Tony Tyler

James Edward Anthony Tyler (31 October 1943 in Bristol – 28 October 2006 in Hastings, East Sussex) was a British writer who authored several books and wrote for the magazines NME, Macworld, MacUser, PC Pro and Computer Shopper.[1]

He joined the NME in 1972, recruited by editor Alan Smith.[2]

He was an early expert on the Middle-earth fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, publishing The Tolkien Companion in 1976. It was a concordance describing all the characters, objects, and places named in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (The Silmarillion was published the following year).[1] A revised edition was still in print in 2022 as The Complete Tolkien Companion.[3]

  1. ^ a b Murray, Charles Shaar (1 November 2006). "Tony Tyler NME talent spotter, Tolkien expert and computer pundit". The Guardian.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Tony Tyler". The Independent, 31 October 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2021
  3. ^ Tyler, J. E. A. (2022) [1976]. The Complete Tolkien Companion. Pan Books. ISBN 978-1-0350-0857-5.