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The Shaping of Middle-Earth (The History of Middle Earth)
Series: The History of Middle Earth
Volume: 4
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN: 0345400437
Publisher: Delrey
Price: $6.99
Reader Rating: 9 out of 10
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The Shaping of Middle-Earth by J.R.R. Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien

Description: THE HISTORY OF MIDDLE-EARTH
Poems and prose, maps and chronologies, detours and diversions along the road to Middle-earth . . . Christopher Tolkien has gathered archival materials that his late father, J. R. R. Tolkien, used to create the world and the history behind his classic stories.
THE EVOLUTION OF A WORLD
This fourth volume of The History of Middle-earth presents early versions of those first tales, from the creation myth to the fall of Morgoth. Writings include a chronology of the events in Beleriand, the first Silmarillion map, and the only known description of the physical nature of Middle-earth's universe. Detailed annotations highlight changes ranging from the spelling of Elvish names to pivotal emendations whose effects reach even to the war of the ring.
The Shaping of Middle-earth presents a solid framework by which to trace the development of the early lore of Middle-earth. It is a truly indispensable reference work for those familiar with the history of that endlessly beloved land-and fascinating reading for those just entering that world.

Also in this series are The Book of Lost Tales, Part One, The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two, The Lays of Beleriand, The Lost Road and Other Writings, The Return of the Shadow, Treason of Isengard, The War of the Ring, Sauron Defeated, The Morgoth's Ring, The War of the Jewels, The Peoples of Middle-Earth Return to the J.R.R. Tolkien page, Christopher Tolkien page.

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