Title: J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century Title Record # 103602
Author: Tom Shippey
Date: 2001-04-00
Type: NONFICTION
Language: English
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Year Title 2001 J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century [as by T. A. Shippey]

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	2001 Mythopoeic	Mythopoeic Scholarship Award (for Inkling Studies)
Win	2001 World Fantasy	Special Award, Professional
6	2001 Locus	Best Non-Fiction
3	2002 Hugo	Best Related Book

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century	2001-04-00	T. A. Shippey	Houghton Mifflin	0-618-12764-X	$26.00?$: US dollar	xxxv+ 347	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	non-fic
J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century	2001-08-00	Tom Shippey	HarperCollins (UK)	0-261-10401-2	£7.99?£: UK pound	xxxv+ 347	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	non-fic
J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century	2002-09-00	Tom Shippey	Houghton Mifflin	0-618-25759-4	$13.00?$: US dollar	xxxv+ 347	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic
J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century	2011-04-28	Tom Shippey	HarperCollins (UK)	978-0-00-738195-1	$8.89?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	non-fic

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Reviews

• Review by Philip Kaveny (2001) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 2001
• Review by Gary K. Wolfe (2001) in Locus, #488 September 2001
• Review by Tim Robins (2001) in Interzone, #171 September 2001
• Review by Christine Cornell (2001) in SFRA Review #254-5
• Review by Peter Heck (2002) in Asimov's Science Fiction, January 2002
• Review by Elizabeth Hand (2002) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 2002
• Review by Gahan Wilson (2003) in Realms of Fantasy, June 2003