Tolkien created a rich and detailed world designed to entertain and tax the brain. One of the more famous scenes from his work involved Riddles in the Dark. This sequence, from The Hobbit, had poor Bilbo Baggins doing his level best to outwit Gollum through a series of riddles. It’s on this rather tenuous inspiration that Carlton books have produced Middle Earth Puzzles.
Hardcore Tolkien scholars may be disappointed here. These are not puzzles based on the lore of Middle Earth such as ‘How does one get to Valinor’ or ‘Why are Hobbits always hungry’. Instead, they’re a sequence of increasing fiendish logic puzzles with a passing nod to Lord of the Rings and the like. Many of these are well known teasers, but it does avoid repeating some of the more well- known problems. No riddles in the dark will be found here.
As such, the actual tie-in element varies
from Horror and Sci Fi Magazines http://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/book-reviews-latest-literary-releases/16135-middleearthpuzzles
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