Dynasties of Middle-earth

Kings, lords and other noblemen
from the First to the Third Age

The first book published by Codex Regius this year is again an analysis of certain aspects of Middle-earth in J.R.R. Tolkien's novels. Due to the complexities of presentation, this volume is not available as an e-book but only on paper.

Which Ruling Steward of Gondor had two wives? Was Beren the One-handed an only child? How comes that Aragorn from 'The Lord of the Rings' has actually married his aunt? And were there any kings of Dale before Bard I?

"Dynasties of Middle-earth" expands on the tables, once published on Lalaith's Middle-earth Science Pages, that comprise the genealogies of the noble Mannish houses from the First to the Fourth Age of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. They are not found like that in the Appendices of 'The Lord of the Rings' or 'The Silmarillion' but spread over various sources which sometimes conflict with each other.

Available from Amazon and subsidiaries.

More essays on Middle-earth, not available in print, may be found on Lalaith's Middle-earth Science Pages.

Reviews by a famous voice

My eyes popped out of their sockets and dropped on the keyboard yesterday when I examined our author's profile on Amazon.com. The two volumes of "Middle-earth seen by the barbarians" had each received a 4-star review. That is pleasant for us but would not be worth mentioning if it wasn't for the name by which the reviewer had signed.

Orson Scott Card. Yes, that Orson Scott Card! The author of "Ender's Game" and "Speaker for the Dead"! I have read more than a dozen of his books, and it is incredible to believe that he would come and read ours. But see for yourself:

Middle-earth seen by the barbarians Vol. 1 review

Middle-earth seen by the barbarians Vol. 2 review

The business has indeed changed. Only Amazon has made it possible that authors from abroad might worm their way into the secluded American book market and get reviews by a high-grade US author. No trade-publisher could have arranged for that - or if he could, it wouldn't have been honest. Amazon is facing a lot of criticism from abroad, and some of it may be justified, but they also do many things right, particularly for us Indie authors. And this, seriously, is emphasised too little these days.

I challenge the traditional publishers: Stop complaining about big bad Amazon and start competing! Develop better business models and offer better conditions to authors than they do! We might consider coming elsewhere. But for the time being, Amazon's position on the Indie market is unchallenged.

Lalaith's Middle-earth Science Pages sind umgezogen/have moved

Das heißt: Eigentlich haben sie es schon vor sieben Jahren getan. Der frühere Provider hatte aber versäumt, meine Seiten zu löschen, und schließlich stellte ich fest, dass die Einträge der gängigen Suchmaschinen noch immer auf diese Uraltversionen verwiesen. Das ist nun geregelt. Ich bitte darum alle, die noch Links auf die alte Version gesetzt haben, auf die unten stehende Adresse umzuleiten.

Or, matter of fact, they did so seven years ago. My previous provider, however, had failed to delete my website, and recently I discovered that the entries of the common search engines were still pointing at those palaeolithical versions. That has been settled now. I would like to kindly ask everyone who still has set links on the outdated version to redirect them to the address given below: 

Lalaith's Middle-earth Science Pages: http://homepage.o2mail.de/lalaith/M-earth.html