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The Book of Lost Tales 2: Pt. 2: The History of Middle-earth 2 (Paperback)

by J.R.R. Tolkien (Author), Christopher Tolkien (Editor)
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; New edition edition (10 Sep 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0261102141
  • ISBN-13: 978-0261102149
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 119,981 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Christopher Tolkien shows himself to be his father's son! Tolkien devotees will rejoice' The New York Times Book Review 'In these Lost Tales we have the scholar joyously gambolling in the thicket of his imagination! a Commentary and Notes greatly enrich the quest' Daily Telegraph 'The Tales will be appreciated by those who have read The Silmarillion andwish to examine how Tolkien improved his story and style from their original form, and how weventually The Lord of the Rings came to stand independently with only a few hints from the early mythology' British Book News


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The second of a two-book set that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. This second part of The Book of Lost Tales includes the tale of Beren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, and the only full narratives of the Necklace of the Dwarves and the Fall of Gondolin, itself the finest and most exciting depiction of a battle that Tolkien ever wrote. Each tale is followed by a commentary in the form of a short essay, together with texts of associated poems, and contains extensive information on names and vocabulary in the earliest Elvish languages. This series of fascinating books has now been repackaged to complement the distinctive and classic style of the 'black cover' A-format paperbacks of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales.
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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A challenging but well worth the time read, 7 Oct 2000
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This review is from: The Book of Lost Tales 1: Pt. 1: The History of Middle-earth 1 (Paperback)
This book is really great. It has some stories which don't appear in the sillmarillion yet are really interesting if you have read the silmarillion. You have to concentrate quite hard to understand it all but it is worth it, some of the stories are fantastic. I would recommend this to anyone who has read the silmarillion and wants get deeper into the tolkien mythology. Christopher Tolkien does a superb job of making it all understandable, by linking the stories and refering to the silmarillion.
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Tales change and develop, 7 Feb 2004
By Sally-Anne "mynameissally" (Leicestershire, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Book of Lost Tales 1: Pt. 1: The History of Middle-earth 1 (Paperback)
In real mythologies the tales change and develop over time: names, times and places change with the constant retelling and embellishing by the story-tellers. In real mythologies, accounts often become fragmented and there may be several differing accounts of a single event. It's the same with the mythology of Middle Earth and Valinor. The way Tolkien develops the stories over the course of his life-time is analogous to the way real heroic events become legend and the legends become myths and all sorts of changes reshape them. Real life examples would be 1) the story of Beowulf who may have been a real but mortal hero of his people, but in the telling and retelling of the tale over the centuries, he was able to swim for 2 weeks in the freezing seas of Northern Europe wearing mail and he was able to do battle under water; 2) the Arthurian legends where the hero has been claimed to have lived and had his court at a dozen or more locations in Britain; 3) the Merlin legends where Merlin may or may not have been associated with Arthur 4) The Robin Hood legends where again, Robin has been claimed to have been based at various locations. And so on.

Lost Tales Part 1 is a collection of accounts of the origins of the world of Middle Earth and Valinor, concentrating mainly on the gods and the elves. The stories overlap those in Silmarillion but differ in many instances. Names, characters and places had been changed by the time Tolkien finalised the material that went into The Silmarillion. It's fascinating to see the character and story development with notes and commentary from Christopher Tolkien drawing attention to the changes and stating (where the reasons were known to him) and providing convincing speculations (where specific information was not known) why these changes were made.

This book will be appreciated by the person who enjoyed reading Lord of the Rings but was left wanting to know more, and partially satisfied their curiosity by reading Silmarillion, but was still left wanting to know more ....

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5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing insight in the early wold of JRR Tolkien, 3 Oct 2000
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Christopher Tolkien give a splendid recount on his fathers' early editions of the days in Beleriand, and shows the promise of The Silmarillion in greater depth as Tolkien develops the imagination of the Fall of Gondolin and other histories of middle earth. Read about the power that elves. man and dwarf all faced together, the power of the dark vesus the light with adversity all around.
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