Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth
lore reference collection 1980 Middle-earth
Record
| First published | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | collection |
| Canon status | lore reference |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780261102163 |
Synopsis
Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth is a collection of stories and essays by J. R. R. Tolkien that he left incomplete at his death, edited and published by his son Christopher Tolkien in 1980. Presented largely as Tolkien left them rather than smoothed into a single narrative, the pieces expand on topics such as the origins of the wizards, the founding of Rohan, and the history of Numenor.
Where it sits
- Universe: Middle-earth
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within Middle-earth (standalone work): position 9 of 28: previous The Silmarillion (1977) · next The Book of Lost Tales: Part One (1983)
Sources
← Middle-earth dossier · All universes
Part of the Library. Fields without an identified source are omitted, never guessed.