The Complete History of Middle-earth

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The Annotated Hobbit · The History of The Hobbit · The Nature of Middle-earth · The Fall of Númenor Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond ( 2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide, "Preface", p. xii A standard entry in the book consists of: a name; the language it belongs to; its translation from Elvish, Adûnaic, and sometimes Old English when known; and known dates when a character flourished; the first lines of the entry usually give a general definition of the topic, like race, heritage, and role (in case of a character), leading to a chronological description or biography. The last paragraphs of the entry give a physical description or characteristics of the character with some speculations; the final paragraph gives the topic's alternative names, epithets, translation to other languages, and/or redirects to other entries. The Nature of Middle-earth [2021] • The Fall of Númenor and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth [2022]

A Middle English Vocabulary · Sir Gawain and the Green Knight · Ancrene Wisse · The Old English Exodus

If and/or when you see this book, you will perceive immediately why I have said that it is in no conceivable way publishable. The textual and other discussions are far too detailed and minute; the size of it is (and will become progressively more so) prohibitive. It is done partly for my own satisfaction in getting things right, and because I wanted to know how the whole conception did in reality evolve from the earliest origins...

The History of Middle-earth was first published between 1983 and 1996. Compiled and edited by Christopher Tolkien, the series traces the development of Tolkien’s legendarium – namely the ‘Silmarillion’ and The Lord of the Rings – from its earliest conception 100 years ago in The Book of Lost Tales through to essays written shortly before Tolkien’s death in 1973. i. The Book of Lost Tales: Part One · ii. The Book of Lost Tales: Part Two · iii. The Lays of Beleriand · 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) ·

Star of Elendil: The royal symbol Elendilmir, and the Star of the Dúnedain given by Aragorn to Samwise Gamgee, are considered to be the same. This was not agreed by Christopher Tolkien. [10] The Tale of Luthien and Beren in verse form is a thing apart. How I wished it was finished in full. The Guide is generally inclusive and there is no limitation to the topics it covers; it includes even obscure and little explored topics, like individual entries on each single name of the Tengwar. Many entries are simply epithets and only redirect to the names of their main entries. Gwaihir: Foster reproduces the fan conception merging the character of the Great Eagle of The Hobbit to that of Gwaihir, whereas nowhere is it implied in The Lord of the Rings that Gwaihir is Lord of the Eagles.

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún · The Fall of Arthur · The Story of Kullervo · The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun year. That's how much it cost me to finish this bad boy. 12 months, 1 part a month. And boy, was it a journey. A truly marvelous and epic journey through Tolkien's work and his own insights. Which I will try to summarize in some highlights. Dolmed: Foster suggests that the mountain was perhaps destroyed at the end of the First Age when the Gulf of Lune, broke through the Blue Mountains; while this may be true, the text does not mention anything about it. [12] Most of the content consists of earlier versions of already published works by Tolkien, while other portions are completely new material. These books are exceedingly detailed, to the point of documenting scraps of paper (of J.R.R. Tolkien's) that had been erased multiple times with many footnotes. Christopher Tolkien thoroughly documents the history of the writing of the Middle-earth stories, with as much detail as his father documented the fictional history of Middle-earth itself.Tar-Aldarion: Foster speculates that the tragic relations with his father and wife were because he left no male heirs. The later published text Aldarion and Erendis gives a detailed account on their relationship, mostly owing to Aldarion's obsession with the Sea. This is not an easy read and should not be the first book to read if you're new to Tolkien, in fact, it should probably be last, after you've read The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, then The Silmarillion and probably Unfinished Tales. Since no edition of the book includes info on post- Silmarillion material (i.e. Unfinished Tales and The History of Middle-earth series), in points it could be outdated or in error.