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In the Book of Lost Tales, volumes 1 and 2, we have a more or less full picture of the earliest work Tolkien did in the development of his personal mythology that was to grow into the tales of Middle Earth. It was a mythology meant to provide his country England with something he felt it sorely need Leggi tutto

This was a continuation of the first volume in that it was almost a reference source that analyzed various tales and parts from The Silmarillion . After reading through these two volumes I found The Silmarillion more enjoyable in my opinion. It contained the original tales and felt more organic in th Leggi tutto

Finished at last! While I'm Tolkien/Middle Earth enthusiast, and this book is generally pretty insightful about the creation and mythology of the Elder Days, I found it a bit of a slog, honestly. However, this book is (almost) redeeemed by the bits on the Fall of Gondolin (which is pretty compelling Leggi tutto

This is the second in the set of five books in which J.R.R. Tolkien's son, Christopher, has collected and edited his father's unpublished works--or in several cases, unpublished earlier versions of stories that later were published in different form. This volume consists of: * The Tale of Tinúviel, a Leggi tutto

Ne mogu vam opisati koliko sam uzivao u ove dve "Knjige Izgubljenih Prica"! Kao neko ko neopisivo zudi za svakom recju koju je Tolkin napisao neizmerno sam srecan sto one postoje. Kristofer Tolkin nas na jedan fantastican nacin, uz jako svrsishodne komentare, vodi kroz rane verzije dogadjaja koji ce Leggi tutto