001), I am
participating in an extraordinary Tolkien research project with several other people. I don't
believe these opportunities would have opened up for me had I not written Parma Endorion.

Since I first undertook writing these essays, the world of Tolkien fandom has been turned upside
down by the Peter Jackson film adaptation of THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Another film
project, "Ancanar", has been inspired by THE SILMARILLION. And there have been numerous
Hobbit plays staged throughout the world. At the same time, I have found myself consulted by
any number of companies on Tolkien and Middle-earth. The attention directed upon J.R.R.
Tolkien and his fans over the past few years has been overwhelming. It has also been
distracting. This third edition was originally supposed to be published in 2000. It was to be