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	Powell's Books - History of Middle-Earth #01: The Book of Lost Tales Part One by J R R Tolkien (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
		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 contains the first forms of the myths that came to be called The Silmarillion.These include early accounts of Gods and Elves, Dwarves, Balrogs, and Orcs; of the geography and cosmography of their invented world, J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.
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	The Green Head - Shopping : Book Shop - The Book of Lost Tales, Part One (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Often Lost Tales has much greater detail - it details the powers and limitations of the gods, as well as the construction of the ships of the Sun and Moon - while the Silmarillion gives briefer, more poetic descriptions, maintaining an air of mystery.
		Comment: `The Book of Lost Tales, Part One and Part Two' by J. Tolkien, edited by son, Christopher Tolkien, is, according to the editor's Foreword, some of the very earliest works written by Tolkien on the mythology of Middle Earth.
		Some parts of "Book of Lost Tales" are almost indistinguishable from the stories in "Silmarillion." Others are drastically different: at some points Tolkien refers to the Elves as "fairies," the Dwarves are shown as evil, and legendary hero Beren was once written in as an Elf (which changes the story centering on him).
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	Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Book of Lost Tales 2: Pt. 2 (History of Middle-Earth S.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
		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.
		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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	The Book of Lost Tales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Book of Lost Tales was the first major work of imagination by J.R.R. Tolkien, begun in 1916-17 when he was twenty-five years old and left incomplete several years later.
		In these 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 cosmology of Middle-earth.
		Each tale is followed by a short essay by Christopher Tolkien, the author's son and literary executor.
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	Powell's Books - History of Middle-Earth #2: The Book of Lost Tales: Part II by J. R. R. Tolkien (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		History of Middle-Earth #2: The Book of Lost Tales: Part II by J.
		This second part of THE BOOK OF LOST TALES includes the tale of Beneren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, 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, as well as information on names and vocabulary in the earliest Elvish languages.
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	Amazon.ca: Books: The Book of Lost Tales Part II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Book of Lost Tales was the first major work of imagination by J.R.R. Tolkien, begun in 1916, when he was twenty-five years old, and left incomplete several years later.
		The second part of the book that was Tolkien's first conception of the Middle Kingdom features the tales of Beren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, the Necklace of the Dwarves, and the Fall of Gondolin.
		This book has the definitive account of the fall of Gondolin, which is Tolkien's best portrayel of the valour of Elves in defence against Morgoth, the dark Lord, If you have read the Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings then jump right in because this book is excellent.
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	SFBookcase.com - The Book of Lost Tales, Part One by J.R.R. Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien - Reference of Science ...
		SFBookcase.com - The Book of Lost Tales, Part One by J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien - Reference of Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels/Authors.
		This is the first book in a series of 12 by Tolkien's son Christopher.
		"lost tales 2" "Lays of Beleriand" "Shaping of Middle Earth" and "The Lost Road and other tales" continue this really fascinating discussion.
	www.sfbookcase.com /viewbook.asp?bookno=257 (225 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: The Book of Lost Tales, Part One (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Unfinished Tales: The Lost Lore of Middle-earth by J.R.R. Tolkien
		The Book of Lost Tales Part I tells the story of Eriol, a great mariner who finds his way to the lost island of Tol Eressëa, The Lonely Isle, where dwell a lost tribe of Elves.
		"The Lost Tales" are the early versions of the tales which were expanded and polished to become those in the Silmarillion.
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	Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Book of Lost Tales 1: Pt. 1 (History of Middle-Earth S.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Book of Lost Tales stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor for the 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 Eriol to the lonely Isle where the Elves dwelt; from them he learned their true history, the Lost Tales of Elfinesse.
		In the Tales are found the earliest accounts of Gods and Elves, Dwarves, Balrogs and Orcs; of the Silmarils and the Two Trees of Valinor; of the geography and cosmology of Tolkien's invented world.
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	J.R.R. Tolkien (Christopher Tolkien, editor) The History of Middle-earth
		In The Book of Lost Tales, the history of the Elves is told by using the device of an inquisitive human traveller, Elf wanna-be Eriol, who journeys to Tol Eressëa, the "Lonely Isle" of the Elves.
		The Book of Lost Tales presents the earliest form of Tolkien's mythology in a linguistic form I think of as "Ye Olde Speake." You know — peppering sentences with archaic words and inverting the order of nouns and verbs to give an artificial sense of age and grandeur (or is it grandiosity?).
		The book concludes with a Commentary on "The Lay of Leithian" by C.S. Lewis.
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	The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Some of the stories in Lost Tales are much more detailed than their final versions in the Silmarillion.
		Lost Tales is a treasure trove of rejected content that really fleshes out the myths.
		The Book of Lost Tales 2 is the second of a set of early versions of stories by JRR Tolkien compiled by his son, Christopher.
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	Fiction Literature Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This is the book to have whether science was a weak subject in school or none of the scientific knowledge was retained once out of school.
		This book is an excellent example of an autobiography or personal experience narrative for students to read while using background knowledge to make schema connections of all kinds, especially text to self connections.
		My daughter loved this book from the time she was nine months old because of the "surprise" value of having a matching colored animal pop out of the page for each color.
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	Elves of Middle-earth
		Galion was in charge of the king's wine supply and he had a fondness for wine himself.
		When the battle was lost, Glorfindel helped guard the flanks as Turgon and his remaining forces retreated to safety.
		Unfinished Tales: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn, Appendix B: The Sindarin Princes of the Silvan Elves," p.
	www.tuckborough.net /elves.html (5592 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: The Book of Lost Tales Part One (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Some people have and will find this a dificult book to read, but it is a book you must go into with a little understanding.
		The book of lost tales is actually a book that was written to be a mythology for England, which Tolkien saw to be sorely lacking.
		It is the story of an Englishman (Eriol) who finds the land of Faery and is told a series of stories which is an history of the world and the Elves, so these tales that were "lost" to humanity were given to Eriol who wrote them down and called it The Book of Lost Tales.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0395354390 (1711 words)

	The Book of Lost Tales 1 by J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien - SFandF.com - Science Fiction Books and Fantasy Books
		The Book of Lost Tales 1 by J. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien - SFandF.com - Science Fiction Books and Fantasy Books
		The first five volumes of The History of Middle-earth, edited by J.R.R. Tolkien's son and literary executor Christopher Tolkien, is a collection of posthumously published manuscripts composed during the 1920s and 1930s, giving much of the early history of The Simarillion.
		Tolkien's unfinished story, The Lost Road, chronicles the original destruction of NÃºmenor, a pivotal event of the Second Age of Middle-earth.
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	[ Daily Tolkien ] Is your canon on the loose? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He was driven by three passions: a passion for his beloved wife, Edith (whom he almost lost to another man before they were wed); a passion for language; and a passion for story-telling.
		When the book was finally published, Tolkien had to revise the historical background information yet again, compressing it and reorganizing it considerably.
		To combat the unauthorized books, he was asked to submit enough changes to both books to justify a new copyrighted edition.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/chat/877643/posts (5436 words)

	Books, Listed by Author
		* +The Book of Lost Tales, Part II (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-36614-3, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $16.95, 385pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1984) fantasy collection from Tolkien’s archives on the history of Middle Earth.
		* _The Book of Lost Tales: Part II (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-42640-5, Oct ’86 [Nov ’86], $8.95, 385pp, pb) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1984) of various notes which eventually became parts of “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
		The books are available separately with dust jackets or in a box without jackets as “The Lord of the Rings” ($43.35).
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	Help sought with "The Silmarillion" and "Book of Lost Tales" - Stormfront White Nationalist ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The book, though entitled as it must be The Silmarillion, contains not only the Quenta Silmarillion, or Silmarillion proper, but also four other short works.
		The Ainulindale and Valaquenta, which are given at the beginning, are indeed closely associated with The Silmarillion; but the Akallabeth and Of the Rings of Power, which appear at the end, are (it must be emphasised) wholly separate and independent.
		Another book that hasn't been mentioned is "Unfinished Tales" which I highly recommend.
	www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=50060 (921 words)

	Books by J. R. R. Tolkien (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Book of Lost Tales (The History of Middle-Earth); Christopher Tolkien, J. Tolkien; Mass Market Paperback; $5.39; Descriptive information available.
		The Book of Lost Tales 2 (The History of Middle-Earth); J. Tolkien; Mass Market Paperback; $5.39; Descriptive information available.
		The Book of Lost Tales : Part 2 (History of the Middle Earth, Vol 2) Vol 2; J. Tolkien; Paperback; $13.50; Descriptive information available.
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	Three Themes \| Lord of the Rings Fanatics Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		n The Silmarillion and in The Book of Lost Tales the description of the creation of the Ainur includes reference to their being taught many things by Eru, but chiefly music.
		The greatest music ever made, which was ultimately the source of the Creation of Arda, is the Music of the Ainur, which evolved in a series of Three Themes.
		The Book of Lost Tales tells that the Ainur listened to the design that Ilúvatar propounded to them, and that he asked them to give the outline he had formed shape and detail by transforming the design into music, each Ainur bringing their own skills and knowledge to the harmony.
	www.lotrlibrary.com /agesofarda/threethemes.asp (847 words)

	Resources for Tolkienian Linguistics
		Except where otherwise noted, these books are published by HarperCollins in the United Kingdom and Houghton Mifflin Co. in the United States, and are available for order from the US's Amazon.com and/or the UK's Amazon.co.uk.
		Most of Tolkien's books are published by and available for order from HarperCollins in the United Kingdom and Houghton Mifflin Co. in the United States, and can also be ordered through The Tolkien Society of Britain.
		An excellent source of both new and secondhand Tolkien books, and of assistance in locating the same, is Daeron's Books, a book buying, searching, and selling business in the U.K. specializing in the works of Tolkien and other Inklings.
	www.elvish.org /resources.html (3388 words)

	So You Want to Learn Elvish?...
		The names from the first phase are derived from a language Tolkien called "Qenya" and another he called "Goldogrin" (the language of the Gnomes, the race of Elves in The Book of Lost Tales whose role was given to the Noldor in The Silmarillion).
		Sadly, this book is difficult to find as it has been out of print for many years.
		Although a number of tertiary source books have been published through the years, the only one I have seen treated with any respect or credibility by Tolkien linguists is An Introduction to Elvish by Jim Allen, but it's considered to be an outdated work.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/tolkien/27807 (2016 words)

	The Book of Lost Tales, parts One & Two - Books - Lothlorien - The Informations Area of Tolkienet.com - The Online ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Book of Lost Tales, parts One and Two - Books - Lothlorien - The Informations Area of Tolkienet.com - The Online Tolkien Community...
		Begun in 1916-17 while Tolkien was in hospital after serving in the Battle of the Somme, The Book of Lost Tales is the earliest version of The Silmarillion -- the storyline is much the same but the style is very different indeed (extremely archaic).
		The Silmarillion (which is to some extent a compression of both Books of Lost Tales) these tales read more like stories and less like annals.
	www.tolkienet.com /lothlorien/books/thebooksoflosttales.asp (128 words)

	wotmania: feed your wheel of time addiction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I is book number 1 in the History Of Middle-Earth.
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	www.wotmania.com /storebook.asp?ID=161 (349 words)

	Inklings Bibliography
		Most of these books are in print; many others should be in large libraries.
		Note: the publisher has recently numbered the books in order of internal chronology, but most Lewis scholars recommend reading them in order of first publication.
		Most of the remaining Inklings listed in Carpenter's book wrote little, and of them only Dyson and Havard were central to the group.
	www.mythsoc.org /inklings.html (1469 words)

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