The Histories of Middle Earth, Volumes 1-5
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Author: J.R.R. TolkienEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Box set
Published: 2003-08-26
ISBN: 0345466454
Publisher: Del Rey
Book Reviews of The Histories of Middle Earth, Volumes 1-5
Book Review: The Earliest Hint of Middle earth
Summary: 5 Stars
When The Silmarillion was published in 1977, four years after J.R.R. Tolkien's death, his son and literary executor, Christopher Tolkien, was often criticized for producing too much of a summary and not enough of the magic of his father's creation. A few years later Tolkien began to publish The History of Middle earth series in order to present the full range of his father's writings. The first five volumes in the series, which eventually reached 12, are presented here: The Book of Lost Tales Parts I and 11, The Lays of Beleriand, The Shaping of Middle Earth, and The Lost Road.
It is important to understand that these are not finished works by any means. Tolkien started and restarted his tales, not at first meaning to collect them into any kind of organized mythology, then as the tales grew and his imagination expanded they became a sort of new "mythology for England." Discerning readers who have studied The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion will recognize some elements which survived throughout Tolkien's career. Readers who are not that familiar with Tolkien should not start with this set, but should instead focus on The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings first.
My favorite volume in this set is The Lost Road, an abandoned project for a science fiction novel Tolkien wrote in the 1930s. It contains elements of the story of Numenor, Tolkien's Atlantis, and contains some of Tolkien's best writings.
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