Pipe Smoking in Middle Earth

by Mark Irwin

Pack your pipe with your favorite blend, sit back and enjoy the first thorough exploration of Middle Earth's pipes, tobaccos, and pipe smokers. Pipe Smoking in Middle Earth recounts the way Tolkien literally frames his Saga in smoke rings, then devotes subsequent chapters concerning what can be known and what can reasonably be inferred about pipeweed or leaf (tobacco), the pipes of Middle Earth, smoker's equipage (or accessories), the fellowship of the smoke ring (the pipe smokers of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings) and the art of blowing smoke rings. It concludes with a complete concordance to every reference to pipes, tobaccos, and pipe smokers in Middle Earth.

Genres: Fiction, Fantasy

112 pages, Paperback

First published March 25, 2012

Reviews

[Avery Amstutz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fantastic short read, I read it in a couple hours. If you are a Tolkien fan it’s a must have.

You do have to buy it from an obscure tobacco store… but you should check it. You may want to buy a pipe and leaf and enjoy the “art” of smoking

[Gary Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a monograph studying, as the title states, Pipe Smoking in Middle Earth. A great fan of Tolkien's Middle Earth, and a pipe smoker, I enjoyed reading through all of the references brought out from this long detailed trilogy. I rated this four out of five stars, knowing it would be of little interest to those who were not pipe smokers and fans of Tolkien's work.

[Josh Bishop · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic little gem of a book.

[Alex West · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting read

[Kirk Keener · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'll recommend this to every pipe smoker, and it should be on every bookshelf of people who love all things Middle Earth.

[Abraham Ray · Rating 5 out of 5]

good book about smoking & pipe in middle earth