The Hobbitonian Anthology

Hooker's analysis is from a linguistic perspective similar to Tolkien's. "If you liked the last one, you're going to like this one," says the Foreword. Beyond Bree and Hither Shore said that there is "something [in A Tolkienian Mathomium] for everyone with even a passing interest in Tolkien. All of the articles are well researched, insightful, and...
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Hooker's analysis is from a linguistic perspective similar to Tolkien's. "If you liked the last one, you're going to like this one," says the Foreword. Beyond Bree and Hither Shore said that there is "something [in A Tolkienian Mathomium] for everyone with even a passing interest in Tolkien. All of the articles are well researched, insightful, and highly informative."

Tolkien Studies said that it is a "pleasantly eccentric volume ... Hooker has a wide variety of things to say that have not been heard before."

Tolkien Collector's Guide said A Tolkienian Mathomium "is one of the most unique sets of essays on Tolkien I have read in the past 10 years." An early review by The Lord of the Rings Fanatics Plaza of the analysis of the origin of the name Tom Bombadil appearing in The Hobbitonian Anthology ranks it as "the best explanation yet of how the name Tom Bombadil came into being."

Also from this author:

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• Tolkien Through Russian Eyes (Walking Tree Publishers, 2003), published simultaneously in Russian
• "Frodo's Batman," Tolkien Studies, No. 1 (2004)
• The Hobbitonian Anthology (Llyfrawr, 2009)
• "Reading John Buchan in Search of Tolkien," Tolkien and the Study of His Sources, Jason Fisher (ed.). (McFarland, 2011)
• Tolkien and Welsh (Llyfrawr, 2012)
• The Tolkienaeum (Llyfrawr, 2014)
• Iter Tolkienensis (Llyfrawr, 2016)
• Tolkien and Sanskrit (Llyfrawr, 2016)
• An American Forger in Wales (Llyfrawr, 2017)
• The Tolkiennymicon (Llyfrawr, 2018)