Name: The Shaping of Middle-Earth
ISBN: 9780261102187

Christopher Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien

The Quenta, the Ambarkanta and the Annals : Together with the Earliest 'Silmarillion' and the First Map

The Shaping of Middle-Earth

Nona G

The Shaping of Middle-Earth takes us - again - at the beginning of things, with Ambarkanta and the earliest versions of Silmarillion and the Annals. It's one more proof of the complexity and the immense work behind Tolkien's mythology, from the exile of the Noldoli until Melkor's overthrow. 
At times, the story gets confusing due to the countless name changing, so it's not an easy read. But I would recommend it to the Tolkien geeks who want to keep track of the chronology of the earliest events and the birth of Middle-Earth.

Study of the Appendices to "The Lord of the Rings," which contain the historical structure of the Second and Third Ages, with additional writings from Tolkien's later years offering new insights into his fictional world, and the abandoned beginnings of two other stories.

The Shaping of Middle-Earth The Quenta, the Ambarkanta and the Annals : Together with the Earliest 'Silmarillion' and the First Map