num_pages: 479
description: Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth 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 comprising such various 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 description of the military organisation of the Riders of Rohan. The book contains the only story that survived from the long ages of Númenor before its downfall, and all that is known of such matters as the Five Wizards, the Palantíri, or the legend of Amroth.
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: 38382
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