通往中土之路
The road to Middle-Earth
Tom Shippey · 初版 1982 年
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“Tom Shippey 的经典著作 The Road to Middle-earth 现经修订并以平装本扩展出版，深入探讨了 J.R.R. Tolkien 的创造力及其灵感来源。Shippey 详细阐述了 Tolkien 的专业学术背景如何引导他写出 The Hobbit 并为数以百万计的读者创造出历久弥新的魅力。他令人信服地指出，Tolkien 的灵感源泉不仅在于对寓言的热爱，更在于对语言的热爱。在详尽剖析 Tolkien 最著名的作品 The Lord of the Rings 的根基与文学结构的同时，Shippey 还讨论了其贡献……”，
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我非常推荐汤姆·希培的《通往中洲之路》，它从同代人、朋友兼学术同事的角度探讨了托尔金受到的影响。http://www.amazon.com/The-Road-Middle-Earth-Tolkien-Mytholog... 我还没读过希培的……
I very much recommend Tom Shippey's Road to Middle-Earth, which discusses Tolkien's influences from the perspective of a contemporary and friend and academic colleague. http://www.amazon.com/The-Road-Middle-Earth-Tolkien-Mytholog... I haven't yet read Shippey's…
……托尔金研究学者做过一场关于原著与彼得·杰克逊电影对比的讲座。这篇内容后来也经过修改收录进了他的一本书中（我记不清是《托尔金：世纪作家》还是《通往中洲之路》了）。简而言之，他的观点是，杰克逊实际上已经尽了最大努力，把原著以电影制片厂能够接受的形式呈现出来，即便在那种情况下，他依然设法坚持保留了一些非典型的好莱坞……
…Tolkien scholar gave a talk about the book vs the Peter Jackson movies. It also ended up in an edited version in one of his books (I cannot remember if it was "Tolkien: Author of the Century" or "The Road to Middle Earth".) In short, he argues that Jackson actually did the best he could to present the book in a format that movie studios would accept, and even then was able to press through on some typically non-Hollywood…