The Nature of Middle-earth

The Nature of Middle-earth: Late Writings on the Lands, Inhabitants, and Metaphysics of Middle-earth is a book of previously unpublished texts by J.R.R. Tolkien, compiled by Carl F. Hostetter, who had been sent the texts for publication by Christopher Tolkien in 2020.https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2020/06/23/108207-the-nature-of-middle-earth-new-book-with-tolkiens-unpublished-writings/ Addressing numerous topics on inner workings and close details of Tolkien's world of Arda, the book was published by HarperCollins and Mariner Books in September 2021.
It is the first publication to exclusively feature essays by J.R.R. Tolkien that all solely concern his Middle-earth legendarium.
A solicitation released by HarperCollins describes the book as the unofficial fourteenth volume of The History of Middle-earth, though it is to be noted the publication is fully approved by the Tolkien Estate.https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=25290 The full description is as follows:
== Contents ==
* Part One: Time and Ageing (of 23 chapters)
* Part Two: Body, Mind, and Spirit (of 17 chapters)
* Part Three: The World, its Lands, and its Inhabitants (of 22 chapters)
* Appendix on Metaphysical and Theological Themes
* Glossary and Index of Quenya Terms
* General index
Among the topics covered in The Nature of Middle-earth are fate and free will, the Valar's telepathy and the Ósanwe-kenta, Dwarven beards, how different races of Middle-earth age, the making of lembas bread, how Eru Ilúvatar was the source of all creativity, the lands and animals of Númenor, and many others. Much of the topics and details covered fittingly address the varying curiosities that Middle-earth fans acquired through the decades from reading The Hobbit and especially The Lord of the Rings, which Tolkien commented on in a 1956 letter to H. Cotton Minchin, expressing how different readers who wrote to him desired further information on Middle-earth's cultures, botany, music, the workings of Elvish languages, and other matters.
==External links==
*Official page
*July 2021 interview with Carl F. Hostetter for tolkienista.com
*The full cover art illustration by Ted Nasmith
*Barnes & Noble
*Amazon.com
*Review by Bradley J. Birzer for National Review
== See also ==
* The History of Middle-earth
* Unfinished Tales
* Representations of Nature in Middle-earth
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==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Die aard van Midde-aarde
Albanian 	Natyra e Tokës së mesme
Amharic 	የመካከለኛው ምድር ተፈጥሮ
Arabic 	طبيعة الأرض الوسطى
Armenian 	Միջերկիր բնույթը
Assamese 	মধ্য-পৃথিৱীৰ প্ৰকৃতি
Asturian 	La Naturaleza de la Tierra Media
Azerbaijani 	Orta Yerin təbiəti
Basque 	Erdialdeko Lurraldea izaera
Belarusian Cyrillic	Прырода Міжзем'я
Bengali 	মধ্য-পৃথিবীর প্রকৃতি
Bosnian 	Priroda Međuzemlja
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Природата на Средна земя
Cambodian 	ធម្មជាតិនៃផែនដីកណ្តាល
Catalan 	La naturalesa de la Terra Mitjana
Cebuano 	Ang Kinaiyahan sa Tunga nga yuta
Chinese 	中土的性质
Croatian 	Priroda Međuzemlja
Czech 	Povaha Středozemě
Danish 	Midgårds natur
Dutch 	De aard van Midden-aarde
Esperanto 	La naturo de Mez-Tero
Estonian 	Keskmaa loodus
Filipino 	Ang Kalikasan ng Gitnang-lupa
Finnish 	Kirjoituksia Keski-Maasta
French 	La nature de la Terre du Milieu
Frisian 	De natuer fan Midden-ierde (Western)
Friulian 	La Nature de Tiere di Mieç
Galician 	A natureza da Terra Media
German 	Die Natur von Mittelerde
Greek 	Η φύση της Μέση Γη
Gujarati 	મધ્ય-પૃથ્વીની પ્રકૃતિ
Hebrew 	טבעה של הארץ התיכונה
Hindi 	मध्य पृथ्वी की प्रकृति
Hungarian 	Középfölde természete
Icelandic 	Eðli Miðjarðar
Indonesian 	Sifat Dunia Tengah
Irish Gaelic 	Nádúr na Meán-domhain
Italian 	La natura della Terra di Mezzo
Japanese 	中つ国の性質
Kannada 	ಮಧ್ಯ-ಭೂಮಿಯ ಸ್ವಭಾವ
Kazakh 	Ортаңғы-жер табиғаты (Cyrillic) Ortañğı-jer tabïğatı (Latin)
Korean 	중간계의 성격
Kurdish 	سروشتی زەوی ناوەڕاست (Sorani) Xwezaya Cîhana navîn (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Орто Жердин табияты
Laotian 	ທໍາມະຊາດຂອງແຜ່ນດິນໂລກກາງ
Latvian 	Viduszemes daba
Lithuanian 	Vidurinėsžemės prigimtis
Luxembourgish 	D'Natur vum Mëttleren Äerd
Macedonian Cyrillic	Природата на Блискиот Земјата
Malayalam 	മധ്യ ഭൂമിയുടെ സ്വഭാവം
Maltese 	In-natura tad-Nofsani-pajjiż
Manx 	Najoor y Thallooin Meanagh
Marathi 	मध्य-पृथ्वीचे स्वरूप
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Дундад газар мөн чанар
Nepalese 	मध्य-पृथ्वीको प्रकृति
Norwegian 	Midgards natur
Occitan 	La Natura de la Tèrra-Mejana
Pashto 	د منځني ځمکه طبیعت
Persian 	طبیعت سرزمین میانی
Polish 	Natura Śródziemia
Portuguese 	A Natureza da Terra-média
Punjabi 	ਮੱਧ-ਧਰਤੀ ਦਾ ਸੁਭਾਅ
Romanian 	Natura Pământul de Mijloc
Russian 	Природа Средиземья
Sardinian 	Sa Natura de sa Terra de Mesu
Serbian 	Природа Средње земље (Cyrillic) Priroda Srednje zemlje (Latin)
Sicilian 	La Natura dâ Terra di Menzu
Sinhalese 	මැද පෘථිවියේ ස්වභාවය
Slovak 	Povaha Stredozeme
Slovenian 	Narava Srednjega sveta
Spanish 	La naturaleza da la Tierra Media
Swahili 	Asili ya Dunia ya Kati
Swedish 	Midgårds natur
Tajik Cyrillic 	Табиати Замини Миёна
Tamil 	மத்திய பூமியின் இயல்பு
Telugu 	మధ్య-భూమి యొక్క స్వభావం
Thai 	ธรรมชาติของมิดเดิลเอิร์ธ
Turkish 	Orta dünya'nın doğası
Turkmen 	Orta Ýeriň tebigaty
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Природа Середзем'я
Urdu 	درمیانی زمین کی نوعیت
Uzbek 	Ўрта Ёрнинг табиати (Cyrillic) O'rta Yerning tabiati (Latin)
Venetian 	Ła Natura deła Tera-Mexa
Vietnamese 	Bản chất của Trung địa
Welsh 	Natur y Canol-y ddaear
Yiddish 	די נאַטור פון מיטל-ערד
Yoruba 	Iseda ti Arin-aye
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