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The Book of Lost Tales, Part One (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 1)
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9780395354391
Edition: part 1
ISBN: 0395354390
Label: Houghton Mifflin
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: February 22, 1984
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Studio: Houghton Mifflin
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Editorial Review:
The Book of Lost Tales was the first major work of imagination by J.R.R. Tolkien, begun in 1916-1917 when he was twenty-five years old and left incomplete several years later. It stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor, for the Lost Tales were the first form of the myths and legends that came to be called The Silmarillion. Embedded in English legend and English association, they are set in the narrative frame of a great westward voyage over the Ocean by a mariner named Eriel (or AElfwine) to Tol Eressea, 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, Balrogs, and Orcs; of the Silmarils and the Two Trees of Valinor; of Nargothrond and Gondolin; of the geography and cosmography of the invented world. The Book of Lost Tales will be published in two volumes; this first part contains the Tales of Valinor; and the second will include Beren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, and the only full narratives of the Necklace of the Dwarves and the Fall of Gondolin. Each tale is followed by a commentary in the form of a short essay; together with the texts of associated poems; and each volume contains extensive information on names and vocabulary in the earliest Elvish languages. Further books in this series are planned to extend the history of Middle-earth as it was refined and enlarged in later years, and will include the Long Lays of Beleriand, the Ambarkanta or Shape of the World, the Lhammas or Account of Tongues, annals, maps, and many other unpublished writings of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - genius
this book is incredible, but amazon sent me a copy with a different cover than pictured here. not to sound whiny, but i really wanted the john howe artwork instead of the hideous one that i got. but still, the book rules.
thanks for screwing up amazon.
Rating:  - Pretty Interesting
I didn't really know what I was getting into with this book. I have always been a fan of Tolkien's works, but from what I had read about this book online I knew not to let my expectations get the best of me until I had read the book. Surprisingly, I enjoyed it from a totally different prospective than as a fantasy fan. I found this book to be very interesting from the aspect of a person who enjoys to write (I'm a fantasy fiction fan; most of us that I have met have delusions of authorship. It ... Read More
Rating:  - Enjoyable with proper expectations
I read this book with high expectations. I first read LOTR as a child and they have become books I read each year as an adult, so I'm a big fan of Tolkien's work. However, this book is basically source criticism of LOTR. While the elements of story here are enjoyable, there is too much atmoizing and analysis. I grew weary of Christopher's commentary and just began skipping it halfway through the book. I didn't bother with reading the footnotes at all. By the time I finished, I felt like I head ... Read More
Rating: - The Journey Back
What I loved most about these Histories of Middle-Earth series is that I could go back further into a world I fell very hard for. While other history books in the series tell the story of The First Dark Lord, Morgoth, The Book Of Lost Tales expands on the first four ages of Middle-Earth. Its characters are only minutely related to the ones that appear in The Lord Of The Rings but they are still a treasure to read. Even though these stories were never brought to fully-formed novels and can at times be ... Read More
Rating: - Not Free SF Reader
This is a look at even more of the Tolkien milieu. This is chock full
of the mythology, looking in even greater detail than The Silmarillion
at the history of the elves and their travels, for example.This is composed by the kid from notes and other materials that his father left around.
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