Encouraged by the result, Christopher Tolkien began to embark upon the more ambitious twelve-volume work entitled The History of Middle-earth which encompasses nearly the entire corpus of Tolkien's writings about Middle-earth. The commercial success of Unfinished Tales demonstrated that the demand for Tolkien's stories several years after his death was not only still present, it was growing.
A map of Númenor is also included in the book. Of particular note is the tale of Aldarion and Erendis, the only known story of Númenor before its fall. Versions of such tales including the origins of Gandalf and the other Istari (Wizards), the death of Isildur and the loss of the One Ring in the Gladden Fields, and the founding of the kingdom of Rohan help expand knowledge about Middle-earth. Unfinished Tales provides more detailed information about characters, events and places mentioned only briefly in The Lord of the Rings.
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Each tale is followed by a long series of notes explaining inconsistencies and obscure points. Thus some of these are incomplete stories, while others are collections of information about Middle-earth. Unlike The Silmarillion, for which the narrative fragments were modified to connect into a consistent and coherent work, the Unfinished Tales are presented as Tolkien left them, with little more than names changed (the author having had a confusing habit of trying out different names for a character while writing a draft). Tolkien's fantasy Middle-earth writings, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion. The books are in the epub format in the UK (most compatible with the Sony Reader) and in various other formats in the US, available through a range of retailers for reading on Kindle, Sony, iPhone, Blackberrry and other devices.A collection of tales that further expand J.R.R.
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This marks a new and exciting chapter when we can bring his great works in a new format to additional readers of all ages around the world.'įor those readers in the UK, people will be able to download the books from, and. This new initiative by HarperCollins to publish electronic editions world wide will only help to consolidate the reputation of Tolkien as an author whose writing touches readers of all ages and tastes and ensure the continuing longevity of his books across all formats.Īmanda Ridout, Managing Director, says: 'HarperCollins is immensely privileged to be the publisher of JRR Tolkien – one of the most admired and loved authors of the 20th Century.
Tolkien's books, especially The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, widely confirmed in various polls to be the most popular work of fiction of the last hundred years, means that their hotly anticipated arrival into the digital publishing arena marks another major milestone, both for Tolkien's works and for HarperCollins, his exclusive book publisher.
The first three titles, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings (available in its three parts - The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King, and as a complete version) and The Children of Húrin will be released on 20 April, shortly followed by The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún (simultaneous publication with the hardback), The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales on 5 May, with further titles later in the year. HarperCollins is delighted to announce a major global initiative, making available the ebook editions of the entire Tolkien library.
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