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The Lost Road and Other Writings

The Lost Road and Other Writings is the fifth volume of the The History of Middle-earth series of compilations of drafts and essays written by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was edited and published posthumously in 1987 by Christopher Tolkien. It contains the following pieces:

  1. The Early History of the Legend - an introduction to the following two pieces, detailing how Tolkien's correspondence with C. S. Lewis led to the writing of The Lost Road.
  2. The Fall of Númenor - an early draft of the The Akallabêth
  3. The Lost Road - a story that connects Tolkien's other tales to the present

  4. several drafts of tales that would eventually appear in The Silmarillion
  5. The Lhammas - an overview of the various languages of the Elves
  6. Quenta Silmarillion - a draft of The Silmarillion

  7. The Etymologies - a long list of words and roots, the best source on Elvish languages
  8. the second Silmarillion map


J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium 

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The Hobbit |
The Lord of the Rings |
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil |
The Road Goes Ever On |
Bilbo's Last Song


Posthumous works (edited by Christopher Tolkien)
The Silmarillion |
Unfinished Tales |
The History of Middle-earth
The Book of Lost Tales |
The Lays of Beleriand |
The Shaping of Middle-earth |
The Lost Road and Other Writings |
The History of The Lord of the Rings |
Morgoth's Ring |
The War of the Jewels |
The  Peoples of Middle-earth 


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