The Dead Sea Scrolls for the True Tolkien Fan

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	• Unfinished Tales: The Lost Lore of Middle-earth J.R.R. Tolkien Del Rey, 1988 - 512 pages average customer review:based on 81 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Interesting. Helpful for Tolkienien Studies.

The information around the Istari, Galadriel and Celeborn, and Eorl are particularly interesting.

Amazing!

An elegantly fantastic read! I continue to marvel at Tolkien's myth-making abilities. Like the Silmarillion -- which incidently I enjoyed even more than LOTR -- The Unfinished Tales read like the best of First Testament biblical literature. A true epic!

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Tuor and Turin are my favorites

This book has much more additional information on Middle earth.
I loved the intertwined stories of Tuor and Turin and the fate/doom upon them and their families. Another book from Tolkien's writings that gives the middle earth lover the goods that they want.
Get this book and read it often.

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The Dead Sea Scrolls for the True Tolkien Fan

This book, in my opinion, is just a continuance of The Silmarillion, with some added commentary from Christopher Tolkien. It is, as the title claims, unfinished and previously unpublished works of Tolkien's now combined in a single collection. I found that I could never keep my place--I constantly had to flip back and read over things again because I either missed them, or just plain didn't understand them the first time. There also was a lack of general plot structure. Each individual story had its own plot, of course, but the book as a whole was lacking transition. Starting a new chapter was like starting a new book. I was also frustrated by Chris Tolkien's commentary at the end of every section. It ruined the whole grace and finesse of a well-crafted piece of literature. On the whole, however, the book did an excellent job tying up some loose ends left for you in The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings. It went into more depth about the origin of Aragorn's people (though not actually mentioned as Aragorn's ancestors, they are as such); where the wizards Gandalf and Saruman came from and WHY they came; as well as a greater look into the War of the Ring.
I rate Unfinished Tales as a 3-star work because my feelings on it are neither good nor bad. The layout and general plot structure was a disaster, but the basic principle of the stories told within were excellent fillers. Overall, though this book did not thrill me, it is a must-have for any diehard Tolkien fan and a great help answering any "why?" question you may have regarding the nuances and details of The Lord of the Rings.

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kudos to Christopher

What can I say? This book is excellent. Christopher starts a winning pattern ot commentary with this book that he eventually carries over into his "Histories". He does a wonderful job tying up loose ends and showing how things fit into (or in some cases changing) the published works. (ie. hobbit, LOTR, Silmarillion.)
The actaul stories are beautiful. My personal favorite is "Of Tuor and his coming to Gondolin", which is much more in depth than what is in the Silmarillion. Alas, it ends only with him just reaching the city. the only way to get a true look at the city is to look past the Silmarillion deep into the early mythology to the Book of Lost Tales vol.2.
The other stories are all great esp. the ones in the Third Age.
This book is for people who mostly want to study middle-earth and the last thoughts of its creator.

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