在魔戒时代之前遥远的第一纪元，精灵和人类的军队在泪雨之战中惨败，黑暗魔王魔苟斯囚禁了人类领袖胡林，对他的一双儿女——图林和妮诺尔降下毒咒。胡林被迫透过魔苟斯的眼睛目睹自己骨肉的遭遇：精灵、矮人、兽人、格劳龙等奇幻角色在中土大地纷纷登场，图林这个刚毅的男儿在魔苟斯的邪念作弄下，亦是在自身孤傲性格的驱使下，一步步走向他人生的宿命。曲折离奇的故事中包含了珍贵的友谊、美丽的爱情和彻骨的悲怆。
《魔戒》作者托尔金于1918年开始创作胡林儿女的故事，与“贝伦和露西安”以及“贡多林的陷落”被视为托尔金创造的中土世界最重要的三大故事骨干。他一生不断修改，留下大量遗稿，最终由他的儿子克里斯托弗·托尔金整理成书。

“1914年正当年的时候被征召入伍，与1939年那次经历相比，可怕情形毫不逊色……到了1918年，我亲密的朋友，活着的就剩一个了。”
托尔金用此回应了那些认为《指环王》是反映第二次世界大战的评论家们。托尔金年轻时，他周遭的世界被卷进了一场大的灾难当中，他也由此开始着力对中土世界的“构建”。《托尔金与世界大战》一书第一次对上述事实做了全景式的展示。
着手描述托尔金个人的战时生活，这本重要的传记讲述了他作为一名信号官在索姆河一役中的恐怖经历和展现出的英雄主义精神，以及触动他开始奇幻文学创作的那个朋友圈子。约翰·加思探讨了第一次世界大战中的经历才是托尔金“构建”中土世界的持久动力的关键。托尔金运用天马行空的想像映射出他这一代人所经历的巨大灾难，并由次改变了西方的文学传统，直至今日依旧能引起人们的共鸣。

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还记得吗？
Hobbiton嬉戏玩闹的孩子，
Rivendell藤蔓缠绕的小径，
Lóthlorien落叶金黄的树厅。
还记得吗？
Moria幽深空旷的遗迹，
Gondor傲然挺拔的白塔，
Rohan辽阔雄浑的草原。
可还记得，中州深黑色夜空中璀璨的繁星？
我们记得，因为我们不曾离去。
所以请允许我们拨响竖琴，唱一曲旅途上的风景。
Arda大地，让我们且行且吟。
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[巡游艺人的帐篷] 旅人之忆
[献艺内容] 小说、单幅绘画和插图
[音调/色调] 原著向正常向
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[票价] 70RMB
[Encore] 前25名预定者赠送全彩特典别册："The Three Hunters' Club (by evenlong)" (13cm×18cm, 12p)
[Cast]
[吟游诗人] 列奥诺拉、evagreen、fenrir、紫云英、夏时、Elrond、variola、Ecthelion、Aquarius、proudnoldo、Elsie、Thomas Chien
[流浪画家] Tyche、VigShane、ilxwing、Lavender、压缩饼干、Yuxi、Lavir、Tristan Wang、漂泊、幽草
[幕后苦力] 雅典娜、Nimloth、Jill、firemourne
[特别嘉宾] 花袭人、Darkmage、上邪、悠奇薰、evenlong
[售票时间] 2008年10月14日
[购票方式] 宣传blog处专贴留言
[公演日期] 2009年1月17日
[承办者] 魔戒中文论坛 (www.lotr.cn)
这是一个有着神奇色彩的巡游艺人班子。
他们之中有着会编织最美妙故事的吟游诗人，也有着能描绘最灿烂画卷的流浪画家。他们的作品风格各异，有的温暖、有的冷峻，有的清雅、有的绮丽。但他们却也有着一个共通点——他们都被托尔金教授笔下那个称为Arda的世界所吸引着，所以日复一日地，在那片叫做Middle-earth的大陆上旅行着，用出色的歌喉和灵巧的双手描摹着她的美好。
我们这一次为您奉上的演出，荣幸地邀请到了这些往日里不会轻易聚集到一处的艺人们。这些漂泊在Arda世界各处的旅人们，将在同一个舞台上以不同的方式为您讲述他们在旅行中的珍贵回忆。那些美丽的风景和传奇的故事，我们诚挚地邀请您一起来分享。

托尔金作品风靡全球，而又佳评如潮，经久不衰，迄今已发行一亿六千余万册。不过他的传奇人生却鲜为人知。著名传记作家迈克尔・怀特深入探究了托尔金的生平，翔实地记录了托尔金的童年时光、父母的早逝、和妻子伊迪丝的爱情、一战战场上的生死考验、任教牛津大学的岁月、和文学大师C・S・刘易斯的友谊，以及创作《魔戒》的种种轶事，是了解托尔金其人其书的最佳传记。

An extraordinary discovery is waiting for you on these pages. Mythic lore and forgotten legends unearthed by Christopher Tolkien from his father's archives unveil never-before-told stories of the three ages of ancient Middle-earth.

The second of two companion volumes which documents the later writing of The Silmarillion, Tolkien's epic tale of war. In The War of the Jewels Christopher Tolkien takes up his account of the later history of The Silmarillion from the point where it was left in Morgoth's Ring. The story now returns to Middle-earth, and the ruinous conflict of the High Elves and the Men who were their allies with the power fothe Dark Lord. With the publication in this book of all J.R.R. Tolkien's later narrative writing concerned with the last centuries of the First Age, the long history of The Silmarillion, from its beginning in The Book of Lost Tales, is completed; and the enigmatic state of the work at his death can be understood. This book contains the full text of the Grey Annals, the primary record of The War of the Jewels, and a major story of Middle-earth now published for the first time: the tale of the disaster that overtook the forest people of Brethil when Hurin the Steadfast came among them after his release from long years of captivity in Angband, the fortress of Morgoth.

The concluding volume of The History of Middle-earth series, which examines the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings. The Peoples of Middle-earth traces the evolution of the Appendices to The Lord of The Rings, which provide a comprehensive historical structure of the Second and Third Ages, including Calendars, Hobbit genealogies and the Westron language. The book concludes with two unique abandoned stories: The New Shadow, set in Gondor during the Fourth Age, and the tale of Tal-elmar, in which the coming of the dreaded Numenorean ships is seen through the eyes of men of Middle-earth in the Dark Years. With the publication of this book, the long history of J.R.R. Tolkien's creation is completed and the enigmatic state of his work can be understood.

The second of a two-book set that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. This second part of The Book of Lost Tales includes the tale of Beren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, and the only full narratives of the Necklace of the Dwarves and the Fall of Gondolin, itself the finest and most exciting depiction of a battle that Tolkien ever wrote. Each tale is followed by a commentary in the form of a short essay, together with texts of associated poems, and contains extensive information on names and vocabulary in the earliest Elvish languages. This series of fascinating books has now been repackaged to complement the distinctive and classic style of the 'black cover' A-format paperbacks of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales.

The first of two companion volumes which documents the later writing of The Silmarillion, Tolkien's epic tale of war. After the The Lord of the Rings was at last achieved, J R R Tolkien turned his attention once again to 'the Matter of the Elder Days'. The text of the Annals of Aman, the 'Blessed Land' in the far West, is given in full; while in writings hitherto unknown is seen the nature of the problems that Tolkien explored in his later years, as new and radical ideas, portending upheaval in the old narratives, emerged at the heart of the mythology, and as the destinies of Men and Elves, mortals and immortals, ecame of central significance, together with a vastly enlarged perception of the evil of Melkor, the Shadow upon Arda. The second part of this history of the later Silmarillion is concerned with developments in the legends of Beleriand after the completion of The Lord of the Rings.

The first of a two-book set that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. The Book of Lost Tales stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor for the Tales were the first form of the myths and legends that came to be called The Silmarillion. Embedded in English legend and English association, they are set in the narrative frame of a great westward voyage over the Ocean by a mariner named Eriol to the lonely Isle where the Elves dwelt; from them he learned their true history, the Lost Tales of Elfinesse. In the Tales are found the earliest accounts of Gods and Elves, Dwarves, Balrogs and Orcs; of the Silmarils and the Two Trees of Valinor; of the geography and cosmology of Tolkien's invented world. This series of fascinating books has now been repackaged to complement the distinctive and classic style of the 'black cover' A-format paperbacks of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales.

The third volume that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. This, the third volume of The History of Middle-earth, gives us a priviledged insight into the creation of the mythology of Middle-earth, through the alliterative verse tales of two of the most crucial stories in Tolkien's world -- those of Turien and Luthien. The first of the poems is the unpublished Lay of The Children of Hurin, narrating on a grand scale the tragedy of Turin Turambar. The second is the moving Lay of Leithian, the chief source of the tale of Beren and Luthien in The Silmarillion, telling of the Quest of the Silmaril and the encounter with Morgoth in his subterranean fortress. Accompanying the poems are commentaries on the evolution of the history of the Elder Days. Also included is the notable criticism of The Lay of The Leithian by CS Lewis, who read the poem in 1929.

The fourth volume that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. In this fourth volume of The History of Middle-earth, the shaping of the chronological and geographical structure of the legends of Middle-earth and Valinor is spread before us. We are introduced to the hitherto unknown Ambarkanta or "Shape of the World", the only account ever given of the nature of the imagined Universe, ccompanied by maps and diagrams of the world before and after the cataclyusms of The War of the Gods and the Downfall of Numenor. The first map of Beleriend is also reproduced and discussed. In The Annals of Valinor and The Annals of Beleriend we are shown how the chronology of the First Age was moulded: and the tale is told of Aelfwine, the Englishman who voyaged into the True West and came to Tol Eressea, Lonely Isle, where he learned the ancient history of Elves and Men. Also included are the original 'Silmarillion' of 1926, and the Quenta Noldorinwa of 1930 -- the only version of the myths and legends of the First Age that J R R Tolkien completed to their end.

The fifth volume of the History of Middle-earth, containing the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. At the end of 1937, J R R Tolkien reluctantly set aside his work on the myths and heroic legends of Valinor and Middle-earth and began The Lord of the Rings. This fifth volume of The History of Middle-earth completes the examination of his writing up to that time. Later forms of The Annals of Valinor and The Annals of Beleriand had been composed, The Silmarillion was nearing completion in a greatly amplified form, and a new Map had been made. The legend of the Downfall of Numenor had entered the work, including those central ideas: the World Made Round and the Straight Path into the vanished West. Closely associated with this was the abandoned 'time-travel' story The Lost Road, linking the world of Numenor and Middle-earth with the legends of many other times and peoples. Also included in this volume is the The Lhammas, as essay on the complex languages and dialects of Middle-earth, and an 'etymological dictionary' containing an extensive account of Elvish vocabularies.

The second volume of The Lord of the Rings trilogy relates a tale of the eternal battle between good and evil. "The author has intimate access to an epic tradition of Germanic history, civilized by the gentler genius of modern England." -- New York Times

Complete integrated indices of History of Middle-earth volumes to complement new series. For the first time every index from each of the twelve volumes of The History Of Middle-earth has been published together in a single volume -- to create a supreme index charting the writing of Tolkien's masterpieces The Lord of The Rings and The Silmarillion. This stunning work of reference complements the fascinating History of Middle-earth series, now repackaged to complement the distinctive and classic style of the 'black cover' A-format paperbacks of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales.

The Return of the Shadow is the first part of the history of the creation of The Lord of the Rings , a fascinating study of Tolkien's great masterpiece, from its inception to the end of the first volume, The Fellowship of the Ring . In The Return of the Shadow (the abandoned title of the first volume of The Lord of the Rings ) we see how Bilbo's 'magic' ring evolved into the supremely dangerous Ruling Ring of the Dark Lord; and the precise, and astonishingly unforeseen, moment when a Black Rider first rode into the Shire. The character of the hobbit called Trotter (afterwards Strider or Aragorn) is developed, though his true identity seems to be an insoluble problem. Frodo's companions undergo many changes of name and personality; and other major figures appear in unfamiliar guises: a sinister Treebeard, in league with the Enemy, and a ferocious, malevolent Farmer Maggot. The book comes complete with reproductions of the first maps and facsimile pages from the earliest manuscripts

The third part of The History of The Lord of the Rings, an enthralling account of the writing of the Book of the Century which contains many additional scenes and includes the unpublished Epilogue in its entirety. The War of the Ring takes up the story of The Lord of the Rings with the Battle of Helm's Deep and the drowning of Isengard by the Ents, continues with the journey of Frodo, Sam and Gollum to the Pass of Cirith Ungol, describes the war in Gondor, and ends with the parley between Gandalf and the ambassador of the Dark Lord before the Black Gate of Mordor. The book is illustrated with plans and drawings of the changing conceptions of Orthanc, Dunharrow, Minas Tirith and the tunnels of Shelob's Lair. This series of fascinating books has now been repackaged to complement the distinctive and classic style of the 'black cover' A-format paperbacks of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales.

The final part of The History of The Lord of the Rings, an enthralling account of the writing of the Book of the Century which contains many additional scenes and includes the unpublished Epilogue in its entirety. In the first section of Sauron Defeated Christopher Tolkien completes his fascinating study of The Lord of the Rings. Beginning with Sam's rescue of Frodo from the Tower of Cirith Ungol, and giving a very different account of the Scouring of the Shire, this section ends with versions of the hitherto unpublished Epilogue, in which, years after the departure of Bilbo and Frodo from the Grey Havens, Sam attempts to answer his children's questions. The second section is an edition of The Notion Club Papers. These mysterious papers, discovered in the early years of the twenty-first century, report the discussions of an Oxford club in the years 1986-7, in which after a number of topics, the centre of interest turns to the legend of Atlantis, the strange communications recevied by other members of the club from the past, and the violent irruption of the legend into the North-west of Europe. This series of fascinating books has now been repackaged to complement the distinctive and classic style of the 'black cover' A-format paperbacks of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales.