num_pages: 611
description: Librarian note: alternate covers for this edition can be found here and here.The popular paperback edition of this fascinating collection of stories, which continue the tales of The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion and contains an alternative version of The Children of Hurin. 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 provides those who have read The Lord of the Rings with a whole collection of background and new stories from the twentieth century's most acclaimed popular author. The book concentrates on the realm of Middle-Earth and comprises such elements as Gandalf's lively account of how it was that he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, 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. Unfinished Tales also contains the only story about the long ages of Numenor before its downfall, and all that is known about such matters as the Five Wizards, the Palantiri and the legend of Amroth. The tales were collated and edited by J.R.R. Tolkien's son and literary heir, Christopher Tolkien, who provides a short commentary on each story, helping the reader to fill in the gaps and put each story into the context of the rest of his father's writings.
language: English
title: Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth
titlecomplete: Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth
characters: Gandalf, Tuor
genres: Fiction, Adventure, Short Stories, Young Adult, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Classics, Science Fiction Fantasy, Literature, Fantasy
ratings_count: 38377
places: Middle-earth
series: Unfinished Tales
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Single Author Collection, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Balrog Award
category: Best Collection/Anthology
publisher: HarperCollins