The Lost Road and Other Writings
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Summary
As friends and fellow members of the literary circle known as The Inklings，J。R。R。 Tolkien and C。 S。 Lewis embarked on a challenge。 Lewis was to write on "space-travel" and Tolkien on "time-travel。 Lewis' novel， Out of the Silent Planet， became the first book of a science fiction trilogy。 Tolkien's unfinished story， "The Lost Road" chronicles the original destruction of Númenor， a pivotal event of the Second Age of Middle-earth。
In this fifth volume of The History of Middle-earth。
Christopher Tolkien traces the history of Middle-earth， bringing the land -its topography and ever-clashing forces- to the state readers recognize from The Lord of the Rings。
In this fifth volume of The History of Middle-earth。
Christopher Tolkien traces the history of Middle-earth， bringing the land -its topography and ever-clashing forces- to the state readers recognize from The Lord of the Rings。
Reviews
Andrew
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Tolkien’s time travel tale whets the appetite just enough to leave you ravenous for a thing that has no meat。 There are the hints of something truly intriguing， but ultimately came to naught。 It is of interest to see Numenor exist before Aragorn。The rest of the content is Tolkien’s son finalizing the pre-Lord of the Rings material。
Nathan Dehoff
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This is the fifth book from the History of Middle-earth series edited by Tolkien's son Christopher。 I haven't read the others， but from what I understand， they're about how Tolkien's imaginary world developed over time。 He was constantly revising his work， and working out all kinds of details about how the world worked。 As someone who often finds myself better able to write descriptions and overviews than actual stories， I guess I can take some comfort in knowing that a celebrated author frequen This is the fifth book from the History of Middle-earth series edited by Tolkien's son Christopher。 I haven't read the others， but from what I understand， they're about how Tolkien's imaginary world developed over time。 He was constantly revising his work， and working out all kinds of details about how the world worked。 As someone who often finds myself better able to write descriptions and overviews than actual stories， I guess I can take some comfort in knowing that a celebrated author frequently did the same， not that my style is all that similar。 The highlight to this volume， although it doesn't take up the majority of the book， is the unfinished story that Tolkien began when he and C。S。 Lewis decided that one of them would write about time travel and the other space travel。 Lewis' relevant creation was his Space Trilogy， but Tolkien never really got his to work。 Its hero is largely based on Tolkien himself， with the same affinity for language。 He and his son travel back in time to the sinking of Atlantis， or Numenor as he calls it， and links that to the world changing from a flat to a spherical one and the mystical country in the west becoming unreachable by normal means。 He intended to link the father and son team with others throughout history who had similar names。 I think this was also supposed to be linked with the possibly historical figures of Hengist and Horsa， the former of whom is also a character in Beowulf。 There's also some early Silmarillion material， and I'm kind of amused at how Morgoth， basically the source of all evil in this world， had evil deeds that included knocking down lamps， killing some trees， and stealing jewelry。 Yes， to be fair， they all had cosmic proportions in being his attempts to destroy the planet's light sources， but it does tie in with how the Devil and other ultimate evils kind of have to fluctuate between being criminal masterminds and agents of petty destruction。 After all， they're both undeniable evil， right？ I know he tried to develop Sauron as more someone who desired power and control for their own sakes rather than total chaos like his master。 。。。more
Linda ~ they got the mustard out！ ~
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The final book about the early pre-LOTR writings of The Silmarillion sees a return to Tolkien's earlier conception of a man from England finding himself in Valinor， only this time via dreaming-induced time travel。 It was rather humorous to see Tolkien himself using the guy/girl falls into Middle-earth trope before it became a thing in fanfic。 It still weirds me out seeing our world and Middle-earth collide。 Yes， they've always been the same world， but Middle-earth is well before our recorded his The final book about the early pre-LOTR writings of The Silmarillion sees a return to Tolkien's earlier conception of a man from England finding himself in Valinor， only this time via dreaming-induced time travel。 It was rather humorous to see Tolkien himself using the guy/girl falls into Middle-earth trope before it became a thing in fanfic。 It still weirds me out seeing our world and Middle-earth collide。 Yes， they've always been the same world， but Middle-earth is well before our recorded history so it's easier to keep a distance from it and imagine it as elsewhere。 And I've always known Tolkien envisioned The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion as being translated by a modern（ish） man who found the Thain's book， but I never would have imagined it as a man stumbling on the Straight Road and coming to Tol Erreseä。This also provides the etymologies if you really want to learn Elvish （I don't， lol， but this would've been helpful in my fanfic writing days）， and the Quenta Silmarillion， Tolkien's last attempt at the Sil prior to writing LOTR。 There are a couple of corrections to "Of Beren and Luthien" that didn't make it into the published Silmarillion。 It's a minor detail about Luthien being half-Maiar that allowed her to make the choice she makes in staying with Beren， so more of a clarification than something actually needed as I think it's easy enough to make that connection without it。 This has been an interesting journey， but I am glad that it's time to move onto the Histories of LOTR。 。。。more
Spicy Nigel
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3。75 stars。The rereading of the same stories from The Silmarillion from the last two volumes with no real new additions and an etymology section that goes on for a bit too long for the casual reader make this book a bit tedious out of the whole series， although the brief references to Irish myths like Tír na nÓg and Tolkien's attenpt at a time travel story are fun。 3。75 stars。The rereading of the same stories from The Silmarillion from the last two volumes with no real new additions and an etymology section that goes on for a bit too long for the casual reader make this book a bit tedious out of the whole series， although the brief references to Irish myths like Tír na nÓg and Tolkien's attenpt at a time travel story are fun。 。。。more
Kimberley
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2。5 but i rounded up to 3 because it hurts my soul to give tolkien anything less。this series has got to a point where the material being presented becomes really repetitive。 i have read so many versions of the silmarillion at this point， i really didnt need another draft of it that isnt that different。 i really enjoyed the lost road， and i see why that is the story the book is named for， but nothing else in this book really hit， mostly because i have read a different version of every story at LE 2。5 but i rounded up to 3 because it hurts my soul to give tolkien anything less。this series has got to a point where the material being presented becomes really repetitive。 i have read so many versions of the silmarillion at this point， i really didnt need another draft of it that isnt that different。 i really enjoyed the lost road， and i see why that is the story the book is named for， but nothing else in this book really hit， mostly because i have read a different version of every story at LEAST 2 times， maybe more。 im glad the series is moving away from the first age， because i feel like it just beat the interesting stuff into the ground。 the first few books were really engaging， and i liked book four's different annuals etc。， which actually felt different， but this and book three just felt like a rehash of other material already covered， and was just a bit unnecessary 。。。more
Lea
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3。5 Stars
Beth Fox
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The stories in parts 1 and 2 are some of my favorites among the history of middle earth so far。 Part 3 is like reading a dictionary。 Interesting at times but hard to get through。
Noelle
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Loved reading The Lost Road story， very interesting to see Tolkien tackle a peripherally-Middle Earth story。 The other writings are also interesting but by the time you've reached this point in the series they're just so repetitive。 Loved reading The Lost Road story， very interesting to see Tolkien tackle a peripherally-Middle Earth story。 The other writings are also interesting but by the time you've reached this point in the series they're just so repetitive。 。。。more
Ancillar
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The Lost Road itself （section III of Part One） is a real treasure， and the section on the Fall of Númenor （Part One §II） is really pleasant to engage。 The rest is solid but is giving me a bit of repeated-draft fatigue between earlier versions （the Lost Tales; the Quenta Noldorinwa; the first coherent versions of the Annals） and upcoming text （the published Silmarillion plus all major story developments， changes and fragments written after the publication of LoTR）。 I note （for obsessive completio The Lost Road itself （section III of Part One） is a real treasure， and the section on the Fall of Númenor （Part One §II） is really pleasant to engage。 The rest is solid but is giving me a bit of repeated-draft fatigue between earlier versions （the Lost Tales; the Quenta Noldorinwa; the first coherent versions of the Annals） and upcoming text （the published Silmarillion plus all major story developments， changes and fragments written after the publication of LoTR）。 I note （for obsessive completionists） that there are sections inside the QS manuscript （Part Two §VI） that fill in descriptions or explanations that were （sometimes conspicuously） absent in the corresponding passages in the published Silmarillion， so I don't think the totality of the QS content was made redundant by later versions （although most of it was）。 。。。more
Matias Cerizola
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El Camino Perdido y Otros Relatos。- J。R。R。 Tolkien"Sus voces llenan los valles bajos dónde al alentar sobre el prado y el espino los vientos soplan más allá del filo del mundo y despiertan la llama de un fuego errante"Está nueva entrega de La Historia De La Tierra Media editada por Christopher Tolkien incluye nuevas versiones de Los Anales de Valinor y de Beleriand; Ainulindalë un relato sobre la música de los Ainur; La Lhammas un estudio de las lenguas de la Tierra Media; una versión casi compl El Camino Perdido y Otros Relatos。- J。R。R。 Tolkien"Sus voces llenan los valles bajos dónde al alentar sobre el prado y el espino los vientos soplan más allá del filo del mundo y despiertan la llama de un fuego errante"Está nueva entrega de La Historia De La Tierra Media editada por Christopher Tolkien incluye nuevas versiones de Los Anales de Valinor y de Beleriand; Ainulindalë un relato sobre la música de los Ainur; La Lhammas un estudio de las lenguas de la Tierra Media; una versión casi completa del Quenta Silmarillion enviada a sus editores previa a la escritura de El Señor De Los Anillos y El relato que da título a la antología， El Camino Perdido， un relato abandonado une La Tierra Media con leyendas de otras regiones; por último， se incluye las Etimologías， un extenso tratado sobre las lenguas élficas El relato inconcluso El Camino Perdido， nació como un desafío entre Tolkien y su amigo C。S。 Lewis， uno tenía que escribir sobre un viaje espacial y el otro sobre un viaje temporal。 De este desafío surgió Out Of The Silent Planet de Lewis。 La idea de Tolkien era escribir sobre un padre y su hijo apareciendo en distintas épocas， hasta llegar incluso a la Atlántida De este relato inconcluso surge luego La Caída De Numenor incluída en El Silmarillion。 De este relato es muy interesante todo lo que se cuenta sobre Sauron y cómo influyó en los numeroneanos。También es para destacar la versión que se incluye del Quenta Silmarillion， previa a la revisión que tuvo posterior a la publicación de El Señor De Los Anillos。 Por supuesto son fundamentales las notas y análisis de Christopher sobre los escritos de su padre， ayudándonos a recorrer el camino lleno de reescrituras que tuvo la obra más querida por su padre y que no pudo ver publicada en vida。🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 。。。more
Mitch Milam
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There is only so many times I can read the same story over and over again （with only slight variations） before I start going insane。 This is the HoME book that broke me lol。
Cheetah Universe
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Estuvo muy interesante。 te cuenta la historia， entre otras， de la caída de Númenor， su origen， gobierno， incluyendo a los personajes de Elrond， Elendil y Sauron。 Después también está la historia de El camino perdido， en la que Alboin（Tolkien hecho personaje）cuenta su historia， da detalles de su juventud y sobre la creación del élfico。 Tiene un gran interés por saber qué significa su nombre。 En paralelo a esa tenemos la hsitoria de Elendil y Herendil， que son Alboin y su hijo Audoin que están den Estuvo muy interesante。 te cuenta la historia， entre otras， de la caída de Númenor， su origen， gobierno， incluyendo a los personajes de Elrond， Elendil y Sauron。 Después también está la historia de El camino perdido， en la que Alboin（Tolkien hecho personaje）cuenta su historia， da detalles de su juventud y sobre la creación del élfico。 Tiene un gran interés por saber qué significa su nombre。 En paralelo a esa tenemos la hsitoria de Elendil y Herendil， que son Alboin y su hijo Audoin que están dentro de su propia historia。 Además tenemos la historia de la creación de Valinor， la mannera en la que Ilúvatar creó a los elfos， hombres y a los Valar（poderes）。 Muchas más historias se encuentran en esta recopilació de escritos y anales que Ch。 Tolkien logró publicar。 。。。more
Katie （BooksRUs）
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The last History of Middle Earth book （6-12 is LOTR） shows the last step before Silmarillion。 Very interesting to see， after reading the first five books， how each story interacts and influences with each other。
Ron Me
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Yeah， I mean it was alright， it had moments here and there of grandeur。 But I'm afraid the reality is that it's more a scholarly work than anything suitable for a general audience。 Only perhaps a quarter of the book is actually written by J。R。R。 I don't think I'll keep my copy。 Yeah， I mean it was alright， it had moments here and there of grandeur。 But I'm afraid the reality is that it's more a scholarly work than anything suitable for a general audience。 Only perhaps a quarter of the book is actually written by J。R。R。 I don't think I'll keep my copy。 。。。more
Dustin Huffman
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A short summary of the Fall of Numenor and yet another version of the Simirillion。 Not very good unless you haven't read The Simirillion （History of the Simirils）。 A short summary of the Fall of Numenor and yet another version of the Simirillion。 Not very good unless you haven't read The Simirillion （History of the Simirils）。 。。。more
Viel Nast
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With this fifth volume the history of middle earth’s first （and second） age ends。 The first part offers new insights in the largely neglected second age and in the second part we have some new versions of the first age Silmarillion。 These texts are more mature and are very near to the published version although there still many changes in names and events as Tolkien tried to perfect his masterpiece。 Yet again Christopher Tolkien had done a painstaking job offering us the unpublished texts and gi With this fifth volume the history of middle earth’s first （and second） age ends。 The first part offers new insights in the largely neglected second age and in the second part we have some new versions of the first age Silmarillion。 These texts are more mature and are very near to the published version although there still many changes in names and events as Tolkien tried to perfect his masterpiece。 Yet again Christopher Tolkien had done a painstaking job offering us the unpublished texts and gives us insights into the building of the world of middle earth that ended with the lord of the rings the masterpiece of 20th-century epic fantasy literature。 Finally， I would like to emphasize （as I have done in all my history of middle earth reviews） that these books are only for Tolkien fans and the faint-hearted will find them tedious and boring！ 。。。more
Corey
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I am currently trying to work my way through basically every text J。R。R。 Tolkien has ever written。 Or at least the published ones。 Not just The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit。 Not even just The Silmarillion and Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics。 ALL of them。 Also， books written ABOUT Tolkien and Middle Earth。 I've read critical theory reviews of his works， books about the deeper allegorical meanings （despite the fact that he famously hated allegory） and source works on which he based Middl I am currently trying to work my way through basically every text J。R。R。 Tolkien has ever written。 Or at least the published ones。 Not just The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit。 Not even just The Silmarillion and Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics。 ALL of them。 Also， books written ABOUT Tolkien and Middle Earth。 I've read critical theory reviews of his works， books about the deeper allegorical meanings （despite the fact that he famously hated allegory） and source works on which he based Middle Earth。 I think， at this point， I've read four different translations of Beowulf。 And it's not always an easy task。 Christopher Tolkien， bless his heart， has patiently， methodically， painstakingly combed through all these random typewritten， handwritten， loose-leaf， bound manuscripts to try to trace the evolution of what Tolkien called his legendarium。 And I've been trying to slog through all of it。 The "finished" works （the ultimate definitive texts， not just LotR and The Hobbit， but the posthumous publications like The Silmarillion and The Lay of the Children of Hurin， Tolkien's translation and poetic renditions of Beowulf， are easier to read。 I say easier because nothing Tolkien wrote， even The Hobbit， which was originally a children's story， is a quick easy read。 But where Christopher Tolkien went through all of his father's writings to try to determine how the stories evolved and changed。。。。 those get a little tougher。 I cannot tell you how many times I've read different versions of The Lay of Leithian。 So I usually read the texts in the collected history of Middle Earth a little slowly， taking breaks and picking up other books and then going back。 But this time， I really struggled with the next step in the history of Middle Earth， The Lost Road and Other Writings。 It was particularly painful。 I'm not sure why， other than pretty much every one of the previous texts deal with the same subject matter: the creation of the world， the battles between the Elves and Morgoth， Beren and Luthien， Hurin， Turin， Earendel and Elwing， Numenor…。 The younger Tolkien included nearly every revision of the stories covered by The Silmarillion in the previous books: The Book of Lost Tales I， The Book of Lost Tales II， The Lays of Beleriand， and The Shaping of Middle Earth， as well as The Unfinished Tales （I'm not quite sure where that one lands）。 By the time I got around to The Lost Road and Other Writings， I think I was pretty much done with re-reading slight variations on the same story。 On the other hand， the next one， The Return of the Shadow， proceeds to the territory covered in LotR， so that should be a nice change。 None of this is to say that it isn't worthwhile reading; maybe just that this isn't worthwhile reading if you don't very much want to see how the names of the three Elf tribes changed as Tolkien wrote and re-wrote his legendarium， or if you don't care that almost the only change in a paragraph may be from Melko to Melkor or if you don't want to read an alliterative poem version of a particular story， as well as a rhyming poem version and a prose version。 One difference from the previously published texts is that The Lost Road and Other Writings digs into Erriol/Aelfwine's story， whereas he's very much just sort of mentioned in the other works。 Aelfwine is an Anglo-Saxon character who somehow ends up in Tol Erresea， the Lonely Isle， and begins to write the story of The Silmarillion， or， rather， to emend a text as written by an Elf named Pengolod。 Christopher Tolkien also really expands on one of J。R。R。 Tolkien's crazier ideas， that he is a reincarnation of Atlantians， and the story of Numenor is just his way of putting his own past life history into text， though Christopher wisely leaves the reincarnation bit out of this particular book。 Boy does he enjoy talking about Numenor and the Akallabeth， though。。。 Sometimes， you can really adore an author and think s/he is brilliant， and still be fully cognizant of the fact that they might have some slightly bizarre ideas。I think I'm ready to take a break from Tolkien for the rest of the year， though。。。。 。。。more
Linden Hazelwood
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Clarifies many things about Tolkien's motivation。 Clarifies many things about Tolkien's motivation。 。。。more
Rossrn Nunamaker
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Volume 5 of HoME covers the Silmarillion through Tolkien's writings into the late 1930s （early 1938 at the latest） in advance of his putting the work aside for several years。 Volume 5 of HoME covers the Silmarillion through Tolkien's writings into the late 1930s （early 1938 at the latest） in advance of his putting the work aside for several years。 。。。more
Warren Dunn
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As with most of the other volumes in this series， this one was very mixed。 While I enjoyed so much the stories， it is once again the languages that I enjoy the least， which has so much priority in these books， and which the editor stresses most。http://ossuslibrary。tripod。com/Bk_Fan。。。 As with most of the other volumes in this series， this one was very mixed。 While I enjoyed so much the stories， it is once again the languages that I enjoy the least， which has so much priority in these books， and which the editor stresses most。http://ossuslibrary。tripod。com/Bk_Fan。。。 。。。more
Anna C
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Forget the Lost Road， this should be called "The Lhammas and Other Writings。" Forget the Lost Road， this should be called "The Lhammas and Other Writings。" 。。。more
Ava
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this is probably my least favorite of Tolkien's books。 this is probably my least favorite of Tolkien's books。 。。。more
Michael Pryor
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Absorbing， detailed， insightful。
Nonethousand Oberrhein
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A glimpse of NúmenorQuite fragmentary in its contents， this volume of History of Middle Earth has the priceless merit to carry the incomplete but still fascinating “time travel story” that binds the Fall of Númenor to present day England （going through the Ælfwine of England narrative explained in the previous volumes）。 The reminder two thirds， while still interesting for the Tolkien scholar， are less attractive for the admirer of Tolkien’s prose。 A very much recommended read nevertheless that c A glimpse of NúmenorQuite fragmentary in its contents， this volume of History of Middle Earth has the priceless merit to carry the incomplete but still fascinating “time travel story” that binds the Fall of Númenor to present day England （going through the Ælfwine of England narrative explained in the previous volumes）。 The reminder two thirds， while still interesting for the Tolkien scholar， are less attractive for the admirer of Tolkien’s prose。 A very much recommended read nevertheless that couples new stories with manuscripts analysis and etymological and linguistic essays。 Here below my reviews to the previous volumes:Vol。1: Sit down and listen Vol。2: Heroics of a young authorVol。3: The poet of Middle-earthVol。4: Sketches and Annals of the First Age 。。。more
Octavia Cade
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Okay， let me start with something good， before I get onto the rant。 The first hundred odd pages are genuinely likeable。 There's a brief sketch of "The Fall of Númenor"， but the real item of interest is the unfinished "The Lost Road"， which Tolkien started to write as part of a bet with C。S。 Lewis that made him take a shot at a time travel story。 Basically a father and son leapfrog back in time， to various historical and mythical （and Middle-earth） father-son relationships， and it's well-written Okay， let me start with something good， before I get onto the rant。 The first hundred odd pages are genuinely likeable。 There's a brief sketch of "The Fall of Númenor"， but the real item of interest is the unfinished "The Lost Road"， which Tolkien started to write as part of a bet with C。S。 Lewis that made him take a shot at a time travel story。 Basically a father and son leapfrog back in time， to various historical and mythical （and Middle-earth） father-son relationships， and it's well-written and affecting and I haven't been presented with it ten thousand times before。 Alright， that's a slight exaggeration。 I'm getting there。 My point is if the book had stopped here it would have earned three stars from me。 Following this is a lengthy piece on the development of the Middle-earth languages， to which I am utterly indifferent。 Genuine dislike， however， doesn't start to sink in until we get to another fucking version of The Silmarillion。 Yes， another 150 pages of this crap。 In fairness， it's not Tolkien senior who is responsible for said crap。 He surely didn't know that his son and publisher would beat hell out of the thing while he was too dead to prevent it， because， more recent excursions aside， at time of publishing this was the sixth version of this bloody story put out。 Yes， the SIXTH。 First there was The Silmarillion itself， which once upon a time I actually liked。 Then there were Books 1 and 2 of The Lost Tales， giving the background to The Silmarillion， and yes， it was less interesting but still a bit。 Then the Lays of Beleriand went over it again。 Then The Shaping of Middle-earth。 Now it's #6， The Lost Road， and I'd call it barrel-scraping except the barrel doesn't exist any more， because when the bottom of said barrel's been this whittled away it's no longer a barrel， it's a fucking cylinder， and all the interest has leaked out。 If it weren't for "The Lost Road" story， this book would get one star and that is being generous。I've been a fan of Middle-earth since I was a kid。 Reading the Histories has been on my reading bucket list for literally decades， yet you know what？ I'm going to stop reading it， at least for a long time， and go onto something less irritatingly exploitative。 Because as boring and insulting as I find this continual repetition of the same goddamn material， that's nothing compared to the fact that I'm actually starting to genuinely loathe The Silmarillion。 Critical context should not do that， ever。 。。。more
D-day
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Volume 5 of the History of Middle Earth comes with the usual disclaimer for this series- this is for Tolkien enthusiasts only。The centrepiece of this volume is the The Lost Road， a story Tolkien began after an agreement with his friend C。S。 Lewis， in which each would write a Science Fiction story。 Lewis chose to write a space travel story that became Out of the Silent Planet。 Tolkien decided to write a time travel story， The Lost Road but soon abandoned it。 However out of the process came what w Volume 5 of the History of Middle Earth comes with the usual disclaimer for this series- this is for Tolkien enthusiasts only。The centrepiece of this volume is the The Lost Road， a story Tolkien began after an agreement with his friend C。S。 Lewis， in which each would write a Science Fiction story。 Lewis chose to write a space travel story that became Out of the Silent Planet。 Tolkien decided to write a time travel story， The Lost Road but soon abandoned it。 However out of the process came what would be a central conception of his Middle-Earth legendarium， the Downfall of Numenor。 The next part of the book is another iteration of the Quenta Silmarillion and related stories， bringing the tales up to the form they would have when Tolkien began to write Lord of the Rings。 There is also a discussion of Elvish languages and a an etymology of Elvish words。 I will admit that I skimmed these parts pretty heavily。 。。。more
Melissa
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Again I am reminded， how lucky his son is and in fact we are， that Tolkien lived and worked in the time he did， no computers and often when paper was scarce。 Without those two facts there would be very little creative process to unearth。 As it was， much of it survived， written on the backs of other dates letters and material， and thanks to the time and dedication of his son， made available to us。 It truly is an amazing snapshot of an author creating a complex world。
Marten
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The depth of this whole series is incredible。 This books sections on The Lost Road and Numinor are most intriguing。 The QS is also much richer than the earlier versions of the the history。 I’m excited to finally start reading about Tolkien’s work on LotR however。 Time to move on from this story。
Max
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The History of Middle-earth series are only recommended for hardcore Tolkien fans。 This installment is no exception。 A beautiful insight in the mind of professor Tolkien， but can be a little boring sometimes。 As you would expect not everything he writes can be of epic adventures like the Lord of the Rings trilogy or the Hobbit。 This part answers some questions from before the time of the LOTR。
Jeffrey Gerhart
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