| The Book of Lost Tales Part 1 Contributor(s): Tolkien, J. R. R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345375211 ISBN-13: 9780345375216 Publisher: Random House Worlds OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: April 1992 Annotation: THE BOOK OF LOST TALES, I, stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor. Here is the whole, glorious history of Middle-earth that J.R.R. Tolkien brought to mythic and dramatic life with his classic fantasy novels of the Ring Cycle. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - Epic - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 83012782 |
| Series: History of Middle-Earth (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 4.22" W x 6.92" (0.37 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The extraordinary history of Middle-earth, edited by Christopher Tolkien The Book of Lost Tales stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor. Embedded in English legend and English association, they were set in the narrative frame of a great westward voyage over the Ocean by a mariner named Eriol (or lfwine) to Tol Eress a, the Lonely Isle, where Elves dwelt; from them he learned their true history, the Lost Tales of Elfinesse. In the Tales are found the earliest accounts and original ideas of Gods and Elves; Dwarves and Orcs; the Silmarils and the Two Trees of Valinor; Nargothrond and Gondolin; and the geography and cosmology of the invented world. Praise for Book of Lost Tales 1 "In these tales we have the scholar joyously gamboling in the thickets of his imagination. . . . A commentary and notes greatly enrich the quest."--The Daily Telegraph "Affords us an almost over-the-shoulder view into the evolving creative process and genius of J.R.R. Tolkien in a new, exciting aspect . . .The superb, sensitive, and extremely helpful commentary and editing done by Christopher Tolkien make all of this possible."--Mythlore |