{"product_id":"the-lost-road-and-other-writings-9780345406859","title":"The Lost Road and Other Writings","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe glorious history of how Middle-earth would change--and become the world readers recognize in The Lord of the Rings\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs friends and fellow members of the literary circle known as The Inklings, J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis embarked on a challenge. Lewis was to write on \"space-travel\" and Tolkien on \"time-travel.\" Lewis's novel \u003ci\u003eOut of the Silent Planet \u003c\/i\u003ebecame the first book of a science fiction trilogy. Tolkien's unfinished story \"The Lost Road\" chronicles the original destruction of N menor, a pivotal event of the Second Age of Middle-earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this intriguing volume, Christopher Tolkien traces the vivid history of Middle-earth, bringing the land--its topography and ever-clashing forces--to the state readers recognize from The Lord of the Rings. Entertaining and informative, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Road and Other Writings\u003c\/i\u003e shares fresh insights into the evolution of one of the world's most enduring fantasies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien\u003c\/b\u003e was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. After serving in World War I, he embarked upon a distinguished academic career and was recognized as one of the finest philologists in the world. He was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. He is, however, beloved throughout the world as the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic works as \u003ci\u003eThe Hobbit \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThe Lord of the Rings. He died on September 2, 1973, at the age of eighty-one.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Del Rey Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50610280530194,"sku":"9780345406859","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_61f01a6b-a770-46d2-be8a-92d46f6368b6.jpg?v=1732338398","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-lost-road-and-other-writings-9780345406859","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}