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***Mithadan*** · 02-12-2003, 06:30 PM

HoME stands for "History of Middle Earth". It is a twelve book series detailing the history of Tolkien's writings about Middle Earth. The series begins with The Book of Lost Tales I and II which contain JRRT's earliest writings about what would become the Silmarillion.

Volumes 1-5 deal with the Silmarillion. 6-9 deal with the writing of LoTR. 10-11 deal with the Silmarillion again but contain a lot of Tolkien's philosophical writings. 12 contains unpublished sections of the LoTR appendices (Tolkien had to shorten them for publication). All these books were edited by Tolkien's son Christopher.

02-12-2003, 06:30 PM	#6
*Mithadan* Spirit of Mist Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Tol Eressea Posts: 3,400	HoME stands for "History of Middle Earth". It is a twelve book series detailing the history of Tolkien's writings about Middle Earth. The series begins with The Book of Lost Tales I and II which contain JRRT's earliest writings about what would become the Silmarillion. Volumes 1-5 deal with the Silmarillion. 6-9 deal with the writing of LoTR. 10-11 deal with the Silmarillion again but contain a lot of Tolkien's philosophical writings. 12 contains unpublished sections of the LoTR appendices (Tolkien had to shorten them for publication). All these books were edited by Tolkien's son Christopher. __________________ Beleriand, Beleriand, the borders of the Elven-land.

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