Shaping of Middle-Earth (Tolkien - mm paperback)

Author: J. R. R. Tolkien

ISBN: 9780345400437

Binding: mass market paperback

Section: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

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.