<b>The glorious history of how Middle-earth would change—and become the world readers recognize in The Lord of the Rings</b><br><br>As 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 <i>Out of the Silent Planet </i>became the first book of a science fiction trilogy. Tolkien’s unfinished story “The Lost Road” chronicles the original destruction of Númenor, a pivotal event of the Second Age of Middle-earth. <br><br>In 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, <i>The Lost Road and Other Writings</i> shares fresh insights into the evolution of one of the world’s most enduring fantasies.