[maquiladora]

Yes, I find it very difficult to read too, it never holds my attention long enough.

Have you seen Christopher Tolkien's 12 volume History Of Middle Earth series?
Volume 6: The Return Of The Shadow, is quite interesting.

[BibChr]

No. What can it possibly be? TWELVE volume history? I thought he had a big hand in putting together The Silmarillion, and remember critics at the time not being very impressed.

Dan