false <![CDATA[Unfinished Tales]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165611104m/7329.jpg 7329 46 A New York Times bestseller for twenty-one weeks upon publication, UNFINISHED TALES is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and further relates events as told in THE SILMARILLION and THE LORD OF THE RINGS.<BR> The book concentrates on the lands of Middle-earth and comprises Gandalf's lively account of how he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, the story of the emergence of the sea-god Ulmo before the eyes of Tuor on the coast of Beleriand, and an exact description of the military organization of the Riders of Rohan and the journey of the Black Riders during the hunt for the Ring.<BR> UNFINISHED TALES also contains the only surviving story about the long ages of Númenor before its downfall, and all that is known about the Five Wizards sent to Middle-earth as emissaries of the Valar, about the Seeing Stones known as the Palantiri, and about the legend of Amroth.<BR> Writing of the Appendices to THE LORD OF THE RINGS, J.R.R. Tolkien said in 1955, "Those who enjoy the book as a 'heroic romance' only, and find 'unexplained vistas' part of the literary effect, will neglect the Appendices, very properly." UNFINISHED TALES is avowedly for those who, to the contrary, have not yet sufficiently explored Middle-earth, its languages, its legends, it politics, and its kings. 2961645 1980 Unfinished Tales total:2392|5:575|4:797|3:776|2:195|1:49| 2392 8830 3565 98 2 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1990 Mon Feb 25 05:56:32 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 23 05:08:33 -0700 2008
...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 21 19:59:46 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 20:00:33 -0800 2008 The Children of Húrin was coming out. So I went...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri May 08 05:56:01 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 06:17:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 11:55:43 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 13:31:34 -0700 2009 1
The style is, of course, not as flu...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Oct 23 12:33:22 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 12 08:27:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 07 18:14:44 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 18:22:46 -0700 2009
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The history of the wizards was also interesting, especia...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 12 13:20:54 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 06:32:38 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 12 13:20:54 -0700 2008 2 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 08:09:41 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 21:27:39 -0700 2008 everything in Middle Earth is a l...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 28 19:43:43 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 19:47:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 17 08:11:12 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 03 09:45:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Mon Aug 31 04:29:32 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 04:34:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 16:06:27 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 09:29:34 -0700 2009 The Hobbit. Unfinished Tales is certainly a gem for those who want to learn more about the mythology and legend of Middle Earth. Good for reading extracts, but only the most dedicated will make it through the...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun Dec 21 15:25:48 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 15:26:18 -0800 2008 0.5 2 0 false false Thu Jul 16 16:31:30 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 11:06:55 -0700 2009 The Silmarillion, but it is not the best of Tolkien. The tales are more interesting here, and we see a lot more of Númenor, but I recommend it only to those hard-core Tolkien-fanatics.]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Fri Jan 16 05:04:48 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 02 04:45:57 -0700 2009 The Silmarillion. Everything included was written later than or at the same time as The Lord of the Rings, so the inconsistencies with other works are slight. The material is pretty varied, from a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 25 03:58:30 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 25 04:01:48 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 01 07:08:45 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 07:10:28 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 23:29:09 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 23:30:19 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=7329