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date=[[27 August]] [[1987]] (UK)<br/>[[30 November]] [[1987]] (US)| | |date=[[27 August]] [[1987]] (UK)<br/>[[30 November]] [[1987]] (US) | ||
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Author | J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien |
Publisher | Unwin Hyman (UK) Houghton Mifflin (US) |
Released | 27 August 1987 (UK) 30 November 1987 (US) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 464 |
ISBN | 0395455197 |
The Lost Road and Other Writings is the fifth volume of The History of Middle-earth.
From the publisher
The fifth volume of the History of Middle-earth, containing the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien’s epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. At the end of 1937, J.R.R. Tolkien reluctantly set aside his work on the myths and heroic legends of Valinor and Middle-earth and began The Lord of the Rings. This fifth volume of The History of Middle-earth completes the examination of his writing up to that time. Later forms of the Annals of Valinor and the Annals of Beleriand had been composed, the Silmarillion was nearing completion in a greatly amplified form, and a new Map had been made. The legend of the Downfall of Númenor had entered the work, including those central ideas: the World Made Round and the Straight Path into the vanished West. Closely associated with this was the abandoned ‘time-travel’ story The Lost Road, linking the world of Númenor and Middle-earth with the legends of many other times and peoples. Also included in this volume is the The Lhammas, as essay on the complex languages and dialects of Middle-earth, and an ‘etymological dictionary’ containing an extensive account of Elvish vocabularies.
Contents
Part One: The Fall of Númenor and the Lost Road
Part Two: Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings
- "The Texts and their Relations"
- "The Later Annals of Valinor"
- "The Later Annals of Beleriand"
- "Ainulindalë"
- "The Lhammas"
- "Quenta Silmarillion"
Part Three
Appendix
- The Genealogies
- The List of Names
- The Second 'Silmarillion' Map
The History of Middle-earth series | |
i.The Book of Lost Tales: Part One · ii.The Book of Lost Tales: Part Two · iii.The Lays of Beleriand · iv.The Shaping of Middle-earth · v.The Lost Road and Other Writings · vi.The Return of the Shadow · vii.The Treason of Isengard · viii.The War of the Ring · ix.Sauron Defeated · x.Morgoth's Ring · xi.The War of the Jewels · xii.The Peoples of Middle-earth · (Index) |